Engagement Series

I haven't posted anything in a while and have been looking at other options to share my work.  I really need to focus on one or two only but first figure out which work best for me.


I'm trying out a new painting technique. The two people are me and my fiance. I'm really happy with the results. I am really excited to utilize this technique to expand my more fantastical and fun paintings. Look for more soon!

~30 Minute Figure Sketches

Here are a couple of 30 minute sketches I did later last week.  I've been enjoying practicing my figure work and I've found a few great resources online that scroll through random pictures based on a few setting for subject matter and time between changes.

Light and Color Fun

I was playing around with color and lighting and love painting landscapes.  This is what I came up with.  I like how the subtle color changes turned out throughout the mountains.  I also wanted to throw a figure in there, I usually don't get around do doing that, but I've been really meaning to do that more.  Get some more interesting poses and dynamic movement incorporated with the scenes.  

30sec & 60sec figure gestures

I enjoy doing the quick 30 - 60 second figure sketches every now and then.  It keeps me on my toes and loosens me up, keeping me from getting caught up in detail.

Story Scenes WIP

Here's another work in progress.  I'm still figuring out exactly where I'm going with it.  This I want to be part of a series of paintings that are based on scenes I interpret from some of my favorite books.  We'll see how disciplined I can be to continue this series in my limited free time!

Pirate's Set

Here's another older illustration of mine, done around the time of the Disturbed Entertainment.  I was painting for fun one day and wanted to practice painting an ocean scene with some nice lighting from a sunset.  This painting really steered me towards figuring out the techniques I use to create more realistic skies and it got me thinking about how light reacts, shines through, and reflects off of these gaseous masses during different times of the day.  Creating paintings like this really inspired me to focus on the beauty of nature and scenery that I experience on a daily basis.

Pirate's Set

Disturbed Entertainment

Here is another blast from the past.  This was one of my first fully completed digital paintings done in Photoshop without any reference.  I think this painting has been instrumental in helping to show my style, although, over the years, it definitely has changed.

Water Drop

Here's an oldie.  I painted this as a fun portfolio piece, focusing on achieving nice realistic water reflections.

Mushroom Sitter - WIP

Mushroom Sitter WIP

This is a digital painting I've been working on just for fun so the time spent on it has also been very casual.  Here are a few of the steps that I've gone through to get it to where it is now.  You can see how it transformed from the original sketch, but I'm going to put the character back in somewhere plus throw something in the foreground.  We'll see when I get around to finishing it.