Illustration Friday - Homage

An homage to my brain in the morning. It truly is a mysterious and wonderful (and sometimes frightening) thing. :-)

"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible."

- George Burns

Happy Birthday Mom, with love.

And Happy Easter everyone! :-)

Wesley draws

My little brother Wesley at the Dallas Museum of Art, making some art of his own.

Illustration Friday - pet peeves

It really bugs me when the voices inside
my head won't agree.

I mean, come on! ;-)

"Some people just don't know how to drive.
I call these people 'Everybody But Me'".
-Bumper Sticker (another pet peeve: bumper stickers)

Spring done sprung!

Photos of tulips in a neighbor's yard. :-)

Illustration Friday - Heavy

A very heavy realization. :-)

Illustration Friday - Garden

Which flower are you?

(psst... comment number 111 gets a drawing done of them, but no commenting more than twice! ;-)

The Sacred Circle is built on respect and trust. The image is of the garden. Each plant has its name and its place. There is no one flower that cancels the need for another. Each bloom has its unique and irreplaceable beauty.

Julia Cameron in “The Artist’s Way”

My left foot (in Tanya's living room)

"It's not what you look at that matters,
it's what you see."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

While on a conference call...

Illustration Friday - Leap

When it finally opened, I wanted to leap for joy!

Velvety goodness

A long overdue drawing of Velvet. :-)

On the way to Tinley Town...

Illustration Friday - Multiple

11:11pm.

Fun with dots

Illustration Friday - Theory

Some days, this is my theory about life. And some days it isn't.

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...follow these."
-Anonymous

Buggyville thataway

Is it me or does that bus have wings??

Illustration Friday - Choose

Choose your books wisely! :-)

Allen ponders his breasts

Illustration Friday - Blanket

When I think of blankets, I think of being home, being safe. I drew this when I was in Africa, and got to see cheetahs, my favorite animals, and it was another place that felt like home. Have a glorious day! ;-)

"If we know ourselves, we're always home, anywhere."
--Glinda, the good witch of the South, in THE WIZ

Night

Darkness falls
So do my spirits
I look for distractions from old fears
Imprinted on me as a child
Living still
In the dark corners of my psyche
Waiting
For night
To wake up
And keep me up
And tear me down
From the inside
I fight back
But I’m tired
Of resisting for so long
I’m no match
For this period of time
When the Earth faces the wrong way
I wait I hope I pray I hope

And the sun is my savior

Illustration Friday - Tales and Legends

Once upon a time I got to close to a voice balloon and it poked me in the eye. Darn voice balloons!

A door with nothing on it

Was thinking of painting this. Now all I need is an old door. :-)

kettle at Pungwe bush camp, South Africa

bullseye

Illustration Friday - Plain

I actually drew this on a plane while watching a movie that had this great old man in it. I am fascinated by faces, particularly men's faces. And I've learned to see the wisdom, truth and sorrow in men as they get older and their faces show the signs of age.

For some reason this resonated for me with the topic of Plain.

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."
-- H. Jackson Brown Jr., author

Adventures in kicking people

A long time ago, fellow blogger Sleep Goblin asked for some help with her banner. Her blog is called Adventures in kicking people (which you can click on to see her current banner). These were some of the early sketches. Beware, she will kick you.

My first look at the lodge

Illustration Friday - Stitch?

I must be completely out of ideas. A stitch in time saves nine? Hmmm... I'm not a seamstress but I think that means if I catch a rip early enough then I can sew it up with one stitch instead of later when it will take nine. So MAYBE if I can figure out why I am out of ideas now, I can sew my head up right away, instead of waiting till my brain is totally defunct and beyond repair.

Any ideas??

Reid brings music to my ears.

"You can cage the singer but not the song."
-- Harry Belafonte

Art?

Expose

Creative volley number 27 with Jen.

It's pointless.

100% pointless.

For illustration Friday. ;-)

Next

"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

-- George Washington Carver, chemist and educator

HappyHappy2008!

For those of you whose email addresses I don't have, click here to go to my Happy New Year Blog Highlights for 2007 and Happy Wishes for 2008!! Hope it's your best year ever!

Illustration Friday - Soar

A new year approaches. How much time do we have left to soar? And what is really stopping us?

"Life's a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
-Auntie Mame

Happy Holidays!

I'm not really that much of a Scrooge, but I couldn't resist. Do something nice for someone today, or if you're feeling really generous, 2 things! :-)

The power of hands

Illustration Friday - horizon

My very busy brain. New (and sometimes scary) ideas are always on the horizon.

“In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.”

~Albert Camus

Ed looks at me

"Never grow a wishbone where your
backbone ought to be."

-- Clementine Paddleford

Broken ladder

Illustration Friday - Backwards

Sometimes, just when I think I'm making some progress, it starts to feel like I'm going backwards. You?

JimboWorld!

In honor of the Raven, whose captain is an Owl.

Illustration Friday - Little Things

Waiting for Sam at Starbux. One of the little pleasures in my life is taking advantage of the little gifts, like a little extra time, and doing a little drawing where I get to notice all the little things around me. :-)

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."

-- Sarah Bernhardt

I was going to...

...illustrate the whole damn alphabet but I was bored after a single page.

An excess of vision.

For Illustration Friday. Some days I see too much.