The Beauty Is In the Details
Most of these pieces depict something from the natural world: flowers, trees, sea and land critters. I like drawing nature. It's soothing because of how detailed, intricate, and complex it appears to the human eye. With each shadow of a leaf, outline of a hair or whisker, I have to focus intensely in capturing their small, delicate features. Maybe because when I'm not drawing, my attention veers everywhere all at once. With a pen and sketchpad in front of me, I know what to do. I know my mission.
"Flor" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Flor" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Ponder" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" lined notepad.
"Ponder" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" lined notepad.
"Queen of the butterflies" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Queen of the butterflies" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Herculean" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Herculean" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Beneath the soil" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Beneath the soil" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Oliver" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Oliver" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Birth of a nation pt. 1" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Birth of a nation pt. 1" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Birth of a nation pt. 2" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"Birth of a nation pt. 2" (2016) | Black pen. | 4" x 8" sketchpad.
"In the forests of the night" (2012) | Soft charcoal. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"In the forests of the night" (2012) | Soft charcoal. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"The chicken" (2017) | No. 2 pencil. | 8" x 11 1/2" gray paper.
"The chicken" (2017) | No. 2 pencil. | 8" x 11 1/2" gray paper.
"Soft wind" (2018) | Soft charcoal and graphite. | 8" x 11 1/2" sketchpad.
"Soft wind" (2018) | Soft charcoal and graphite. | 8" x 11 1/2" sketchpad.
"Delight of the thorns" (2019) | Blue ballpoint pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Delight of the thorns" (2019) | Blue ballpoint pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Sakura (cherry blossoms)" (2019) | White clay.
"Sakura (cherry blossoms)" (2019) | White clay.
"Cymbidium (amber arches)" (2019) | Soft watercolor pastels. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Cymbidium (amber arches)" (2019) | Soft watercolor pastels. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Backyard jungle" (2019) | Soft watercolor pastels. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Backyard jungle" (2019) | Soft watercolor pastels. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Four seasons" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Four seasons" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Rub your hands together and make spring" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Rub your hands together and make spring" (2019) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Treeward" (2018) | Soft charcoal. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Treeward" (2018) | Soft charcoal. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Brassidium - Jerry 'Pacific' Empire" (2019) | Graphite. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Brassidium - Jerry 'Pacific' Empire" (2019) | Graphite. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"The past is just a story we tell ourselves" (2017) | Black pen. | 4" x 8 " sketchpad.
"The past is just a story we tell ourselves" (2017) | Black pen. | 4" x 8 " sketchpad.
"A place to weep" (2019) | Black pen. | 5" x 7" sketchpad.
"A place to weep" (2019) | Black pen. | 5" x 7" sketchpad.
"What a yawn feels like" (2019) | Red pen. | 5" x 7" sketchpad.
"What a yawn feels like" (2019) | Red pen. | 5" x 7" sketchpad.
"Beginning" (2012) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Beginning" (2012) | Black pen. | 9" x 12" sketchpad.
"Duality" (2012) | Etching on a copper plate. Ink press.
"Duality" (2012) | Etching on a copper plate. Ink press.
"The bird and the cacao tree" (2019) | Graphite, hard pastel, and micron pen on paper. | 8" x 10" sketchpad. 11" x 14" frame.
"The bird and the cacao tree" (2019) | Graphite, hard pastel, and micron pen on paper. | 8" x 10" sketchpad. 11" x 14" frame.
"Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli at Tollán" (2019) | Graphite and charcoal on paper. | 8" x 10" sketchpad.
"Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli at Tollán" (2019) | Graphite and charcoal on paper. | 8" x 10" sketchpad.
"Arizona tea" (2019) | Micron pen, hard pastel, and marker on paper. | 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" sketchpad. 8" x 10" frame.
"Arizona tea" (2019) | Micron pen, hard pastel, and marker on paper. | 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" sketchpad. 8" x 10" frame.
"Oreo and Luis" (2019) | Graphite and charcoal on paper. | 5" x 5" sketchpad. 7" x 7" frame.
"Oreo and Luis" (2019) | Graphite and charcoal on paper. | 5" x 5" sketchpad. 7" x 7" frame.
"Balance in the midst of chaos" (2018) | Gel print on a woodblock. | 9" x 12"
"Balance in the midst of chaos" (2018) | Gel print on a woodblock. | 9" x 12"
"Seventh and eighth lives" (2018) | Gel print and acrylic on paper. | 9" x 12" paper.
"Seventh and eighth lives" (2018) | Gel print and acrylic on paper. | 9" x 12" paper.
"Ninth life" (2018) | Gel print and acrylic on paper. | 9" x 12" paper.
"Ninth life" (2018) | Gel print and acrylic on paper. | 9" x 12" paper.
"Night at the RHIZONE" (2020) | Graphite and micron pen on paper. | 7" x 10".
"Night at the RHIZONE" (2020) | Graphite and micron pen on paper. | 7" x 10".
"Citrus by the sea" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Citrus by the sea" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Flight of the orchid woman" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Flight of the orchid woman" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Wistful" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Wistful" (2020) | Oil on canvas. | 3" x 3" canvas.
"Shinto shrine" (2018) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4.75" x 6.75" sketchbook.
"Shinto shrine" (2018) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4.75" x 6.75" sketchbook.
"The tree outside the church" (2018) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4.75" x 6.75" sketchbook.
"The tree outside the church" (2018) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4.75" x 6.75" sketchbook.
"Little Peach Street" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 7" x 10"
"Little Peach Street" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 7" x 10"
"Creation" (2016) | Black ink on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Creation" (2016) | Black ink on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Mouth of the ocean" (2019) | Blue ink on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Mouth of the ocean" (2019) | Blue ink on paper. | 9" x 12"
"The Cello Virtuoso" (2020) | Pencil and micron pen on paper. | 8.5" x 11" | original by Theodore Valerio (1857)
"The Cello Virtuoso" (2020) | Pencil and micron pen on paper. | 8.5" x 11" | original by Theodore Valerio (1857)
"Roadside mirage" (2019) | Graphite on paper. | 5" x 7"
"Roadside mirage" (2019) | Graphite on paper. | 5" x 7"
"God's hands" (2020) | Micron pen on paper. | 9" x 11"
"God's hands" (2020) | Micron pen on paper. | 9" x 11"
"In my subconscious" (2020) | Oil pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"In my subconscious" (2020) | Oil pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Ego unraveling" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Ego unraveling" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Ego silenced" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Ego silenced" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"In orbit" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"In orbit" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 9" x 12"
"Morning light" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 5" x 7"
"Morning light" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 5" x 7"
"Hungarian lilac" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4" x 4.5"
"Hungarian lilac" (2020) | Hard pastel on paper. | 4" x 4.5"
"The sun god with the eagle's head" (2020) | Oil pastel on paper. | 8" x 10"
"The sun god with the eagle's head" (2020) | Oil pastel on paper. | 8" x 10"
"On the fourth day" (2020) | Micron pen on paper. | 9" x 12"
"On the fourth day" (2020) | Micron pen on paper. | 9" x 12"
