Noble Beasts

At Phillipe's in Los Angeles

They Deserve It

The Rose and the Beast: my first winner . . .

This illustration is inspired by a single page of text from Francesca Lia Block's book, "The Rose & the Beast". Her book retells familiar fairy tales, both surreal and obscure, that are delicately filled with evocative language. Block explores the elements of love and terror that often fill fairy tales; yet, she puts on display just how primal these stories are. These were the qualities that I attempted to depict in this illustration. I was hoping that egg tempera’s mysterious and delicate nature would best communicate the mood of her stories.

Our Last First Date Ever

This unfortunate series depicts some of the sweeter memories that pass through a man's head at the moment that he discovers his girl friend dead in the bathtub after committing suicide via the slit wrists route. Each image is from a location in Los Angeles: the top most image is from my home in Altadena, the next down is in Echo Park, the next is at the Batman cave, the next is at the Farmer's Market on Fairfax, then the top of HollyWood Hill, and the last is at the abandoned zoo in L.A.

One Day I'll Use This Treasure Map

"The Hollow Men" from Thomas Wolfe

I am honored to have this piece chosen for American Illustration 28

Rocker, Leroy "HorseMouth" Wallace

Evolved From Our Natural Curious Selections

Op-Ed Piece: Is Sonar Killing the Whales

a Line-Up

Faust

Gretchen

Mephisto

Insatiable

Say, What's Up With That

You Never Know What Could Be In There 3' x 3'

She's A Real Looker

The City Night Slicks 3' x 3'

My American Country Dream House 2' x 3'

American Country 3' x 5'

Experiments With Pigments and Designs

Lizard Boy

I worked with an eight year old boy on this watercolor painting. The illustration of the boy's home made hero, "Lizard Boy", is in the middle of saving the village of Sierra Madre from a giant mutated Wisteria plant, that happens to be tickling everyone to death.

Wilhelm Washes Maillol

Throughout this multimedia piece I was attempting to develop a dialogue between different modern sculptors- Aristide Maillol, Lehmbruck Wilhelm, and Auguste Rodin. Wilhelm's "Inclined Head of a Kneeling Woman" is dressed in an environmental suit and is in the middle of scrubbing down Maillol's laying woman, "River", while Rodin's sculpture of "Eve" waits for her cleansing beyond the mist in the background. (Environmental Suit provided by the COLORS of Benetton)