SNAP!

I was in a class painting this model on the ground in China Town, Los Angeles, just outside Papa Louie's pagoda, when I noticed that actor Jason Lee had been watching. He was with Ethan Suplee and they were in full photo gear, snapping their SLRs at this or that every once in a while. I am pretty sure that they had more interest in our model than our drawings of her. I kept imagining him busting his coined 360 kickflip, on his Stereo brand skateboard, SNAP! right over her fallen form.

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NEW YORK TIMES 'T MAGAZINE' COVER

This mock-up illustration for a class accompanies the article, "The Greening of Geopolitics", written by Thomas Friedman, from April of 2007. The article focuses on America's potential to "regain its global leadership ... through newer, greener technology" and lifestyle. One of the main arguments of the article states how America must free itself from the petroauthoritarians that have been holding unnecessary power over too many for too long. According to the article, developing countries must leave the over-consumption of fossil fuels behind and embrace alternative energy sources within the next fifty years; otherwise, the concentration of carbon dioxide may double in the Earth's atmosphere resulting with the entire ecosystem crumbling. I am attempting to communicate how terribly close we are placing DANGER within our life supporting ECOSYSTEM. The sun beyond the horizon is either rising or it is setting - our actions over the next fifty years may determine which.

Prelude to the Summer of Cicadas

A matte painting done for a movie that will never be realized . . .

The Cowboys-Coolidge, Roosevelt, Reagan, & Johnson

These illustrations were done for the Autry Museum during their "Cowboys & Presidents" show, last summer. They were used in an interactive game that they had set up on the museum kiosks - the game's intent was to educate kids about what each president had accomplished and exactly why they were considered the cowboys of presidents.

From an Older SketchBook (roughly 3 years back)

Silly Scribbles of Guys on Napkins

John Cheever's "The Five-Forty-Eight"

This is a digital collage I mocked up to paint from as a model. It depicts the moment that Blake, Cheever's protagonist, realizes that he's being followed by his vengeful ex-secretary, Miss Dent.

This is the first painted sketch.

This is the pseudo-final version.