Art — any type, any medium. It’s something I’ve been into deeply since childhood. This gallery shows work from as early as 11 years old up to as recent as 2021. I’ve been lucky enough to have some items to show over this time period as many things have been lost, sold/given away before getting a photo (I’ve learned my lesson!), or just not good enough to put into a gallery in the first place. I hope I’ve gotten slightly better over the years, but one thing will never change, I will never grow up — I will always create art with that same sense of child-like wonder and reverence for this thing we call life.
2021 – Gryphon Dreams
First real ballpoint attempt.
2020 – The Covid Fam
Texas house in sketchy charcoal
2018 – Arctic Summer
Photography: Lofoton, Norway. Used sunglasses to filter top half in camera.
2018 – Munch’s Moonlight
Photgraphy: Asgardstrand, Norway. The same spot Edvard Munch painted his Moonlight with moon in same spot.
2017 – Zero and Me
Photography: Crosscountry traveling with my Siberian Husky.
2017 – Middle American Eclipse
Photography: Traveled to the point where it lasted the longest.
2017 – Irish Skies
Photography: Fishing village, Ireland. Used sunglasses to filter top half in camera.
2017- Woman’s Best Friend
Photography: Coast of Ireland.
2016 – I Wish I Had a Tesla
Sketched while sitting in traffic, Austin, Texas.
2016 – Guitar with a Story
Drawing: A refinish of one of my first real guitars with an unfolding of the guitar’s story.
2015 – 100 Degrees in the Shade
Photography: Found flowers blooming in a Texas summer shade.
2014 – Self Portrait
Pencil: An album cover for an unfinished album.
2012 – Things We Do With Our Hands
Sharpies on wood: Dragon for the cover of my handmade cajon.
2012 – It’s Hot Even in November
Photography: I took my Harley Bobber everywhere. This one was just outside Terlingua, Texas.
2012 – Creating Havoc Everywhere I Go
Sculpture: A handmade, electrified cigarbox guitar.
2010 – None Shall Pass
Photography: Found hanging on a friends fence in Texas.
2008 – Skully
Digital Drawing: Made as a wallpaper that screen resolutions eventually outgrew.
2006 – Nothing As Tasty As…
Digital Drawing: Created for a film called Zombitch. It’s been in development since 2006.
2006 – Self Portrait
Digital Drawing: Using my Waccom to get the posterization effect.
2005 – Why Am I Still Awake?
Photography: After an all-night drive, arrived at this Nacogdoches, Texas vista at sunrise.
2005 – Maggie on the Rooftops
Pen & Ink: A character from the graphic novel; Magdalene 3033.
2005 – Did I Hear Something?
Pen & Ink: A character from the graphic novel; Magdalene 3033.
2005 – Going Underground
Ink & Colored Pencil: A character from the graphic novel; Magdalene 3033.
2005 – Brimstone
Ink & Colored Pencil: A character from the graphic novel; Magdalene 3033.
2005 – Just One More Head
Pencil: Drew this for a friend’s birthday from a photo of his travels.
2004 – Great Grandmother’s Lamp
Lightpainting: I still have my Great Grandmother’s old oil lamp.
2004 – Faith
Lightpainting: My daughter’s middle name.
2004 – Elixir
Lightpainting: My version of tequila sunrise.
2004 – Where is Edison?
Lightpainting: I might have a couple of ideas.
2004 – Rhino Bar
Digital Drawing: A product in Zombitch. It does exactly what you think it does.
2004 – Tahni-puff
Digital Drawing: I turned my then 5 year old daughter into a Powerpuff Girl.
2003 – Grassyraffs
Acrylic on Canvas. Tried my hand at using an old shirt to rag paint this for a friend. No brushes.
2000 – Self Portrait
Sharpies: Why do we artists feel compelled to do self portraits over and over?
2000 – Candle in the Wind
Pen & Ink: A drawing I did because I like Monroe.
2000 – From the Inside
Digital: I went blind in my late 20s. This is what I saw when they did surgery to fix it.
1994 – Behind Valhalla
Acrylic on Canvas: One of my earliest paintings. Inspired by a tattoo I saw somewhere.
1987 – Blackpearl City
Acrylic on Cardboard: Was a poor teenager, but wanted to paint. Lost; only this small photo remains.
1981 – Bob
Charcoal: Was around 11 years old using those Bob Bates drawing books.