Studio Art

Polar Bear sketch

An interior study for the story East of the Sun West of the Moon.

The Little Mermaid

Cover art done in Advanced Illustration. The model is Princesse Derose. This is one of my favorite pieces! I love anything to do with the ocean and Princesse is a very good friend. If you have never read the original story of the little mermaid, look it up. That will explain where the dagger comes in. This is one of five illustrations that were to feature various ethnic growps in traditional fairtales. Every child should be able to see themselves in a fantasy!

The Frog Prince

Completed as a wrap around cover in advanced illustration. The model is Lindsay Jardine, a friend and roomate from college. Frogs are always fun to paint!

Study of two artic foxes.

For an independent studies class, I worked from photos to paint with a mixture of gouche. watercolor, and ink. Cute aren't they?

Fairy with light.

Same independant study assignment. This is a painting of Le, a past roomate. Gouche wash off involves doing a painting and then actually washing most of it off! A bit risky but what the Heck.

Elk Study

This is actually a detail of a much larger painting that has not been finished. In the end, I hope it will become an interior page for the story of the snow queen. Done completly in watercolor.

East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

This was the last wrap around piece completed for advanced illustration. The model was a classmate named Messia. This has always been one of my favorite stories!

Aesop's Fable illustration

This was a watercolor piece done in intro to illustration. "The cat, the mouse, and the rooster" was one that I had never come across before, so I thought that it would be more of a challenge to paint then one I was more familair with. I think that my favorite piece is the mouse's red scarf.

Child abuse in watercolor.

This assignment was to show a conceptual piece. I chose child abuse, and used a model that a met whose family had survived the Rwanda genocide of 1994. He had such beautiful yet sad eyes.

Avenging Angel

My little sister is in the Marines, and I think the idea of her as a stain glass avenging angel has been somewhere at the back of my mind for the past two years.

The Beauty and the Beast

My first cover for advanced illustration! The model is my sister Amanda, and the model for the beast happens to be my brother. Don't worry. He doesn't really look like that in real life.

Cinderella

Advanced illustration, this modle is the sister of the fairy painted above. Khan was also my roomate a while back. I still like the idea of the kitchen maid stepping out of a dreary background and into the lighter spring of the border.

Reading into the imagination.

This is the first painting in a series comissioned for a daycare run by Alyson Cox in Perrysburg. This new daycare offers a wonderful opportunity to parents who need a safe, nuturing place for thier children during the workday.
Good luck to them with all of thier endeavors!