WRINKLED

Homage






















A poem by John Greenleaf Whittier begins, "The clustered spires of Frederick stand/Green-walled by the hills of Maryland." This is my homage to Frederick, the small city in which I reside. Though the Baltimore and D.C. burbs creep closer every year, the county is still largely agricultural - thus the blueberry bushes and requisite cow.

HEAVY
The late wonderful Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musican.























Iz was nicknamed "The Gentle Giant" by his admirers. He was described as always cheerful and positive, and he was best known for his love of the land and of the people of Hawaiʻi. He died of weight-related respiratory illness in 1997 at the age of 38.

GARDEN

24"x 48" Mixed Media on Canvas

This is a newer version of a painting done years ago. Always regretted selling it so I've done another "garden".

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LEAP

MULTIPLE fish & loaves

THEORY
My theory is that the Eiffel Tower was built with recycled tuna fish cans.

CHOOSE

BLANKET
Ireland is covered with a blanket of greens

PLAIN

Generic vanilla ice cream in a brown paper bag.

All the Queen's horses and all the Queen's men stitched Humpty together again.

Plumpy'nut is

100% GOOD

Plumpy'nut, more commonly known as Plumpy, is a peanut-based food for use in famine relief which was formulated by André Briend, a French scientist in 1999.

It is a high protein and high energy peanut-based paste in a foil wrapper that can be distributed to children at home rather than in specialist feeding stations and can be eaten without any preparation. It tastes like a slightly sweeter kind of peanut butter. It is categorized by the WHO as a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF).

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy'nut to find out more.
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SOAR

HORIZON

BACKWARDS

Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.

Little Things

THE ZOO was this week's Illustration Friday theme. Several years ago I did this painting of St. Francis with all the pets I've ever had. I think it works.

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SUPERSTITION

Hawaiian legend has it that if one throws a lei from a departing ship and it floats back towards shore, you'll come back someday. If it floats out to sea you won't.

From Here to Eternity

HATS

EXTREMES - Sweet & Sour

THE BLUES

JUGGLING
Years ago I saw a man with a dancing bear on a street corner in Munich. The bear seemed more human than the man and the bear would rather have juggled.



Someone reminded me about this illustration I did for IF when the word was "play".

Wedding

MOMENTUM











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Missing



















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POEM
This was a pitch for a client that didn't make it off the ground
but I thought it had a kind of end-of-the-day poetic look to it.














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GEEKY


Bethesda (Maryland) Urban Partnership wanted a "whacky" artist to represent their annual children's street festival. I created this non-gender, non-ethnic character by utilizing an artist's wooden model as the basic person, then dressed it and posed it in geekiness.

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camouflage



















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SUIT



















Am working on a benefit event for the revival of an old theater - client wants a cigarette girl.... apparently not seeking donations from the politically correct.

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My Paradise

Wood roses, Night Blooming Sirius, Giant African Snails, Geckos galore..on the rainforest floor of Manoa Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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CARS



















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CITRUS
















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REMEMBER












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FORTUNE

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SNAP!












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I SPY










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TOTAL










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WIRED


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This week's topic is COMMUNICATION




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BUZZ