King Size Four Poster Ball Bed for Andy

I promised Linda that I’d complete a king-size bed for Andy’s room before Andy and Lauren arrived home for Christmas — and I came through!  This was an interesting project. The idea was to make a mortise and tenon bed frame to support a plywood platform and memory-foam mattress – with fabulous stacked spherical posts. [...]

Maggie 85 x 44 inches watercolor and ink (pen and ink drawing)

Who wouldn’t fall instantly in love with the amazing, multi-talented recording and visual artist, Maggie Rose Mull?  Certainly not I, and I am not alone (if you can unravel all those multi-negatives)! The inimitable Maggie Rose Mull “Let’s Fall in Love” ukulele style As Eric Fischl spoke at the opening of America Now and Here, [...]

Madeline and Kit, 13 x 5.7 inches, woodblock print from 17 blocks

My intern this year, Madeline Cass (who is responsible for scanning and data entry of my collection of Japanese prints – see woodblockprints.org), and her roommate, Kit Landwehr, modeled for me June 8.  Years ago I’d really loved printing the stripes of a seersucker robe and Kit’s striped dress was a natural for another attempt [...]

Paul 83 x 37 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing

Commission for Bunni and Paul Copaken on the occasion of Paul’s 75th birthday.  This large portrait of Paul on his bicycle hangs in their Aspen, Colorado home.

Double Bed for Allegra

Deeply engraved intersecting spiral themed double bed for my daughter Allegra’s bedroom. CNC routed 3/4 inch MDF (medium density fiberboard) frame – all parts cut from a single sheet of 3/4 inch MDF – plus a 3/8 inch plywood platform to support the memory-foam mattress.

Cambodia 3 32 x 61 inch pen and ink drawing

Another drawing of victim remains from late 1970′s Phnom Penh Cambodia S-21 prison

“Misty” pen and ink drawing 82 x 45 inches

My friend, accomplished figurative ceramist Misty Gamble, teaches Foundations at the Kansas City Art Institute agreed to model for me wearing her powder-blue faux fur jacket.  She was super-animated and great to work with and for.  I don’t really know ‘why’, but it seemed to me that a deep green paper color would suit this [...]

Carlos Pen and Ink Drawing 75 x 45 inches

My friend, Kim Weinberger told me that her friend, Carlos Hernandez, had admired my work at the America Now and Here show and wanted to model for me – she introduced us over drinks and…  Well Carlos is a great looking guy and the following weekend he came to my studio to model for me. [...]

pen and ink drawing of Miguel Rivera

Miguel Rivera is chair of printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute.  He is a wonderful teacher – gentle and thoughtful.  He has a great face and as soon as we met I asked if he’d model for a portrait.  You can learn all about Miguel and see some of his work on his web [...]

Danson pen and ink drawing 81 x 42 inches white and black pen on paper tinted rich brown

Drawing of my friend Danson – again, white and black ink pen on tinted paper.  In this piece, I really LOVE the color I painted on the paper.  It was so luscious I hesitated to draw over it.  I’ve been layering up these colors, mixing pigment suspensions in water and using a spritzer to apply [...]

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