where vegetables come from

Canned, or frozen vegetables?  Oh right...they come from plants!  Don't forget to remember this fact.  The joys of gardening.

woodland flowers

Lillies of the Valley and woodland Violets.  They smell so wonderful and they are everywhere.

I finally got a new Moleskine brand sketchbook. I just love these little books.  The paper is thick and buttery smooth.  The size is perfect, 5.5 x 7".  These pages will inspire me to make more art.  It's like reuniting with an old friend.

a dream of springtime

Yesterday on Cape Cod came several more inches of snow.  Last night I dreamt of bright green springtime amongst patches of heavy winter snow.  Two distinct seasons of the year in one landscape.

whoosh!

Another windy day at the beach.

windswept city

The strong, variable winds blow constantly, so the skins of the buildings are built of corrugated, hot-pressed banana leaves.  The buildings can sway and stretch with the winds.  No petroleum products needed.

downtown

With tubular public transportation and aquariums. The imaginary cityscape of the future. It's fun to dream up these ideas.

the canyon

Part rock formation, part modern skyscraper, a cityscape that melds into the natural landscape.

I tried something different; watercolor and ballpoint pen. It was very liberating!

fishbowl

For more than 30 years I have boated, fished, swam, and explored the Gulf of Mexico. This oil spill is tragic.

Some of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico include Bonita, Spanish mackerel, blacktip shark, speckled trout, sand trout, kingfish, redfish, gaftop catfish, vermillion snapper, grouper, croaker, ladyfish, skipjack, rockfish, sand trout, wahoo, barracuda, cobia ling, sheepshead, sand shark, pilot fish, dorado dolphin, pompano, yellow fin tuna, tiger shark, flying fish, mullet, snook, nurse shark, red snapper, pinfish, sunfish, blowfish, ribbonfish, flounder, sail fish, jackfish, black drum, white drum, tarpon, marlin, manatee, sea lion, porpoise, sea turtle.

earth oil

I drew this several months ago but decided I didn't like it. I still don't like it but it looks like a situation we're faced with in the Gulf of Mexico. And possibly beyond.

Spring flowers

It's Spring Time!!! Brushpen and Photoshop.

plants

Individual drawings from a 3 x 4 inch sketchbook. Plants drawn around town. Morning glory, roses, palm frond, artemisia, variegated ginger, purple coneflower, and aloe vera bloom.

curly palm

Moleskine, ink and Photoshop.

Farm to Market

This started out as one of those thoughtless drawings while on the phone. It grew from there. The top of the mountain is a precariously balanced modern city. The further into the valley, the more earthy and organic it becomes. The bridge ties the gap between the two worlds, providing needs and balances to both environments.

Ink on file folder paper, 5" x 8" or so.

Organic Urban Development

If we were tiny little humans, do you think we could take a seed and use it for transportation? Seeds are full of energy. If we were tiny and smart, we could figure out how to make seeds move us from place to place. Just before they run out of energy, we would stick them in the ground and they would grow and make more tiny-human-moving seeds.

lawn sprinklers

Becasue of the extreme drought here in central Texas, the grass is brown. We're under water usage restrictions, so green grass really stands out. This illustration is my attempt to make light of the drought conditions. Hand-drawn, Photoshop colors.

corkscrew plant

Juncus effusus. I came across this plant at the local nursery and had to get it. The plant's wildy twisted and

intertwined stems make it look cartoonish. The tag that came with it says its a bog plant that needs plenty of water. I'm keeping it on my shady porch as an oasis from the hot parched land.

Bio Willie

Willie Nelson's truckstop is open once again, now selling bio diesel fuel. This motor fuel is made from recycled vegetable oil and animal fat. Willie Nelson is a huge advocate promoting the indepence from fossil fuels. Sketched somewhere around Hillsboro, Texas while riding the Greyhound.

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