beach house trio

Foreshadowing of the seasons to come.
3x5" min-art.

Boston, door 129

From the Brookline neighborhood of Boston, with February snow.

Brush pen drawing, Photoshop color.

snow!

Lots of snow in New England, with more on the way this week. It's an entirely different world from the Texas Hill Country!

roof craft

New England.

the winds of change

An old barn and a new house along Winters Mill Parkway in Wimberley. Before the road was built, I hiked back here and got lost. It's hard to imagine, now that the landscape has been tamed.

windows

I don't know if it was some kind of a Big Brother complex I was having, but there seems to be an extraordinary abundance of windows in Medford Massachusetts.

downtown Dripping Springs, Texas

Locally nicknamed Drippin'. This is the next closest town to Wimberley, about 15 miles north. It's growing by leaps and bounds with new developments spreading out from Austin. But downtown has this area of a couple of blocks that have remained the same. The brand new Home Depot, CVS pharmacy, McDonald's and Taco Bell have been encroaching on the old buildings. Drippin' is growing up fast.

waiting

Stealthily sketched at the pharmacy. Subjectively interpreted later. Brush pen and Photoshop.

house on a hill

The typical American McMansion, blissfully stamping its carbon footprint from sea to shining sea.

another place

I've always had a fascination with the idea of a perfect utopia. What if we had taken a more ecological approach to our environments? A natural world would be nice to hold on to for posterity.

progress

Tragically, this is the new view from my windows. The era of a bucolic pastural vista is winding down. It's the passing of the priceless to the common.

Florida farmers' market

This was an unusually cool Saturday morning in Punta Gorda, Florida. The variety of clothing was entertaining.

Anywhere, USA

If you were blindfolded and dropped into the middle of this scene, you'd have no idea if you were in Waco, Texas or Arma, Kansas. I think it's kinda scary.

the Post Office #4

Brushpen, Photoshop, and mini moleskine sketchbook knockoff. Fourth in the series of the Wimberley Post Office.

dining out

When I walked past this window early last Sunday morning, I knew I had to draw this scene. I had my camera, so I walked up to the window and pointed the camera here and there, casually snapping photos of this and that. I thought it would be really odd to have a total stranger taking pictures of you while eating your breakfast. It would have been out of the question to sit there enjoying your meal while a stranger stares at you while doing something with a little black book and a pencil. Anyway, I got the shot and did the drawing without any excessive drama.

King of the Castle

I started this sketch a few weeks ago. When I came back to it, I couldn't remember it's message. So, now it's just a fun bit of whimsy without a purpose. On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I enjoyed drawing this, just for the fun of it.

Big Brother

He is everywhere!

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.

laundry day

I actually enjoy going to the laundr-O-mat. I sit there and make drawings like this. Brushpen and Photoshop.

Starbucks

Moleskine, brush pen and Photoshop. I've never tried the Iced Lemon Pound Cake from Starbucks, but it looks refreshingly tasty.