Plane Air sketches

Sketches while waiting for planes. Austin to Dallas to Kansas City.

Missouri Grasslands

Odessa, Missouri. Using my camera as a scanner, uploading with a dial-up connection.

Pelecyphora strobiliformis

From my cactus and succulent plant collections.  Pine Cone cactus. It really does exist.

Succulents

This is a pinecone cactus. I love the alien, otherworldy shapes of succulents. Most of them, in my opinion have a happy, cartoon look to them. With the hot dry summers in this part of the world, these are not difficult to grow. Although I've killed a couple of jade plants, probably from over watering.

Duck Race

Over the weekend the local Emergency Medical Services folks held their annual Duck Race fundraiser event. You buy a duck for five bucks. They are flipped out of the rubber rescue raft into the water, the first duck to reach the finish line, about 200 or so feet downstream, wins the prize.

This year the event was held at Blue Hole, a local swimming hole on Cypress Creek. The creek is spring fed, so the water is cold year round. They guy on the raft was dreading the plunge. For this year's event, there was no current & barely a breeze. It took a few "duck wranglin' cowboys" in kayakes to herd the ducks downstream. This is a fun family event, and a wonderful photo opportunity!

Pop Art

Another page from the moleskine Pop Up art book. Painted with ink & guasche.

Wouldn't it be great to have a wall filled with art?

gnarled Live Oak trees

I went for a "sketch" drive around town. The twisted gnarly Live Oaks never cease to amaze me. I love this part of the world.

Wimberley, Texas. just outside of Austin. The "Hill Country."

FreeFlow

Free flow...this one just happened. Not much thought into it. Maybe I will 3 dimensionalize it.

red line & raindrops

3D moleskine "pop up" art.

I am pretty sure this one was influenced by the recent wisdom teeth pullings. This is what I worked on for several days during the haze of recovery.