Bella ACEO

Oooooh, string....

Part of a series of illustrations of cats at the local humane society. BELLA HAS BEEN ADOPTED! YEAH!

2.5X3.5 inches.

Augustus ACEO

Pet me? play with me? love me?

Part of a series of illustrations of cats currently for adoption at the local humane society. Adopt Augustus: http://www.daws.org/catgallery.html

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. acrylic and charcoal painting on bristol stock.

Original available for sale:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54743206/augustus-original-odd-eyed-black-cat

Arnie ACEO

A grumpy old tabby glares at you for waking him.

Part of a series of illustrations of cats currently for adoption at the local humane society. Adopt Arnie: http://www.daws.org/catgallery.html

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. (it appears bigger on screen than it actually is) Original acrylic and charcoal painting on bristol stock.

Groundhog cavalry

CHARGE!

Onward mighty woodchuck! A rat warrior rides his mighty groundhog into battle.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. Mixed media: acrylic, colored pencil, and charcoal on bristol

Mormon Cricket ACEO

Mormon crickets aren't actually crickets, they're from the katydid family. The "mormon" part is because swarms of these insects nearly wiped out the crops at the first Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) settlement in Utah.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5 X9 CM. acrylic and charcoal painting on bristol stock.

Medusa's adopts a pet

Everybody wants a pet unicorn. There just aren't enough to go around. So most people would go home with a jackalope, or a hellhound, or even the occasional werewolf. But nobody at the shelter ever suggested they even LOOK at the catoblepas. It was just too dangerous and ugly. Clearly he'd live out his days at the mythical pet shelter, alone and unloved...

But it turns out there's a perfect pet for every one and a perfect owner for every pet...

acrylic and colored pencil on bristol. 7X10"

Vampire Horse ACEO

He sucks the sparkles right out of all those other ponies.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5 X9 CM. Original acrylic and charcoal painting on bristol stock.

Killer Coyotes

Coyote feeding at a kill.

3 X4 .5 inches. 7.5 X 11.5 CM.

Original for sale on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33799119

Grasshopper ACEO

2.5X3.5. Charcoal and acrylic

Horse Head - charcoal ACEO

A horse fixes it's gaze on something in the distance.


ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. charcoal drawing on bristol paper.

Pil Bug ACEO

A pill bug. Also known as a woodlouse, roly-poly, doodle bug, potato bug, slater, or sow bug.

They're not really bugs, they're actually land dwelling crustaceans that breath through tiny gills. There's more than 3,000 species of pill bugs worldwide.

Horse Head ACEO

A solid little working horse, just waiting to get the rest of the tack on and get to work.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. (it appears bigger on screen than it actually is) Original charcoal drawing on bristol stock.

Available for sale on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19899948

Bulldog & Butterfly

The butterfly on his nose totally screws up his tough guy act.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. (it appears bigger on screen than it actually is) Original charcoal drawing on bristol paper.

Original available for sale through Etsy:

Gray treefrog

Trrrrrrrrreeeeeee-eeeeeeeat!

A gray tree frog calls into the night.

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. (it appears bigger on screen than it actually is) Original charcoal drawing on bristol paper.

Treefrog

Fear the frog of cuteness!

A little tree frog blends in with a leaf til he's ready to pounce!

ACEO 2.5X3.5 inches. 6.5X9 CM. (it appears bigger on screen than it actually is) Original charcoal drawing on bristol paper.

Duck and Cover- line work

Line work for the card "duck and Cover" for the Rage CCG.

Colored version forthcoming.

TINY piece as the surface is only 2.5X 3.5 and the figure doesn't fill it so he has some room to 'duck'.

Tiger & rat ACEO

Is that rat a pet or a snack?

an ACEO in charcoal on bristol. 2.5X3.5 inches (playing card sized)

Smiling Seal ACEO- charcoal

Seals have two expressions. Happy smiley seal and brainmeltingly sad and soulful.

The heart shaped nose, the curly whiskers, the shine in the eyes, all this says this is a Happy Seal!

Original ACEO. 2.5 X 3.5 inches (6.5 X 9 CM) Charcoal on bristol paper.

Eastern chipmunk ACEO

This is just a cute little eastern chipmunk nibbling away on some seeds while perched on a log in front of some beech leaves.

2.5 X3.5 inches (6.5X9CM) Charcoal on bristol.

Sleeping Sato ACEO

She looks so sweet sleeping but as soon as there's a noise in the kitchen, she's off like a shot to see if you'll share some of your sandwich!

What's a sato? It's a slang term for "street dog" used to described the feral dogs on the various Caribbean islands. The one that posed for this drawing (right up til the sounds of fridge opening woke her) was rescued from Puerto Rico through Save A Sato. I could not have asked for a nicer dog.

Original charcoal ACEO. 2.5X 3.5 inches (6.5X 9CM) on bristol.

Raccoon skull

A simple life drawing (death drawing?) of a raccoon skull I own. I'm not sure how the break in the left cheek bone occurred since it was like that when I found it.

ACEO original charcoal on bristol paper. Playing card size, though it appears larger on screen here.

I am Pika, see me cute!

What's a pika? They're abominably adorable animals related to rabbits. They typical dwell in burrows in mountainous areas. They're frequently seen scampering over the rocks with a mouthful of grass to line their burrows with. They typically weigh less than a pound.

This little guy is seen munching on some alpine flowers, one of their favorite snacks. This is an American pika which can be found in the Rocky Mountains and western coastal ranges of the US. Other species of pikas are found in Asia and Eastern Europe.

ACEO in charcoal on bristol. This has been sprayed with krylon fixative to prevent smudging from handling. 2.5 X 3.5 inches.

Fast Food Fox

ACEOs seem to be one of those hot things at moment so I wanted to try one. My paintings have slowly been shrinking anyway, so going all the way down to trading card size didn't seem too hard.

Why is this called Fast Food Fox? do you seriously think that little duck can outrun a fox? We all know how this will end...

This picture is actually bigger on screen than in person! It's a tiny 2.5X3.5 inches. Acrylic, colored pencil and charcoal on bristol.

This is also the first fox I've drawn in about 7 or 8 years.

Framing Mad

After breaking yet another custom frame, slicing open my hand twice, and taking the skin off my knuckles with a wood rasp I gave up on framing existing pieces to take to Anthrocon in July.

I cut the stock to the exact dimensions of an existing frame and painted this ode to how I felt about framing. So not doing that again!

Mixed media on bristol.

Highland Cow

Scotch Highland Cow done in hot wax on cardboard.

Original 11X14

Black Pearl of Hungary

Shagya Arabian Stallion O'Bajan XIII, "The Black Pearl of Hungary" done from a black and white photo taken sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. Pencil.

African Wild Dog

Experimental piece. Hot wax on cardstock.

Coyote Skull

Mixed media. Hot wax for the skull and background. Eyeballs done in acrylic. Original is 4.5X12 on cardboard.

A werewolf cub gets marked in a ceremony.

Crayon resist with acrylic washes, and acrylic overlay on cardboard. The ridged appearance comes from the cardboard. This was an offshoot of some experiments with hot wax.

To flatten out some of the ridges in the cardboard, I initially soaked it in water, than rolled it flat with a rolling pin. I stuck it unde r board and left it to dry. Then I went and did the texturing with several passes of different colored crayon. Then I did a couple washes in watered acrylic to give the base color. Wax didn't resist quit as much as I expected it would, so I went back over it with some more crayon. Then added the 'mark' on the head in undiluted acylic, straight from the tube.

Fun experiment, may come came back to this technique later.

A hyena mother gazes lovingly at her cub. Soon he'll be up and running, but for now, she can hold him in her arms and pretend he'll always be her baby.

Done in Painter 8 with a graphics tablet. Used as an experiment to try out a new technique for creating fur. Acrylics drybrush function used over oils underpainting. Brickwork in the background done as oil underpainting with chalk on top.