WHEN I CRY
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor & Sharpie on Watercolor Paper
Tears of happiness, love, joy. I cry for you, for life. Tears of pain, sorrow, fear. I cry for you, for life. When the positive vibes get me. I cry for the world, for life. When the negativity surrounds. I cry for the world, for life. Don’t worry it will all be okay. Don’t worry it will all make sense. When I cry…
MY HAND
11″ x 15″ Sharpies on Watercolor paper
Passin’ by, don’t just say hi. Throw one up and give me five. If you’re with me, if you care. Look alive, don’t just stare. We are here, here as one. Lets be free, lets have some fun. Put ’em up, up in the sky. Put ’em up and let ’em fly. You know you’re right. You can’t be wrong. If you’re with me sing along. If you’re with me sing this song. Sing it loud and sing it strong.
FROM SOIL
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor & Sharpie on Watercolor paper
When is the last time you put your hands in the soil? When is the last time you felt like part of this Earth? Don’t get disconnected from your mother. Don’t forget what life is worth. Planted here for a purpose. Planted here to grow. Planted here to be a part of something bigger than you know. If it were all just so easy. If you didn’t need to try. Would you still make an effort before you died? Put your hands in the soil and become one with the Earth. Plant seeds today and make the most of their worth.
EARTH SPIRIT (GIFTED)
11″ x 15″ Sharpie & Prismacolor on Watercolor Paper
Gaze upon me now
A desperate soul for all time
Bound forever to this barren land… desolate
My spirit has been pierced
So crucify if you must
But just recall it’s in your creed
Not to judge
Crucify me, I am the pierced spirit
Crucify me, for I know that you must
You must ~The Pierced Spirit, Iced Earth
BETSY FLYING
11″ x 15″ Sharpies on Watercolor Paper
She kept trying and trying and every single day was a hurdle. Some days were good and others were not so good, but it didn’t stop her. Anything that was thrown across her path she felt like she could handle. She knew that with each challenge met there would only be strength to gain. Then one day it all got a little bit easier. One day she was set free. One day she grew wings and she learned how to fly. One day…
BURNT TOAST IN BED
10″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
Our friend Joe was back home from London, England for a bit and came over to visit. I was working on the project as usual and thought I’d get him in on it. I did a little version of the Rorschach test on him, but only for this one image. “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you look at this?” Burnt Toast in Bed was born. Do you see what Joe sees or is there some other image in your mind?
PRESSURE
11″ x 15″ Pen & Marker on Watercolor Paper
If you change yourself you will change your world. If you change how you think then you will change how you feel and what actions you take. And so the world around you will change. Not only because you are now viewing your environment through new lenses of thoughts and emotions but also because the change within can allow you to take action in ways you wouldn’t have – or maybe even have thought about – while stuck in your old thought patterns. ~Gandhi
COCK-A-DOODLE DOODLE
11″ x 15″ Pen & Marker on Watercolor Paper
Rise up this mornin’. Yawn with the rising sun. There is a bird, that’s in my mind set. Singin’ sweet songs, to me to get me out of bed. And get images into my head, head, head… Singin’ start drawing… everything. Cuz everything you draw… is gonna be just right. Singin’ start drawing… everything. Cuz everything you draw… is gonna be just right. Rise up this mornin’. I got a pen in hand. I got some paper and markers too. I’m gonna draw now, draw now for all of you, you, you… Singin’ start drawing… everything. Cuz everything you draw… is gonna be just right. Singin’ start drawing… everything. Cuz everything you draw… is gonna be just right. ~my take on Three Little Birds
THE PRINCE
11″ x 15″ Pen & Marker on Watercolor Paper
Now I see his face. I’ve seen him smile. Such in a lonely place. No golden mile, his eyes tell morbid tales of his black heart. His deeds through ages past tell of his part.
See his face, see his smile Time to die
An angel from below change my dreams. I want for glory’s hour, for wealth’s esteem. I wish to sell my soul. To be reborn. I wish for earthly riches, don’t want no crown of thorns.
See his face, see his smile Time to die
I was born a fool. Don’t want to stay that way. Devil take my soul with diamonds you repay. I don’t care for Heaven. Don’t you look for me to cry and I will burn in Hell from the day I die.
See his face, see his smile Time to die ~Metallica
PORTALS
11″ x 15″ Marker & Pen on Paper
What would you do if there were portals that would let you travel back in time? Would you go back and win the lottery? Would you make sure you got all A’s in school? Maybe re-live a moment in time a little bit differently? Or maybe not use the portals at all? Maybe everything that is happening now is happening for a reason and it doesn’t need to be changed. Maybe this was written? Maybe…
WHAT A DANDY
11″ x 15″ Pen & Primacolors on Watercolor Paper
The name of this piece is brought to you by my co-worker/friend Seth. I was scanning it when he came over and that was the first thing that came to his head when he saw it. So, What A Dandy it is. Hope today is a dandy for everyone else as well. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
SURF RIDER
11″ x 15″ Pen & Primacolors on Watercolor Paper
“…there was purity and there was the dream, and the adventure, and there was the counterculture aspect. It was like shove society, shove the nine to five, shove the rules… we’re just going to follow our hearts, treat each other well, eat well and enjoy the ocean. It was not for money and it wasn’t for fame… that’s what we’re gonna do… purely because that’s what our hearts want to do. That was amazing.” -Jim Banks (quote from the Switch-foot book)
LIFE IS HAZEY
11″ x 15″ Pen & Prismacolor on Watercolor Paper
We only get one while we’re here and we can’t even remember most of the beginning parts. What was I thinking about when I was in those first few years? How were all of these things around me shaping the person I am today? There are such high hopes for you when you are brand new. Did my mother know that when she gave me a piece of paper and a box of crayons that it would turn into this?
CALMER THAN YOU ARE
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor on Watercolor Paper
What is everyone so worried about? Life? Life goes on and on and on and… Think about the hardest part of your day today and realize it isn’t really that hard at all. Someone out there has got it way worse than you do. People are dying of hunger while others honk their horns in line at the drive-thru because the service isn’t fast enough. Back off the horn and calm down a little. Calm is a state of mind, the state of my mine.
JUST THINKING
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor Markers on Watercolor
We all go through some good times and some bad times. We all have a story to tell. We all build the world around us to fit to our vision of how life should be. We are all capable of greatness. What happens based on our decisions is left to the world to decide. Who do you want to be? What are your dreams? What is your story? Wake up and live…