Cop

...another dirty painting I did recently.

Sneak peaks...

Another piece started from a series I'm working on ....Oil

more sketchbook

some doodles from last night...while watching tv. I don't really "watch" tv.

Chief

Another sketchbook piece.

Back again

Sharing a couple of doodles just completed last night on my trip back from Mexico. The trip wasn't great - got sick with the flu, bad fever and all, but I'm happy with these sketches which I think better define my personal instincts, my drawing at it's best. I did a lot of reading of my most influential writer/teacher/artist, Robert Henri, who prophetically reminded me to be true to myself. As I reflect back on my body of work, it's clear that I've strayed far too often. Convention is a terrible burden for an artist. So, I leave you with these poignant words:

"Perhaps whatever there is in my work that may be really interesting to others, and surely what is interesting to me, is the result of a sometimes successful effort to free myself from any idea that what I produce must be art or must respond in any way to any standard" - Robert Henri