The Portfolio
the Bird Chronicles* Migration Investigation...the Bird Chronicles are a portrait of individual feathered friends. Each bird has a distinctive personality and image which should be apparent to the viewer. Please note that the artist has been instructed to capture these fowl with little to no creative license. So, the birds you are seeing are as true to life as possible. Thank you. Materials Prismacolor Noir Pencil Self Promotional
1. Mr. Hoots * Flying Verve The first in a long line of hooting troubadours, Mr. Hoots is an iconic vision of flying verve.
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2. The Saint * Blessed
His feathers fall on hallowed ground, while sounds from his beek right what has been wronged. Step respectfully far away from his gaze, but count your blessings to receive a stately nod.
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3. Penny * Arctic Queen
Maiden of the artic, queen of the light, blue frozen tundra. Nonetheless sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick-witted and refreshingly warm.
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4. Lucy Jane * Endearing Loud but endearing, proud and appealing. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to meet, but hard to understand. Her quips are legendary, her tantrums infamous. Either way you will bow to this Queen of the coop.
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5. Sammy * Water Fowl
A fowl that finds himself balancing life on one leg. Swamped with memories, he flies to uncharted depths â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fishing for truth, one mackerel at a time.
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6. Lizette * Mellow Tweet A perfomer of mellow tweet and chirp, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known for unleashing unapolgetic rhythm on an unsuspecting crowd.
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7. Burtz * Blue-Feathered Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enigmatic, but yet angry. A true blue-feathered hero from yesterday.
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8. Marlene * Aloof Aloof and scatter-brained. She was recently overheard commenting on the untidiness of her neighborhood nest association.
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Greek Gods* Images based on ancient Greek beliefs and mythology. Each God has his own unique story, and of course his own set of issues. Materials Liquitex Acrylics and Prismacolor Self Promotional
Poseidon * Moisturized
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Dionysus * Wine-taster Materials Liquitex Acrylics and Prismacolor
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Nike Fable Tshirt* A requested illustration showing a new take on an old tale, the Tortoise and the Hare. In this version, the Tortoise is much more serious. The Hare is, well, the Hare...
Tortoise Materials Prismacolor Noir Pencil Nike, Running Division
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Van * Trippy
A ride in an RV can wash all of your troubles away, at least the memorable ones.
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Neal * Coffee Swine Nealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically a coffee snob. Or, snout, I forget. Either way, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring any weak stuff to his table.
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Monsters* Well, they’re scary. They’re loud. And, sometimes they smell bad. But, they’re also really fun to draw and paint.
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There are times when we find ourselves caught in a stressful situation. Materials Liquitex Acrylics, Prismacolor and India Ink Terrible Yellow Eyes, Blog project commemorating Maurice Sendak and Where the Wild Things Are
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Little Monsters * Tiny Frights
Little examples of monsters that can be either harmful or non-threatning because of their size.
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Elephant Music * Fine Tuned Sometimes and elephant has got to just make beautiful music - with a standing bass.
Materials Liquitex Acrylics McGraw-Hill, Education Division
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Gumbo and Lucien * Dance An image created to illustrate a young boy and his pet alligator. That being said, I guess anything is possible if your pet as a kid is an alligator.
Materials Liquitex Acrylics Bayou Boys, Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Design Press, Savannah, GA
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Imagine your asleep, and then you hear your window open and two bears fly (or float) in on a boat. I did.
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The Land of Caring Bou* A little known fact: when there are no humans in a forest, all the animals follow a charismatic caribou leader. This story was the creation of Caribou Coffee, and the book was distributed in their coffee houses nationwide. Materials Liquitex Acrylics and Prismacolor The Land of Caring Bou, Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Book Caribou Coffee, August House
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The Top Secret Files of Mother Goose
The Top Secret Files of Mother Goose* A Children’s book illustrated for Whitecap Publishers. The story follows Mother Goose’s investigation into who stole the King’s tart. Materials Liquitex Acrylics and Prismacolor The Top Secret Files of Mother Goose Whitecap Publishers, Walrus Press
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Miss Muffett * Expressive A new take on Miss Muffet’s previously undisclosed profession as a yoga instructor. This time she exhibits much more selfcontrol when confronted by a spider.
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Humpty * Waffler This version of Humpty finds him hiding out in a diner. Personally, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure if that was a good idea for a giant egg person.
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Peter * Pumpkin Builder The Builderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association of America says that the leading cause of Pumpkin Housing problems is mold. Who knew?
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Bo Peep * Sheepish Who could blame her for losing those sheep? I blame her mother for giving her that name.
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