Working on new logo design

I frequently send out promotional brochures and am always in the process of altering my logo. Here are a couple of recent examples of new ideas for the logo. Just having fun with the computer, as always.

Color and design on the computer

The computer is a fabulous medium for creating color and design experiments. No paper, paint pencils or brushes, just your own imagination. For students this is a great way to immerse yourself into the design world, just dive right in and start creating. It's great practice and also will help develop your computer skills.

Gallery event this weekend

The Craig Smith Galley in Union Pier is hosting an Artist's Open House as part of the annual Moonlight Madness special event. If you are in the area, drop by.


I used an old ink line drawing from a Dracula book that I illustrated for this poster, coloring it and adding the type on the computer

Digital sketches for new acrylic paintings

For the last few months I have been working on a new series of abstract nudes based on color sketches done on the computer. Here are some of my latest images that will be used as a basis for more paintings.

Happy holiday !

Have a great holiday !

Old ads from the 1930's

I love some of these old ads that used to run in various magazines when I was a kid. Once in a while I'll rewrite the copy in the balloons and send the ads to friends.

Color variations on a composition

Taking an existing painting or illustration and trying different color variations can be a very interesting project and is a good way to hone your computer skills. Just let your imagination run wild and see what happens.


Above is one of 36 black and white illustrations that I did for Ben Leibson's book, "Drifting Sands". It was created on a Mac 4 computer. Many interesting variations can be created of an image like this easily in photoshop, it's interesting as well as a great learning experience.










Here's another black and white version, I could have gone on and done dozens of these, the computer makes this type of experimentation comparatively easy.