Gene Tierney. This was a project from my first drawing class.

graphite on paper  16x20
1996

Vivian Leigh from my first drawing class.

graphite on paper  18x14
1996

Princess Leia. I used a stump to get the photographic effect.

graphite on bristol board  11x14
1997

I did this from a picture I took of Squirt the day I brought her home.

colored pencil on bristol board  11x8
1997

My sister's dog Boris. This was the first colored pencil drawing I tried.

colored pencil on bristol board  11x14
1997

This was a halloween assignment to do a nightmare. I painted it with my hands, more out of frustration than anything. His heart has exploded and his eyes have drained out, but he doesn't know it.

acrylic on canvas board  30x24
1998

The 5000th P-38 made (called Yippee because it had been called YP-22 before it went into production).

colored pencil on bristol board  22x14
1998

Squirt dog. I look at this now, and it seems too hard-edged.

colored pencil on paper  24x18
2000

This is a self-portrait puzzle. I took the image with my digital camera and manipulated it on my computer. Then I printed them out and pasted them to the pieces.

computer printout on wood with ModgePodge  17x13
2002

This was half of an assignment to capture extreme emotion.

charcoal on gessoed foamboard  32x28
2002

Second part of an assignment to capture extreme emotion. I taped them together to meet the minimum dimension of 4 feet.

charcoal on gessoed foamboard  32x28
2002