Is this a dagger which I see before me?

In Progress

Is this a dagger which I see before me?, 30x40", oil on canvas. 2014

Sea of Troubles

What Sea of Troubles, What Arms to Bear?, 30x40" oil on canvas. 2014

A Soft Place & Statement

A Soft Place (Bear Legs), 12x22", watercolour and ink on paper. 2014

In the work I have been procuring of late, I seek to reflect a sense of transformation, texture and a touch of absurdity beneath each moment of idleness; My work focuses on rendering figures which fall somewhere between youthful, decrepit, beautiful and brittle. The bodies I paint, primarily feminine, are glimpsed in an innately empathetic moment - however defiant to engage with the viewer. The images portray the mundane everyday, playing with the allure of comfort and the underlying anxieties that may be concealed. The paintings whisper of a fear of displacement and an ache for danger. My imagery echoes themes from American folklore, imbibing a sense of innocent story-telling while portraying figures threatened by something unseen; if only their own restless passivity.  

Madamme Rip Van Winkle

30x40", oil on canvas. 2014

Other hen-pecked madammes wish they could have shares in Rip's good luck and had the luxury of sleeping through the hardships of American Revolution.

Amphibian

Greek ἀμφí, amphi, "both" + βíος, bios, "life"

Gorilla Madamme and her cronies

Re-Documented - The Volcano Parade

The Parade. 3-Panel, watercolour and pencil on paper, 22x30". 2012

(Re-documented)

The Dozing Twins

Watercolour, ink, pencil crayon, 12x22".  Nov 2013

Reptiles in Love

More Recent watercolours:

Watercolour, ink, pencil crayon, 12x22".  Nov 2013

The Peril of the Badger

Watercolour, ink, pencil crayon, 12x22".  Nov 2013

Traditional Tattoo Designs

Live Free, 30x18", watercolour and ink on paper

Dagger- Tat designs.
Happy Birthday Derr

The Butterfly

The Butterfly, 12x20" watercolour and ink on paper & Pre-sketch

The first drawing in a series inspired by imagery derived from traditional tattoo art, but I will be playing around with graphic-novel-type formatting. Think butterflies, ships, daggers, roses and skulls on a voyage!

I have included the pre-sketch to this watercolour drawing, as I find my plans often retain as much or more charm than the finished piece itself...

Goddess in Progress

oil on canvas

Something is coming

sit

Journal Sketch

Internet Cute

I bought a new set of watercolours the other day.. to break them in, I did this little study yesterday.
Yes, it is a dog and a deer nuzzling. Thanks, viral cute things.

Sometimes one just needs a lil' dose of cute on a dreary sunday, right? Source:

Work Deaks

Hello! Here is an equation for you.
Office job + no internet access + some remaining joie de vivre = OFFICE DOODLES

These are not created with any intention of being fantastic or profound, but merely as a method of remaining sane between monotonous filing and chiming, "Bonjour, comment puis-je vous aider", into my headset (yes, I wear a headset... good lord).

The content stems almost entirely from whatever smudgy photographs I've collected on my cell. During a lull in activity, I might slip out the little notebook I carry around and unsheathe my marker.

I pasted on a little head-embellishment later on these..

and if I tire of my smudgy phone inspiration:

... get back to work!

Spaghetti Sauce

Drawing Camp

Started this today.... not sure if I'll finish it yet.
Feeling a bit rusty.

Touch

I drew this about a month ago.
The combination of the pale colours, light pencil and utter crap cell-phone picture (terrible, I know) = not a great post... better camera will be found.

New ....Stuff?

OH HI........... Time to start fitting some art into all this life that's happening....?

Memories in pencil

{Split in two
 to remember you
what if
each what if
created a different past?}

..Lots of subtleties of the pencil marks are lost in the picture, alas.