Wandering

Here's a newer piece of a guy seeming to not have a care in the world as he wanders around in the swamp. This piece is loosely based on an old friend and some of my own treks into a nearby marsh. This is a water based paint on paper by Michael Quirk dated 2018.

It's been a while since I posted here. This is a recent sketch done on a magazine cover dated October 2015. Does anyone know which magazine? As always, click on the image to enlarge.

Wrecked Car Drawing

Who hasn't done this before? There's a body shop nearby that has a rotating exhibition of wrecked cars out front. This Saturn showed up a few months ago. You wonder about the people involved. I hope everybody's OK by now.

Drawing in Progress

Here's a partial view of one of my latest drawings. The inspiration for this drawing came from a stereoscopic image of WWI soldiers titled, "Now Bring on Your Gas". Anyone who owns a dog would appreciate this image.

New Drawing- Those Who Qualify

This drawing is based on one of those annoying ad banners that I find with my email. The ad reads, "Financial Aid Available to Those Who Qualify". They're giving out money even if you look a little like a crazed hermit. Then why is it so hard to get a loan?

Drawing of WTO Chief Pascal Lamy

I get a lot of inspiration for my drawings from magazines, newspapers, TV and the internet. This drawing was inspired by a Tim Chong/Reuters photo of WTO chief Pascal Lamy in a NY Times article from October 2, 2009 titled "WTO Chief Sees Russian Interest in Joining Waning".

Drawing of Found Robot

I was trolling the internet for robots and found this guy who looked a little like Dave Matthews to me. I believe the purpose of this robot was to to test facial expressions, trying to get him to be a little more human. Something to do with "invertuality". Notice the wires coming out of the back of his head and a lack of hands.

Another Sketch

A small pencil sketch from the archives. Not sure what kind of plant we have here...

New Color Sketch - Some Trees in Orange

I thought I should put a little bit of color in with the other drawings. This marker and color pencil sketch of trees is loosely based on a scene I photographed near a farm in Orange. The mountains and colors are pure fantasy. Click for a larger view.

Another Drawing: My Backyard

This is a view of my old backyard in winter. It mostly shows my neighbor Sandor's chicken coop, smokehouse and garden. To the right beyond that fence is a little bit of my old friend Pete's backyard. There were a couple of big oaks and some nice woods out there until they built those houses. It doesn't look like much, but I had some great times there.

Old Drawings New Drawings

It's been a while since my last update. I recently got a new scanner so that I could archive some of the older drawings and paintings here at the museum. Stumbled across this rough sketch in one of the folders. This somewhat charming scene was sketched in the marsh near Milford Point. While paddling near there in September, I noticed that a lot had changed. The house and outbuildings had been torn and replaced with new houses. Progress I suppose. I'll be adding more drawings soon.

Idea Box

If I toss things in a drawer, they get kinda lost, so I have a few boxes where I put random sketches, notes, news clippings, ideas... I was looking through the stuff, figuring out what I might paint next. It also reminds me that I have to update the drawing section of my website.