Illustrations

        I had only seen The Wizard of Oz once as a kid and I remembered key parts about the story, but just didn’t watch it growing up otherwise. I saw it back in January for the first time since then and fell in love with it! Now it’s one of my […]

        America’s sweetheart. When I was looking through photos of her to choose from, most of them were modeling shots with her posing with a typical modeling expression (straight face). But she has the most gorgeous, joy-filled smile and I was going to pick one that depicted it! Once I came across

        I just adore Samwise Gamgee. I’m not necessarily a superfan of Lord of the Rings but Sam is simply one of my favorite fictional characters; despite being antagonized and gaslighted by Gollum into breaking Frodo’s trust of him, he still came back for his friend. His unmatched loyalty is inspiring and

        The first of two ocean animals drawings I made for my nephews. My second oldest nephew Turner loves humpback whales and my sister asked me to create a whale drawing for him. The material applied was oil pastels, my first time using traditional color media in years and boy, it was

        Part two of my oil pastel studies on ocean predators. The first was the humpback whale for my nephew and this one was a great white shark for my older nephew. Both were fun to work on!

        A native from my hometown Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ben Rector is my favorite musical artist. He went to my high school, so I’ve known of him for a long time and have listened to his music since middle school before his bigger albums were released. I love his piano-driven approach to most

        William “Billy” Franklin Graham, perhaps the most prominent evangelist of the 20th century. A powerful orator, he hosted crusades and evangelistic campaigns throughout his lifetime up until his death. I love his intense focus portrayed in this picture, one of many that depict this expression; the pictures don’t lie, as he

        A young Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets) and Frank Oz with the character they co-puppeteered together on the Jimmy Dean Show, Rowlf the dog. Jim controlled the dog’s mouth, left hand, and provided the voice while Frank performed his right hand. I just read Brian Ray Jones’s Jim Henson: The Biography,

        The master of improvisation and a sneaky one at that! Tim Conway, best-known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show, would perform each skit faithfully as according to script during rehearsal. However, when it came to live shows, he would ad-lib mercilessly usually causing his fellow cast members to try

        We had many assignments of simply picking a spot in the arts building and drawing it. This is a basement hallway.