A new personal philosophy formed while I was recently shopping and had to look past all the fall (even Halloween) decorations clogging t...

Sunflowers are out in full-faced bloom this week, just in time for a job on sunflower images. So gracious of Mother Nature to provide me wit...

The internet is a real boom to the illustrator searching for visual reference. It's especially important when working on a piece tha...

Working on a big art deadline is kind of like running a marathon; you must keep a steady pace for a sustained amount of time in order to f...

There is a saying around where I grew up. If the weather is beautifully clear and sunny, it's a Five-Mountain Day. It's meaning? Y...

In my Mom and Dad's neighborhood in Vancouver, Washington, there is a gardener who runs a little roadside cut-flower cart. It is...

Cicada Love Cicadas in the summer trees Possess a choral expertise. Tummy muscles trill in song, “Wee-ooooh-Wee-ooooh” all day lon...