Moths

It’s not obvious, but this illustration is about struggle. Around 11 years ago, I read an anecdote that stuck with me. It was about a man who witnessed a moth emerging from a cocoon. The moth was struggling to get out so the man very gently snipped the cocoon so that it could easily get free. But the moth’s body was swollen and its wings were sm ...

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10th Wedding Anniversary

On July 20th, 2007, Dario and I took the day off work, walked down to the park near our house and eloped. We had a photographer and our 2 best friends by our sides. I wore a sun dress and flip flops and he was in jeans. It was just for us, and it was simple and perfect. This is a sketch I recently did of the guy who has spent the last ten years ...

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Lazy Days of Summer

A few months back an old colleague from my advertising days, photographer Wes Raymond, contacted me about doing a time lapse. I've actually wanted to do one for a while so I was pretty happy that he asked. We decided that I'd do a sketch on a summer theme and he'd take photographs while I painted it. The painting took about 2 hours and Wes compr ...

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