Death Leaves a Business Card

Death leaves a business card.

Death joins a business networking group.
"Mr. Death, can you tell us a little about your business?"

"Well, I have been in business for a really long time . I originally trained as an angel, but when the whole original sin thing happened I was recruited to become the angel of death. My business is basically reaping souls. I separate the soul from the body and deliver it to the afterlife. I'm kind of like FedEx in that way. I have only lost one package in 2,000 years.

"What is a good referral for you?"

"Well really everyone, but specifically anyone with a terminal disease, suffering from the effects of a  terrible accident, or just really, really old.

"Do you have a business card?"

"Yes, I do, but I can't decide between a cheery card with flowers, or all black with a skull and crossbones. I know that the black one is rally more me, but I'm worried people may find it off-putting."

Another Killer Robot

I imagine the guy with the gun is attending some kind of pro-gun, pro-Trump, right-wing, fascist rally somewhere out in the woods, when there is a noise in the bush. Expecting to find spying libtards, or government stooges, this guy goes to investigate. He hears rustling close by in the bushes and draws his pistol. A killer robot arises from the bushes. Startled, the guy fires his handgun at the robot with no effect. The robot says "No guns" and vaporizes the gun, along with the guys hand. The robot identifies the assault rifle on the guy's back as a secondary threat, but since he can't do much with one hand, it is about to spare him and move on, until it notices the MAGA hat...

Killer Robots

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid (Danish: Den lille Havfrue) is a bronze statue by sculptor Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The depiction is based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The sculpture is displayed on a rock on the Langelinie waterfront promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet of the fairytale in Copenhagen's Royal Theatre and asked the ballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on August 23, 1913.[5] The statue's head was modelled after Price, but as the ballerina did not agree to model in the nude, the sculptor's wife, Eline Eriksen, was used for the body

Based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since its unveiling in 1913.

I thought it might be fun to do a sketch of Edvard working in his studio, sculpting the model for the final bronze sculpture in terra cotta clay, while his wife poses nude.

Nightsky

Longing for the ability to travel, but unable to in this time of pandemic, led to the genesis of this image. I call it "Nightsky". It is a 4" x 6" pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Love In the Time of Covid19

A pen-and-ink-and-watercolor sketch of a young couple I saw a few days ago, heading out of the building next door. They had the unmistakable look of two people on a date. Love conquers all I guess.

Salem Sea Captain and Wife , 1830

A 4" x 6" pen and ink and watercolor of a couple of characters from a story idea I am working on.