The Diver

 Recent painting of a diving helmet from the Maine Maritime Museum. Acrylic on  4.5" x 8" x .125" thick birch plywood.

Looking Out to Sea

Another 4" x 10" acrylic painting  on illustration board. Haven't decided weather it is done, or if I will work on it some more. My output, never prolific, has been very sparse this year dealing with the fall-out of Covid, divorce, and a bunch of other crap. But every now and then I rouse myself enough to pull together a couple of small pieces. So take that universe.

The Reader

 A  4" x 10" acrylic painting on illustration board
I completed recently. A common sight at a
well-known Salem location.

The Reader

Plan 8 From the Outer Ether Poster

A couple of weeks ago an old friend of mine contacted me and asked me if I could design a poster for an upcoming live performance.  Every once in a while I will get a text or e-mail from a friend who remembers that I am a graphic designer, and maybe finds themselves in a time or budget pinch, or just don't know where to turn. 

Usually these projects are duds, but not in this case. 

My friend Brian Rust and his "Post Meridian Radio Players" were not only doing a live reading of the script for "Plan 9 From Outer Space" for a Halloween weekend production in Somerville, but were also going to be performing his original script for "Plan 8 From the Outer Ether". He needed a poster to promote it STAT. I jumped at the chance.

Since time and budget was of the essence, I had to work with what was readily available for images, mostly culled off of the internet and assembled in Photoshop. I did it in one night. 

Perhaps you think it looks like it was done in one night, but that is not a bad thing in this case as it is Plan 9 we are talking about, (possibly the worst film ever made) and the air of general cheesiness was exactly what Brian was looking for. He was happy, and I really enjoyed working on it. If only more projects were this fun!

Mermaid Doodles

A couple of mermaid-related doodles in pen & ink and watercolor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divorced Guy's Star Trek Club

An illustration done this year, one of the worst years of my life. I am going through an extremely painful divorce, and have two close male friends; one who is recently divorced, and the other, in the process of getting divorced. We all share a love of Star Trek, which we bonded over years ago, watch together, and which has been a welcome refuge from all the crap going on in our lives.
The idea is based on a photo taken of me siting in the captain's chair on the bridge of the Enterprise, at the official Star Trek Original Series Set Tour, in Ticonderoga New York. https://www.startrektour.com/,  which was one of the happiest days of my life. Ironically, I went with my soon to be ex-wife, who took the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made the above sticker with the final artwork in Adobe Illustrator with "Divorced Guy's Star Trek Club" and more importantly "To Boldly Go".
I have not been producing much artwork this year, as like a lot of people, my stress levels have been high, and my mental health has not been great, but I am very proud of the fact that I was able to bang this out, in spite of how I feel, and that I have not lost my sense of humor. 

The final artwork is 7.5" x 7.5" and was done in Prismacolor marker, and colored pencil on Bristol board.

Original Artwork

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown

 Recent painting of the Pilgrim monument in Provincetown, MA. From a photo I took on a winter trip to Cape Cod. 5.75" x 14" acrylic on a primed wooden panel.