My Paintings: Priscilla Presley

Priscilla Presley

This is a photo of a painting I did of Priscilla Presley, the wife of Elvis Presley. (He was famous once, kids, Google it! ^_^) This is one of the last paintings I did before a long hiatus (20 years!), but unfortunately I seem to have slipped into another painting… Continue reading

Five reasons why crowdfunding fails

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(update: I’ve removed my GoFundMe site, since there was no reason to continue it. I’ve corrected the post now) For the past four months I’ve been trying to raise money through “crowdfunding,” using GoFundMe. To date I have raised exactly $0.00. What happened? Where was the bounty to come from… Continue reading

My Paintings: Lynda Carter

Lynda Carter

Here is another of the paintings I made when I was in college, many many (so many!) years ago.  This one is also acrylic on canvas, and like all the others (which you haven’t seen yet, unless you went to my DeviantArt page!) it’s based on a photograph of Lynda… Continue reading

My paintings: Erin Gray

Erin Gray

A long time ago, back in the early days just after the Earth cooled, about half-past the dinosaurs, I used to paint pictures.  This being the dim and ancient past, these were done with acrylic pigment on actual canvas, and they took a long time each to paint.  Mainly because… Continue reading

Photos from the new book I’m working on…

What, you didn’t know I had an old book? ^__^ My first book Here are some photos from that book When I went with my brother Darrell to Japan in May of 2010, we visited a place near where he was stationed back in the 1950s, the town of Matsushima…. Continue reading

You’ll never hear dubstep the same way, ever again…

Believe me, I had no idea before watching this that a dubstep mashup like this was even possible. (Note: if you don’t know what dubstep is, or who Skrillex is, here’s a nice video of otters playing with cups: awwww)

Zen Pencils: “Shaolin Monk Experience”

“Zen Pencils” is a webcomic by a young man in Australia named Gavin Aung Than, who works as a freelance illustrator. He mixes philosophy and art in a very charming style, drawing illustrations based on quotes from famous people.