There Is Only One Queen

I'm excited to be finalizing the last page of art for the latest installment of the Our Fair City comic series. As mentioned in previous posts concerning the comic, it's an offshoot of an award-winning radio drama set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future. Check out my past posts for info concerning the comic. 

Once again the script was written by Mark Soloff, this time being lettered and colored by Dann Tincher. I was very happy to be asked to again work on this highly innovative project, multimedia.

I'll post finalized images once all the pages are completed. You can also purchase the last two volumes here. And be sure to keep an eye on Our Fair City.

Please check out my website to see the completed pages from the last issue.

He is Comig...

 Nearly completed the work on my new set of murals for Dante's Pizzeria at their second location. In true Dante's fashion and in keeping with the spirit of The Inferno, there will be lots of apocalyptic/demoniac imagery, it's been a lot of fun to paint!

 The restaurant will be tentatively be open for business at the end of this month or the beginning of next month. More (and better) photos to come soon, once the mural is unveiled.

New Work: "Lilith"

Lilith oil on canvas 16"x20"

A piece commissioned earlier this year has finally been completed! Quite pleased with the way this iconic image came out. Although sticking fairly rigidly to the specifications the patron designated, I was able to incorporate quite a bit of my own interests into the piece as well. 

I've given it the title Lilith based on the ancient Babylonian mythological and Biblical figure of the demon-goddess who was in some texts believed to be the first wife of Adam before the Fall. It is alternately titled "Hurricane", based on the themes designated by the patron who commissioned the piece.

Tattooist Robert Ryan's Tree of Life

View more of Ryan's work at:

North American Gnostic Book of the Living

Witchy Windchime

Hoodoo Chime bamboo, wire, paper, hemp, bone, thread, metal chimes

Another creation from a few weeks back, it's looking and sounding good on our back porch. I'd been meaning to use up some scrap pieces of dried bamboo that I cut from some taller canes last summer, and since I happened to have some old chimes, wire and hoodoo bones layin' about, figured I'd put it all to use. 

I really like the dry woody tone the bamboo and bones make as they clatter together with the ethereal tinkle of the tiny metal chimes. It's been a real pleasure to listen to during the past few days of blustery stormy nights and breezy summer days.

The Scientist meets Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub

Very happy to announce my finished poster design for an amazing upcoming musical event. Jamaican dub reggae legend Hopeton Brown, better know as the Scientist, will be performing with Chicago musician Ted Sirota and his group, Heavyweight Dub. As an added bonus, my good buddy Mark Cooper's band Green Room Rockers will be opening up for this dub massive! This may be one of the only chances to catch this living legend of reggae music in Chicago, so be sure not to miss it!

As a huge fan of the Scientist and reggae music it has been an honor for me to be a part of this show, even if it's just doing this simple poster design. Can't wait for the show!



For more info on "the Scientist vs. Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub" album release that has been fully funded by kickstarter, follow the link.

 

K-9

Dug this up the other day while going through some older sketches and drawings. Nearly forgot about it as it was for an abandoned project, figured it deserves a chance to see the light of day.

 "K-9" pen and ink on watercolor paper