The Visioneer • Part of a long running story in Clubhouse Magazine, Johnny Grav and the Visioneer created by Mike Nappa • Digital color over watercolor
Artwork for T-shirt line
Book cover illustration • Gouache and colored pencil on Canson Paper
Illustration for Bible Visuals International
I liked the idea of these guys playing classical instruments • Textbook Illustration
Unpublished illustration for a Random House book • My only foray into the TMNT line • It was great doing it in a comic book style
On-screen logo designed by the gifted Norman Blore of Technigraphic • He did all the hard parts and I added color and painted in the landscape • Ink, Watercolor and Gouache
Cover for Coloring/Activity Book • This was done months before the film’s release and LucasArts sent me a lot of reference but oddly enough I found better reference on fan sites
Magazine illustration for Clubhouse Magazine
Modelsheet illustration for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast • I was fairly intimidated to mimic one of my art heroes, Alex Toth • Since doing these, I’ve been amazed as to where they’ve shown up
Interior illustration from Blast Off • Aliens designed by my talented brother, Dana • We rendered some of the type in this book as part of the art, not typical and, as it turned out, challenging
Interior illustration • Interesting note, 4 of the 5 models in this illustration are Marines, sure makes for a more authentic set of soldiers
Illustration for 4-year-old’s Bible Instructional Aides
Cover illustration for The Lord My Shepherd • I enjoyed adding a lot of intense colors to this setting
Interior illustration • I find these Black & White pencil drawings very gratifying
Illustration for Victory, another Bible Visuals International product • Amazing true story of life in a WWII Japanese prisoner of war camp in China
My take on the moment where Samuel hears God’s voice from I Samuel 3
Illustration from a Science Textbook
Spot illustration for a textbook
A version of the story of the Samaritan Women or the Woman at the Well from John 4
Another illustration from the Johnny Grav and the Visioneer series • This was creator Mike Nappa’s favorite
I had always liked Robert Lansing as an actor and was tickled to do his portrait as spokesman for a regional energy company
This was a test piece in order to do The Prince of Egypt license • My brother did the characters and I painted the background
For this book illustration it was nice to just concentrate on the hands
I was able to paint this like a still life with an old shirt stuffed with grass and a pencil taped to my drawing board for a couple of days
A simple, almost flat rendering for an architectural firm
An unpublished test piece in order to do the Pocohontas license for Disney
This painting is in a old pulp magazine style to illustrate a kind of future-retro look
This is a watercolor background on which I would add digital characters for Dragon Tales
Cover for a Noah’s Ark themed activity book
Chemistry textbook illustration
Book illustration of Nebuchadnezzar suffering with Boanthropy
Another Johnny Grav image • My son’s best friend posed for this one
Army mascot • A good friend, who is really into this stuff, posed for me in full gear
Illustration of the Good Samaritan parable
My brother and I tag teamed on a book for Disney Press, Goofy Visits Pluto • Dana did the characters and I painted the backgrounds
Tradebook illustration
From the book Blast Off • My brother, Dana, designed the mice and machines and I did the painting
End papers for a line of Patch the Pirate story books
Logo concept for High School team in Asheville, NC
The view from our front porch as we were taking some time off
My son modeled for Johnny Grav himself in this illustration from the Johnny Grav and the Visioneer series for Clubhouse magazine • He is supposed to be falling over Denver, so that’s Denver stadium reflected in his visor
The Garden of Gethsemane
Another piece from Bible Visual International’s Victory
Architectural rendering for brochure
Book cover for Lights in a Dark Place by Rebecca Davis
Really enjoyed researching this piece • There is so much description in the Old Testament about these clothes, utensils and furniture and, yet, in the details we have to make educated guesses
Book cover for Eileen Berry’s Francis Ridley Havergal biography
A Clues Brothers (Hardy Boys) book cover
Possibly my favorite of my Clues Brothers (Hardy Boys) book covers • I enjoyed the process on this immensely and the simple composition makes the image strong
Shot the reference in my friend’s kitchen • Brave friend
The first cover I did for the Clues Brothers (Hardy Boys) • The background was based on a neighborhood one block away from the studio • I really thought those gate posts were cool
Concept painting for Ad Campaign, © Geico – client, Gold Associates – Agency.
