Early Mornings

Bob Dylan 1965

I love this man

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A blue, so long ago

colored pencil and black sharpie

Calbayog City 2024

The Philippine Sea is a deep almost violet blue.

It came to me in a dream once.

And now I'm here.

But I'm not there.

And isn't that where I've always been?

This drawing is pretty much done, but it's not done.

In any case, I've moved on to the next piece.

Write that on my tombstone.

Samar, Philippines 2024

Akae Beka - The Earth is the Lord

ballpoint pen

Calbayog City 2024

Our kitten invasion continues. There are three of them. All three grey and white and all three little bundes of kitten energy.

And cute.

I call this one Spider.

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The Little Dog

black sharpie

Hollywood 2017

I used to draw this little dog. I just thought he was cute that's all. Then one day I posted the above drawing to a Facebook group and not only did the drawing get removed but I got kicked out of the group! It was kind of funny 😎

Here he is again!

The Little Dog again

black sharpie

Los Angeles 2017

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Moi DTLA

If I remember right, this photo was taken sometime around 2013. I was in the CR at a gas station near downtown Los Angeles and decided to take a quick selfie..

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Of Mice and Men

black sharpie on beige paper

Rosemead, 2011

This drawing is actually petty big. About 36 inches in length. I spent some time on it.

Let me tell you a story.

A year or so after I made this drawing, I met a guy who loved my art. He told me he had connections in Hollywood. He was friends with a guy who owned a gallery. He was going to arrange for a showing of my drawings. This, of course, sounded great to me, so I went out and had six of my best pieces professionally framed, including this drawing.

And then... the guy went crazy.

Seriously.

The guy had a complete mental break down.

Babbling crazy kind of breakdown. Dude!

The last I heard about the guy he was being taken to his family's home in New York where he was going to be committed to a mental hospital.

I still have the pieces framed.

Kind of funny.

I made a few nice inverse color prints of this drawing.

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Daydream

Pencil drawing

Calbayog City 2024

From my morning drawing. I tried posting this on Instagram and I got an immediate full screen message telling me to delete it or else!

Community guidelines..

Kind of funny.

Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

Colored pencil & black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

One day, a couple of years ago, I was looking around the apartment for something to draw when my eyes landed on three boxes, stacked upon one another, in the corner of our dining area.

So I quickly sketched them in pencil.

It was an OK drawing and I still have it lying around here somewhere but after I had drawn the boxes in pencil I got out my sharpie and redrew them in ink.

The result was nice..

Three Boxes

Black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

This got me stared drawing boxes. I drew boxes at home. I drew boxes at work. I drew boxes in my moleskine. I drew boxes.

I soon cut the stack down to two boxes because it looked better.

Two Boxes

Black Sharpie

Hollywood 2019

I drew these boxes over and over. Like about thirty times.

More Boxes

black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

Why did I keep draw these boxes?

Here's why.

When I look at these boxes I always get this erie feeling of...

Time is standing still.

I don't know why, but it gives me tickle.

Time is standing still

Black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

self portrait

ballpoint pen, los angeles, 2018

I drew this one day looking at the mirror.

My wife said it looks just like me.

Not certain what to make of that.

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Mountain woman

pencil drawing on paper

Calbayog City 2024

I've settled into a routine of drawing every morning. When I start a new drawing, I'm always fearful of failure, but usually something comes out of it. My wife says this drawing looks like one of the tribal women who live up in the mountains here in the Philippines. I wasn't trying to draw that, but I'll take it. Actually, I'm just trying to learn how to draw faces. And play with composition. This drawing looks a bit cartoonish, but I like where we're going.