Colored Pencil & Pen, Calbayog City, 2024

Dream river and moon

Colored pencil and pen

Los Angeles 2018

When the mind dreams it is at play.

There is an appeal to illustration that transcends subject. My art is a reflection of nature. My art is my dream.

Somewhere, even in deconstruction, there is a promise of reconstruction. My art is my reminder.

My art is my ouija board.

Dream river blue moon

colored pencil

Los Angeles 2019

Dream river no moon

Colored pencil and pen

Los Angeles 2018

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remember to forget

Dr Dre feat Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E.

When my drawings aren't talking to me I draw a face and meet someone new.

Jasmine, my five year old daughter, says it looks like Kermit the Frog.

Maybe...

ballpoint pen & pencil, calbayog city, 2025

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Soul Syndicate Band

Soul Syndicate Band feat. Tony Tuff

From the movie: Words, Sound and Power

Soul Syndicate Band

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some random old drawings

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Niney I soon know - One foot Sammy

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Pedro's artwork

Pedro UK - Relax

black sharpie on paper

Hollywood 2019

I've been doing some artwork for my musician friend Pedro UK. Some of them have turned out nicely.

Here are some of the images we used for his music.

More of Pedros music here:

SoundCloud

Pedro UK

Play Pedro UK on SoundCloud and discover followers on SoundCloud | Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and mobile.

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Black sharpie on paper

Los Angeles 2015

I like this drawing.

I know the signature is upside down.

But so is the drawing.

Destiny - Zero 7

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Bonfires of joy

ballpoint pen

Corvallis OR 1971

The university was about an hour drive from the Oregon coast. On weekends ends we would pile into our friend's van and drive through the mountain forest to the beach. When sunset came we would light huge bonfires of driftwood logs and eat bread and drink red wine and dance with joy.

Hippy days, long gone, but still here.

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Finals week

Bic ballpoint pen

Corvallis OR 1971

Some very old drawings. My freshman year in college. I didn't learn much calculus tbh.

Study?

Bic ballpoint pen

Corvallis OR 1971

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Newly arrived kittens

watercolor and ballpointpen

Calbayog City 2024

Our neighbor's cat recently had a litter of kittens, and being as our neighbor can't afford to buy cat food, our house has now been invaded by five hungry kittens. The kitten energy is infectious.

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RIP Roberta Flack

Thank you for your beautiful music.

The First Time

The first time ever I saw your face

Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack

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Early mornings

black sharpie and water color

Westwood 1986

Let me try to explain myself.

When I was a young man I loved illustration.

Perhaps the two illustrators who had the greatest influence on me were Aubrey Beardsley and Jean Giraud aka Moebius. Both artist drew with a fine line and I tried to emulate that.

Here's an old drawing of mine.

pencil drawing

Venice CA 1978

So back then I saw myself as an illustrator.

Then sometime around 1980 I was introduced to Abstract Expressionism and I had an epiphany...

Could I approach Abstract Expressionism with an illustrator's line?

A new world opened up to me and I started having fun with my drawing.

And then, for about 35 years I never drew an identifiable object.

No joke.

Still Life

black sharpie

Westwood 1985

Attitude Adjustment

pen, colored pencil and watercolor

Duarte CA 1996

Time never began

black sharpie on bond paper

San Francisco 2003

Dan's drawing

black sharpie

Rosemead 2011

i did a lot of these drawings. And I really enjoyed making them. For over thirty years I completely liberated myself from the rigors of drawing something that had to look like something. And I loved it. But then...

Sometime around 2015 I returned to illustration. Why? I'll be honest with you, I started to miss it.

Call it full circle but that's where I'm at now.

I still treasure my line though.

little boxes

black sharpie on paper

Los Angeles 2019

Thank you Aubrey and Jean.

Aubrey Beardsley

Jean Giraud aka Moebius