pen and ink

Study of bird at light and shadows of leaves

My favourite commission so far! Took me a while this one but so pleased with the finished piece. Didn't want to let her go! Drawn in black and white line using fine liners.

In the migration seasons the geese and swans fly for the night to the sea get safe rest .And playing with positive and negative spaces

Allover fish pattern using some old and new ocean themed drawings.

Moleskine sketch.

Another drawing of Meadhbh in my sketchbook. 2023, Double Page Spread-5” x 8,” Ballpoint Pen on Moleskine Sketchbook.

Love of my life caught in a contemplative moment in a Midtown NYC coffee shop. Ballpoint Pen on Archival 9” x 12” paper, Adobe Photoshop.

I wanted to draw a house that had been destroyed.

Detail of the Squirrel and the Hare

Leonard was my first 'extra cirricular' patron in 1969. I never forget it. So I am posting him first, a recent pen and ink drawing.

For the past years I have been mainly painting in acrylic. But since my last show I have taken this time to return to my love of drawing and am mostly experimenting. I am using fountain pen for the first time and really enjoying it.

A friend suggested this. I’m really glad he did.

Fool in the Rain

Pen and ink drawing of the buildings on the Graslei in Ghent (Belgium).

Fish. Trying to find a better angle to show more details.

Done on the iPad using procreate. Therapeutic meditative doodling.

But first coffee

It's ok to not make sense. It's ok to not follow a pattern. It's ok to be the odd one out. Life is too beautiful, too amazing, to eccentric, too weird to fit inside someone else's tiny little box of an opinion about you. Break free out of that and live your life on your terms.

Small drawing, made with posca and fineliner

Fineliner scribblings on a back ground of paper... . . . ... . . . . . . ..... . ... . . . . . ...... ... . . A rabble of sozzled birds on a tightrope of joy heading towards the puppet master up above. . . .... . . ... . .... .. .... .. ... . . . . Prints are available (16 out of 20 at the time of going to press) . ..............................

Playing around with water soluble crayon and pattern

I have dragged this typewriter around for more than 50 years. I found it in an antique store when I was in college. It's still fully useable, except that it's REALLY hard to find ribbons. Basically, it's just another object to dust. But it is a beautifully made object. The basic shapes and perspective were blocked in with a 2H pencil, then I used a Sakura 005 micron pen to do the contour drawing.