"Oh, You Sly Fox", 2012, 12" X 18", Pencil and Micron on Watercolor Paper I've always admired the gambler - someone who sees money as so disposable that they throw all they have into a single toss of dice or hand of cards. I do not have that kind of whim. I prefer to use my money not to create more with risk, but rather to pursue other goals. But I still have great admiration for those sly devils (or foxes) who can...

"Oldey Timey: NannyGoat" 2014, 11" X 14", Ink and Coffee on Paper Beatrice Walters, The “NannyGoat”. This ibex has found her way into upper society as he most sought after child care specialist in New England after caring for the often problematic and numerous Billingsley children.

"Lady of the Deep", 2013, 11.5" X 14.5", Micron and Watercolor on Paper Upon a subterranean expedition to the ruins of Malta, I sketched this image of the Lady of the Deep, Mistress Blibdoolpoolp, with our guide, Mycroft Cutler.

"Oldey Timey: Please Help", 2014, 16" x 20", Ink and Coffee on Paper Call it pride, strong work ethic, sheer luck of genetics and upbringing, or a combination of all of these, but I believe that institutions and programs to help the poor and homeless are better than handing a random stranger 5 bucks because they ask for it. If a vagabond panhandler needed a sad face to exhibit for a greater tug on the heartstrings, I feel they could do little better than a Basset Hound.

"Oldey Timey: WorkHorse", 2014, 11" x 14", Ink and Coffee on Paper The core of this piece is from an old Union Propaganda poster of a welder. Inspired by the character of "Boxer" from George Orwell's "Animal Farm", this Union Welder is a serious WorkHorse, a dedicated worker for himself and his station, and proud of his position.

"Oldey-Timey: Goodbye Blue Sky", 2012, 12" X 15" Watercolor, Pencil and Micron on Paper I always thought ostriches would want to fly - particularly in tandem bicycle-ornithopters.

"Read 'em an' Weep Crocodile Tears", 2013, 12" X 16", Watercolor and Ink on Paper Upon the riverboat “Trepidation” in 1892, I came across this fine group of gentlemen playing a rousing game of stud poker while their colleagues looked on. They seemed to be so engrossed with the game, they hardly noticed my presence, apart from the one crocodilian visage that turned to me and kindly asked me to leave, ‘lest he be inclined to “bite my head clean off”…

"The Trumpeter", 2013, 3" X 5", Coffee and Ink on Watercolor Paper The monkey learned how to play his trumpet from a very young age - even then, he was destined for big band greatness.

“Camerahead”, 2013, 13” X 15”, Watercolor and Micron on Vellum Steampunk synthetic living at its finest. Professor Phillip Van De Putte has eliminated the need for all human contact and finally is able to live in his hypochondriac-inspired home with minimal exposure to the dirty germ-infested populace of the unwashed masses.