These sketches and drawings often pop up while I'm talking on the phone, or on hold with some stupid utility company who leaves me hanging. And these doodles and drawings just linger on random pieces of paper until I either throw them away, file them or turn them into paintings.
Here is an example below of a sketch I did while I was somewhere in America, in a tour bus, while playing bass with an amazing band called Downy Mildew:
Her name is "Cali". Why does she have fish swimming around in a fish bowl on the top of her head? I don't know. I don't question these things. However, after I drew it, I decided that perhaps the fish represented thoughts, swimming around in her head.
About ten years after I did the sketch above I was in the mood to paint but I had nothing in mind for which to use as inspiration. So, I looked through my sketches and doodles and drawings and found "Cali". I painted her out on 16" x 24" canvas and now she is no longer lost under a stack of papers or filed away in my drawer somewhere.
A few years ago I learned how to make e-books. This has been an amazing experience and I'm having fun creating electronic books and showing friends and family members how to do it too. My latest e-book has just come out! It's available on Amazon.com. It's a collections of many of my drawings and watercolor paintings. If you would like to see a sample of the book, just click on the link below!
