In honor of the Season 4 Finale of ABC’s Castle I present my latest illustration “Murder, He Wrote.” Castle is one of my favorite TV shows and I thought it appropriate to create a tribute poster for it. I hope Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic like it.

Opening Reception Saturday, April 7th 5 to 8pm
CSUF Begovich Gallery: 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92381
Hope to see you there.

Here is an illustration inspired by “John Carter of Mars” a science fiction book series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs is most know for creating and writing the Tarzan novels. This illustration is dedicated to the one hundred year anniversary of the original publication of the John Carter short stories. This poster shows the famed Civil War hero John Carter and the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. John Carter is also a major motion picture produced by Walt Disney Studios released in the spring of 2012.

Here is an illustration inspired by “The Anubis Gates” a steampunk novel written by Tim Powers. Tim is also know for his work on Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This illustration is part of a series I am creating in conjunction with other illustrators from Cal State Fullerton for an upcoming show dedicated to steampunk.

Here is an illustration inspired by “The Anubis Gates” a steampunk novel written by Tim Powers. Tim is also know for his work on Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This illustration is part of a series I am creating in conjunction with other illustrators from Cal State Fullerton for an upcoming show dedicated to steampunk.

Here is an illustration inspired by “The Anubis Gates” a steampunk novel written by Tim Powers. Tim is also know for his work on Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This illustration is part of a series I am creating in conjunction with other illustrators from Cal State Fullerton for an upcoming show dedicated to steampunk.

It’s been a while since I was able to update my portfolio with a new cover illustration. I’m happy to post my latest effort today dedicated to Batman. This particular design took many weeks to develop. For a long time I was unhappy with my painting technique and I would let it sit for days. That creative block and a pile of client work kept me from completing it. Yesterday I decided I was going to do whatever it took to power through it and get it finished. What followed was one of those “Happy Accidents” where while fooling around with the layers in Photoshop I reversed layers and came up with an unexpected color combination. With that simple mistake I found my solution and I hope to have stumbled on a technique that will serve me for the next few illustrations. What’s the moral of the story? Power through a creative problem even when you don’t want to. Happy accidents and creative solutions can’t happen unless you’re actually working– thinking and hoping won’t cut it.

This week I’m taking a break from the DC posters to pursue another interest. After watching some recent episodes of American Chopper: Senior Vs. Junior I decided to paint a tribute poster for Paul Jr. I have a feeling he might be a comic fan and I thought he might like it.

In honor of DC Comics New 52 I present the next in my series of 52 comic book cover illustrations– Savage Hawkman.