Series #1 (buck and bear) - 110 x 140 cm

110cm x 140 (roughly 3.6 ft x 4.6ft)

detail - buck and fire

detail of bear

The first in a series that includes both oil paintings and large ink drawings.

Martini Vineyard labels: champagne & merlot

Label design suggestions for Martini Vineyard, a Cummings Valley winery & brewery. Southern California

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Skulls and Socks

While in Sacramento I did a series of pastel sketches. This is one of them.

My family purchased 157 acres of fertile land in Cummings Valley and are planning on planting a vineyard to produce their own wines and champagne. On a section of the property my cousin and I found the remains of sheep who once grazed the land - complete skeletal structures, some with strips of flesh and tuffs of wool still attached. So I collected an adult sheep skull, a lamb, a full spine and a lower jaw, wrapped them in a box and tucked them into the trunk of my mustang for the drive north.

The remains are currently bleaching out in my mother's suburban backyard. When I had first set out to clean them, I soaked them in a clorax / water solution for three days. On the second day, I removed the adult skull and from a hollow nostril an earthworm dripped. It was classic horror.

La Zet. An illustration against the war in Gaza

"Diplomatic Negotiations"
Terrorism.... Peace......

Above: an illustration commenting on the current war in Gaza.
The small rocket is labeled "Terrorism" and the large rocket "Peace".

published in La Zet: A Collection Against the War in Gaza, Jan. 1

Cover of Achbar Ha'Ir

Eco-Bike: cover of Achbar Ha'Ir, Nov. 2008
(click image to view larger scale)

I just picked up my first cover for an Israeli magazine!!

It's a green article. Once I get through the Hebrew (takes me a bit of time) I'll summarize in brief here.

Happy (early) Thanksgiving

... and a belated happy halloween...

Moses, the camel

My friend Sam visited us for three plus weeks in which time he ate hearty quantities of gooie Middle Eastern foods, drank Israeli beer, rode a camel, hiked around Petra, swam in the Mediterranean sea, and crossed three international borders.
These photographs were taken at Giza.

Sam & Moses

Moses & I