MCA Portfolio 2006-2009

My best work, excluding my In the Red Forest work.

Finally, back

Finally found a computer I can post from freely. My home computer had a costly demise, anywhere from 120-400 to fix. It's not that much in the grand scheme, but I'm debating whether or not to fix it. Would be nice, though...

Anyway, this is more of my "suspect your food" series.


Both done in black and white acrylic only.


Drawing for the final piece in the series. Because it took me so long to make this post, I've already finished this painting. It'll be in my next post.


These guys are color studies for my comic, which I have renamed once again as "In the Red Forest." "Fallout" is a videogame name.


This is my formed Chupacabra. Upon the advice of several people, I've decided to make a few to sell in the Holiday Bazaar. He's (or she's) a huge hit!


An acrylic painting done for the Bazaar. My love of chickens knows no bounds.


A better picture of my design project. This, too, has undergone revisions, and the newest will be posted next time. Can't wait to see it on stage and packaging!

Food and figures

So this is what my desk looks like right now. I spend about 70% of my time working on my Nine story hotel story. I was thinking about calling it "Fallout," but now I'm leaning toward "In the Red Forest." Sounds less like a video game that way.


These next few are from my "suspect your food" series, looking at the integrity of labels such as organic, free-range, and hormone-free. They're being made using acrylic on multimedia paper. I start with a wash, which ends up mostly covered by the end by black and white. Then I plan to use a few, thin color washes over the featured animals. This is a pig in the back of a police car.


I plan to add more specific characteristics to the breeds of chicken in this one, not to mention a more dynamic angle than straight on.


This one is almost ready for paint. Just got to adjust the woman's arm and the height of the desk surface.



Here's an in-depth look at the technique. These guys are salmon, and all they need is the thin color layer now.


This little fella is going to be a goat-sucker, more commonly known as a "chupacabra." We're creating sock creatures for sculpture. Leave it to me to pick the weirdest option. Anyway, he's got pleather legs, felt arms, corduroy belly, and a knee-high body. He will be stuffed later, of course. And he will have two white fangs. Stuffed animals are a love of mine, and I'm really a sucker for this project. Ha. Now I'm going back to my day job of making art, not jokes.