"I went out for a walk..."

“I only went out for a walk,

and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,

for going out, I found,

was really going in.”

— John Muir, 1938

 

the poetry of the sea

"But where, after all, 

would be the poetry of the sea 

were there no wild waves?” 

— Joshua Slocum

 

courage

 

"Where Nature May Heal and Give Strength"

verybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,

where nature may heal and give strength

to body and soul alike. - John Muir, The Yosemite (1912).

[Available as a Print / Poster]

 

prospecting

 

morphing chaotic

 

"Lovecraftian"

 

mountain giant

 

lord of the sith vs xenomorph

 

"yum yum yum yum"

 

mad martian

 

waterfall

 

melvins - "evil new war god" [tribute]

 

"behind you!"

 

dragon's lair

 

franken-mouse

 

bloodflowers

'bloodflowers' 8.5x11" pen and ink. “Bloodflowers” - loosely motivated by memories of a certain infamous conversation between a Ukrainian civilian and a Russian soldier during the early days of the 2022 invasion and a welcome gift of sunflower seeds…

 

dark mage

 

Wolverine vs Xenomorph

 

aaaaaand ... FIGHT!!!

 

the hills have eyes

 

fun fair

Doodle word-prompt: “funfair”,

(with a little dark twist of my own,

creatively speaking)

 

dragon rider

 

Shai Hulud

 

"content creator"

(a wry reflection on how participating in social media 

can devolve into an  obsession/compulsion to produce “content” 

in a perpetual, if fleeting, search for attention … 

and not without some irony, sharing on social media. go figure!)

 

Scruffy Nerf Herder

 

Back to the Primitive

 

"Rest is not idleness..." -- John Lubbock

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — John Lubbock

"On The Hunt"

 

"Pit Stop at Zaphod's"

 

"Hike More, Worry Less"

"Hike More, Worry Less"

(T-Shirt via TeePublic)

 

"in space, nobody can hear you scream"

 

Watcher of the Woods

"Watcher of the Woods"

(T-Shirt via TeePublic)

 

Happy New Year

 

A Hobbit Reading The Hobbit

Teeshirts @ TeePublic / Prints @ inPRNT

 

Whale

 

"Close Encounters" - Quick Doodle/Sketch

MCRN / Expanse Tribute

Quick doodle on the subway, digitally colored

loosely inspired by

The Expanse television series on Amazon Prime

 

 

Rampage

 

A Shy Giant

Teeshirts @ TeePublic

 

Memento Mori

Teeshirts @ TeePublic / Prints @ inPRNT

 

Tormented

Teeshirts @ TeePublic / Prints @ inPRNT

 

Sparkle - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Beast - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Dangerous - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Celestial - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Scratchy - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Demon - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)

 

Rise - Inktober 2023

(Doodle for Inktober 2023)