Primitive Weevil

Primitive Weevil for Illustrative Friday's word PRIMITIVE. This weevil lives in forests in tropical regions so I put her in a picture of a tree in Santa Barbara painted by my mother (which I altered!).

I like to draw insects. They are endlessly fascinating.

Homage to the Orchid

Orchids in a vase, pen & ink & marker (with some additions in Corel Painter and Photoshop). Done for Illustration Friday's word "Homage."

Pet Peeve

Toothpaste with the lid left off for Illustration Friday's subject "Pet Peeve. "

Heavy Potted Plant

There is a potted plant in the Jacaranda tree-lined road - a gift for Easter. It looks like it's heavy!

This is a stretch for the Illustration Friday word "heavy," but was the only image that emerged.

Garden

"Garden" illustration for Illustration Friday (which is where I should be on this glorious sunny day instead of inside working on my computer).

Hawaiian Happy Face spiders really do look like that!

Leap Frog

Entry for IllustrationFriday's topic LEAP (this being a leap year). I painted the curtains, stars & moon on the Saatchi website then added the leaping frogs in photoshop. They look like they're having fun!

Painting Sense into Statistics

I'm trying for something more relevant for this week's Illustration Friday topic "MULTIPLE."

Per the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans spent $3.3 billion $s in 2002 on Firearms & ammunition but only $6.5 million on Art goods. Per the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control, those most at risk of dying from guns are young men age 20-24. What young males that age did with those guns was kill each other (2,749 died from homicide, more blacks than whites) or themselves (2,251 died from suicide,more whites than blacks).

If more young men picked up a paint brush instead of a gun, the world would be a happier place.