3rd Author Portrait: Margaret Atwood

by | May 28, 2020

  5 x 7 inches (12.7 cm x 17.78 cm) watercolor painting over graphite drawing I referenced Alasdair McLellan’s portrait photo and painted behind Atwood’s image a handmaid similar to those in the Hulu series. As I’m writing my memoir, I’m...

First Author Portrait: Neil Gaiman

by | May 25, 2020

5 x 7 inches (12.7 cm x 17.78 cm)graphite and ink wash drawing My wife and fellow artist Karen Warwick got me Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for Christmas — AND the graphic novel adaptations by various superb artists about the child who grows into young...

2nd Author Portrait: Virginia Woolf

by | May 25, 2020

5 x 7 inches (12.7 cm x 17.78 cm)continuous line drawing in graphite pencil on paper The second book I read this year was Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. It’s about a day in the life of several characters in post-World War I England, revolving around one woman’s...

Writing and Illustrating My Memoir in 2020

by | May 14, 2020

Greetings everyone, and I hope you’re all weathering COVID-19 well, all things considered. It’s been close to three months since I last posted here, but it hasn’t been for lack of productivity. Here’s a rundown of what I’ve been up to,...