Beach Party At The River's Edge Gallery

 

George Herriman

6x9

watercolor on Arches watercolor paper

Starting tomorrow, January 18th and running sometime through February, the River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte MI will be having their annual Beach P-ART-y exhibit. You know, an anti-cold type extravaganza. 

The exhibit will feature some works from their stable of artists (including me!) along with some newer talent. On the second floor, some of my watercolor portraits will be on display, including the George Herriman (creator of Krazy Kat) shown above. Recently, the gallery sold my Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo watercolor, so here is your chance to see and maybe purchase a portrait from this series. Support local art!

Unfortunately, I cannot be there for the opening and will probably stop in during the next week, or so, and I will probably be there for the closing in February. But, don't let that stop you (pshaw!), go check out the show. I'm sure that there will be a whole shoreline of great artwork. See what I did there? 

Warren Elks Comic Book Show 2025

Poster by Martin Hirchak

This Sunday will be my first show of the year. I will be set up at the Warren Elks Comic Book Show in Warren, MI. All the details are on the above poster. There will mostly be comic book dealers  and I know of only one other artist (there could be more), so stop on by and say hello. I will have books, comic books, original art, prints, all the usual stuff. 

 

Parasaurolophus Sketch

 Last year, a new super group formed to tour, no new music intended, as of yet. The group consists of Adrian Belew of King Crimson, Fran Zappa, David Bowie, etc, Tony Levin of King Crimson, Steve Vai, and Tony Carey of Tool. I'm hoping that they do create some new music together! Anyways, I just love their tour logo, done by Dan Ermey, show below:

So, I'm inspired to do some animal designs in a similar fashion, mainly as linocuts. My first stab at said designs was this parasaurolophus sketch. The best of the hadrosaurs, in my humble opinion. I kind of like how it turned out, so I will proceed with the gouging (technical term) of the linoleum block. Adding some color might be in the works, as well. Here is my sketch:

As you can kind of see, I originally dated this as '24...' I think that that is out of my system now.

A Michigan To Texas Birthday Wish

 

Every year for some time now my internet friend Sandra collects pics for her birthday and I'm cutting it close this year, but here it is! This is my favorite pic from this year, with the members of the Belle Isle Aquarium tankscaping team at the Detroit Zoo.

Happy Birthday, Sandra!

Happy Holidays!

 

Here's this year's Christmas card and you can see more holiday themed cartoons on my latest Substack post here. Happy, happy, joy, joy!

Second Star Progress

 

I'm currently inking issue #3 of my comic, Second Star and I was pleased with how these pine trees turned out. Just thought I'd share some progress. 

Happy Day After Thanksgiving

 

I had a great Thanksgiving, good meal, saw some family, gonna see some friends, and actually, feeling quite festive. But, sometimes an image comes to mind and needs to be tended to. I couldn't help think of what we will be serving ourselves up to in the coming years. So, I give you a sacrificial Uncle Sam as a turkey.

I sincerely hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving  and enjoy the weekend! 

And, again, I'm feeling quite festive!