[Video: a black & white Dove soap commercial from the 1950s. A young blond-ish white model with an updo, full makeup and bare shoulde...

I'm a little late for this but I ran across this fantastic 2009 rant and had to share. Moff's Law: The tendency of art or film ...

Jill at In Bed With Married Women wrote this about me , and it is so deeply apt: I am quite certain that today you have discovered your Su...

Another portrait for a client so I'm only showing a detail [Image: cropped close-up of ayoung white boy's face, smiling. Realistic...

Just a detail of the portrait since it's for a client. Drawn from life. [image: close-up crop of young white man's face, smiling, ...

Just a portion of the portrait since it's for a client. She sat (extreeeemely patiently) while I drew this. [image: cropped close-up o...

Self portrait in bathroom mirror before getting ready for bed. I look psycho on this, or as an artist I guess I should say, "tortured...

Another portrait for a client, so I'm only posting a portion of it. [image: detail of the side of a white man's face who wears gla...

Since it's for a client I'm only showing a portion of the portrait. [Image: the face and neck of a white woman with thick pale hai...

Since this was for a client I'm only posting part of the portrait. This woman sat for me at the first Farmer's Market of the year ...

[Hunger Games movie SPOILERS!] After I wrote about Hunger Games blogstress Ariel (who totally knows I love to spew opinions) asked me wh...

[!!!!!!!V E R Y    M I L D    S P O I L E R   A L E R T!!!!!!!!]  I saw Hunger Games with my friend who is involved in both Twilight and H...

This portrait is for a client so I'm only posting a detail. [Image: realistic black & white charcoal drawing of a dog showing only...

For those unfamiliar with my other posts pointing out alternatives to the gallery system and generally griping about the art market, th...

I received my invitation to the 2012 Re-Nude show benefiting Planned Parenthood, which will be Wednesday, March 21 6:00pm -10:30pm at REDUX ...

A while back I wrote some posts that named several alternatives to galleries as a result of my frustration with the limited parameters o...

Yo Yo Guy . I saw this man in the park messing with a yo yo. He's a red-head so the amazing hair and mustache you see were bright pa...

 Flavia Dzodan at TigerBeatDown posted an essay about Lana Del Ray and how she embodies the phase in most girls' lives when they yearn...

Husband driving at night. This was drawn in the dark in a moving vehicle. [Image: pen drawing, mostly contour, of the head ad shoulders of...

My friend's cat, Jazz. Drawn while he was 'hunting.' [image: black & white pen drawing of the head and shoulders of a crou...

Sorry for the dearth of posts lately. I don't intend for this blog to become a diary of my daily feelings -- thank God-- but I'm fe...

Jean Dujardin as OSS 117, drawn while watching OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies . I'm a little disappointed with this one. [Image: black ...

Fran Lebowitz, by Ciana Pullen. Charcoal, 2012. You may reproduce this but only for noncommercial purposes and you must include easily v...

This might be the dumbest link I have EVER posted. It also might be my favorite . Just one example of what awaits you at the link. [Im...

Husband Watching Walking Dead. [Image: black & white charcoal drawing of head & shoulders of white man nearly in profile. He's...

I absolutely loved this essay on The Beheld by beauty blogger Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, who recently went a month without looking at her o...

Portrait of my cat sitting under an arrangement of white Asian chrysanthemums and baby's breath in a spaghetti sauce jar. She hea...

Tuppence, from Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence . I'm actually pretty proud of this one. Caricatures are way harder than rea...

Portrait of my husband while he tells a story. [image: ink drawing of a white man's head with is forehead resting on his fist looking ...

Scheming evil genius Brain (of Pinky & The Brain ) spoofs Orson Welles' charismatic but deadly dishonest villain in The Third Man...