Test Pattern 2022 MK I

Spray paint and graffiti marker on sheet metal 12in x 12in 2022, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Medium Works, Abstracts, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White, Black

View from Ford St Bridge

Spray paint on Sheet metal 12in x 12in Depicting Rochester, looking north 2022, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Red, White, Yellow, Blue, Cityscape, Medium Works

Study after Bill Watterson III

Spray paint on sheet metal 12in x 12in 2020, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Medium Works, Commissions, Red, Yellow, Green, Black, Studies

Gatito

Gouache on Paper 8in x 8in 2021, Watercolor, Paper, Small Works, Yellow, Green, Pink, Violet, White, Black, Cats, Impasto

Sam Draws Pokémon #4: Braixen

Deliver Us From Eva [2003]

Finally, a Shakespeare adaptation that tackles real issues people have: What if baked beans too spicy? Mouth is on fire, how to put out baked beans fire? Oh no he's eating the beans! It's like if Quora wrote a screenplay.

Wildcard Saturday: Oscars pool

I threw together a for-funzies oscar pool. You can play along here. I'll put up a followup post announcing winners/points standings upon completion. Wildcard Saturday, Blog, Off-Topic, 2026

Orbit

Oil on unprimed canvas 16in x 10in Inspired by some of the techniques that Jenna Girolamo was using around the same time. Available for Purchase, My Favorites, 2022, Oil Paint, Canvas, Medium Works, Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Geometric, Studies

Secretary Bird

Acrylic and Watercolor on Cold Press Paper 12in x 12in Available for Purchase, 2021, Mixed Media, Paper, Medium Works, Red, Blue, White, Animals, Linework Bird Series

Christ Church Episcopal 30 December 2021 (I)

Acrylic on X-Ray 14in x 17in When backlit, the content of the X-ray shows through. Ideally this can be mounted on a lightbox or window. Previous: Study after Bill Watterson II / Next: tbd 2021, Acrylic Paint, X-Ray, Large Works, Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Black, Cityscapes

Study after Bill Watterson II

Spray paint on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in I really love the texture you can get from using acetone on spray paint from shader cans (the translucent cans that Montana / Belton Molotow sell that don't have the opaquing agents in them). That and a hogs hair fan brush

Rufus Goofus

A very loose portrait of Goof the cat, who invited himself in to my apartment and briefly lived with me before I found him a forever home. oil on canvas 12in x 12in Previous: 10 Things I Hate About You / Next: Bill Watterson study II 2021, Oil Paint, Canvas, Medium

Sam Draws Pokemon

Sam Draws Pokémon #3

My Year of Shakespeare

10 Things I Hate About You [1999]

This week we're going back to the place where the caliber of goofy drama that The Taming of the Shrew evokes is appropriate: High School.

2018 and before

Chrysalis I

Oil on canvas 16in x 36in 2017 This one is old enough that I don't have a good or full photo of it. Sorry. I do have some ok WIP shots of it though: Previous: Hummingbirds / Next: 10 Things I Hate About You 2018 and earlier, Oil Paint,

Available for Purchase

Hummingbirds

Acrylic marker and watercolor on cold-press paper 12in x 12in Previous: Powerlines II / Next: Chrysalis I Available for Purchase, 2021, Mixed Media, Paper, Medium Works, Red, Violet, White, Black, Animals, Linework Bird Series

2022

Powerlines II

Spray paint and graffiti marker on sheet metal 12in x 12in Previous: Study after Bill Watterson I / Next: Hummingbirds 2022, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Medium Works, Yellow, Blue, White, Landscapes, Cityscapes

2020

Study after Bill Watterson I

Spray paint on sheet metal 12in x 12in Previous: Catnap / Next Powerlines II 2020, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Medium Works, Blue, White, Violet, Landscapes, Studies

2022

Catnap

Acrylic on Acrylic panel. 20in x 32in. The parts through the window are painted on the back of the panel, which is a neat effect. Cat is my parents' former cat, who passed shortly after this portrait was painted. Previous: Kiss Me Kate (1953) / Next: Bill Watterson Study I

2025

Sam Draws Pokémon #2: Muk

My Year of Shakespeare

Kiss Me Kate [1953]

I like to think I'm capable of being a fun person who can enjoy things. Kiss Me Kate doesn't happen to be one of those things.

2021

Chrysalis II

Oil on Canvas. 30in x 12in. Previous: Sparrow / Next: Kiss Me Kate (1953) Tags: Available for Purchase, 2021, Oil Paint, Canvas, Large Works, Red, Green, Blue, Animals

Available for Purchase

Sparrow

Acrylic Marker over Watercolor on Cold Press Paper. 12in x 12in. Previous: Balcony Sunset / Next: Chrysalis II Available for Purchase, 2021, Mixed Media, Paper, Medium Works, Green, White, Animals, Linework Bird Series

2020

Balcony Sunset

Spray Paint and Paint Marker on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in Previous: Blue Forms II /Next: Sparrow 2020, Spray Paint, Sheet Metal, Medium Works, Red, White, Black, Cityscapes