Self Portrait

I just finished this tonight. A full day of drawing, eating, drawing, quick breaking, and more drawing! Finally done and I pleased, but some areas are still bugging me. I may work on some more touch-ups tomorrow, we'll see

Prayer Chapel

This is my latest drawing. It is a still life of the Prayer Chapel found on the campus of Liberty University. I really like the traditional appearance of this little chapel as there are not many still around any more. The purpose of this chapel is for students to have a place that will always be quiet so they can get away to pray, read or just get away to think. Hope you like

Big Bad Wolf: Group Perspective

This is only one fifth of a project that we did as a group. The assignment was to create a series of five compositions in ink that had a consistent intellectual theme. Each composition had to exemplify one type of perspective. We chose to do the three little pigs. This piece has a linear perspective.

Burton: icthus

year: 2008

medium: coloured ink

This project was to create a product design. Because of my love for snowboarding I designed my a snowboard that incorporated my faith. It is a Burton board, however I created my own type of board with my own design. This board is called the "icthus" which says "fish" in greek (in greek it is "IXOYE"). This is where the Jesus fish originated from. In the word "fish" (IXOYE) each letter is the beginning of a name for God. I=Jesus, X=Christ, O=God, Y=Son, E=Saviour.

Woodpile

year: 2008

medium: pencil

This piece was created as a memory of all the times that my family and I would cut and split wood for the winter. There are many memories from laughs to tears to close calls. All in all they are great and wonderful memories simply because it's my family! There is nothing better then being able to spend a day in God's creation whatever you may be doing as long as you take the time to admire His wonder.

Heart

year: 2008

medium: coloured pencil

This project required an organ from the human body to be drawn in coloured pencil. At the time I was studying the heart in Kinesiology class and was very intrigued with its complexity and how it fuels the whole body. (and people still argue against intelligent design!)

Born Husky

year: 2008

medium: coloured ink

This project required a picture to be was drawn in ink, meaning that there you are unable to shade in order to add value. It was an interesting technique and I enjoyed the challenge. This is a Husqvarna chainsaw as my dad is a small engine mechanic and a Husqvarna dealer.

The Coke Side of Life

year: 2008

medium: mixed media

Ever since I was young I have always been intrigued by the company Coca-Cola. I had also been playing around with new ideas in my sketch book. As shown in the first image, I created an image of a Coke can. However, the image can only be seen through three rectangles. I then decided to jump outside the box and allow my imagination to transform the idea into a piece of art as seen in the second image.

Dreamers

year: 2008

medium: chalk

This was my attempt at abstract art. I am very structured and I'm simply unable to do abstract. But I had to try it in order to try out new styles. I see this as two people on a hill, one boy and girl hence the blue and purple. Each are dreaming off into the future.

Coffee Break

year: 2008

medium: coloured ink

I could not help but think of Todd Wadsworth when drawing this piece. It reminded me of many of our conversations as they always consist of a Timmies in hand.

Building Blocks

year: 2008

medium: pencil

The message I wanted to send through this piece is:

"don't make your children grow too quickly"

A child belongs in their childhood with mighty dragons and princesses. A child's world is a world of imagination not practicality. Let a child be a child because success is not planning for the future. Success is fulfilling your purpose. A child's purpose is to be a child. 

Poster Buck

year: 2007

medium: pencil

this project was to create a pencil drawing after the illusion artist MC Escher, this was my attempt to create the deer to be on a poster yet come to life.