A private home rented for a family reunion, high atop a mountain in the Great Smokies, just outside Gatlinburg, TN was the venue for my caricature drawings on this gig:
Yearly Archives: 2022
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Once again, I was commissioned by local alt-weekly, The Mountain Xpress, to come up with an idea for, and produce an illustration for their cover story that week, regarding an increase in shoplifting at local stores. They accepted my idea, and with a few tweaks the result is out on […]
Drew caricatures at the Weaver House for an event in Waynesville with a Masquerade theme. Fellow caricature artist, Brian Vasilik was also there. It was pretty dark near the end, so getting photos to show both the caricature and the people was impossible. I tried to get both and you […]
Drawlloween for 2022 has ended. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to participate in the October drawing challenge this year, due to the recent loss of my wife of nearly 37 years. Making funny drawings about death seemed rather callous at this time of grieving her loss. However, […]
Yet another 1920s-themed event, this time in Asheville, at the venue knows art Venue. I was asked to draw guests for this event, and dressed accordingly again. A good time was had by all. I got a few caricature/subject photos. Next, was a private event, a bat mitzvah at Biltmore […]
I spent a warm Saturday night at the opulent and visually stunning Lake Toxaway Country Club, performing with the talented acts of Asheville Aerial Arts. My non-acrobatic contributions were caricatures of the guests, dressed in the Roaring 1920s theme outfits, in which I tried to blend. Here are some photos […]
Local man who was cartoonist for the Alley Oop comic strip dies in car accident in 2001: Where It Happened “Little River Road, the narrow and curvaceous connector between the Greenville Highway and Kanuga Road/Crab Creek Road, was widened somewhat and repaved only after tragedy struck near one of its […]
Another cover story I was asked to illustrate for the local Alt-Weekly Asheville paper, The Mountain Xpress, was this one about an upcoming vote on local bonds that would be used to fund greenways and preserve open space, as well as for affordable housing. I was given some ideas they […]
MAD magazine, and Rankin Bass legendary artist Paul Coker passed away recently. MAD writer, Desmond Devlin spoke about him in an online update, better than I could, so I will repost his words here: by Desmond Devlin “PAUL COKER, JR, 1929-2022 When I started at MAD, the first four artists […]
The local alt-weekly paper, The Mountain Xpress, in Asheville has once again seen fit to commission my art for one of their cover stories. This one seeks to illustrate the concepts in the article regarding the efforts of those both outside the area and inside, mostly non-profits, trying to provide […]