This black paper is so dramatic. The battle of fighting the “dark” is worth losing a little. It creates a richer experience in its creation and result. It sounds like its too much but it’s true.

Sat down at the desk to work out some techniques and ideas with these Prismacolors. Feels like a “wild-style” graffiti attempt but with a different purpose. There are some stories entwined in the shapes and strings. It depicts a set of “happenings” as I like […]

Excel picked out a popular monologue from the movie, Silver Linings Playbook to film right outside of the studio in a random alley. We used a football as a prop to match the original scene. Instead of closely studying just how Bradley Cooper (the original […]

My studio is just a block away from the Martin Luther King Jr Library. I like sitting in the large first floor space on the east end of the building. I can write or draw for hours because the atmosphere is so nice. I got […]

The Intratec TEC-9, is a semi-automatic pistol. It was developed by Intratec, an American subsidiary of the Swedish firearms manufacturer Interdynamic AB. Introduced in 1984, the TEC-9 was made of inexpensive molded polymers and a mixture of stamped and milled steel parts. The simple design […]

Here is a set of drawings I did in one of my many black page notebooks with my acrylic paint markers. I’ve been working through these books at a rapid pace and I’m finding new paths for the sets to rest in. Sometimes I’m seeking […]

My wife Erica’s father Marty and his longtime close friend Will travelled to the National Harbor earlier today for a funeral. Before leaving, they came by to check out the studio and we all sat and talked for a while. We had some pretty good […]

I had Truth sit in the studio with a camera and mic set up for about an hour to just chill and play like she would when she’s just messing around on her guitar. Erica, Excel and I left out from the studio and grabbed […]

My daughter Truth had her sweet sixteen last night at our studio. We rented out one of the spaces upstairs that belongs to a photographer who originally rented out the space we are in now. We went all out for this one since it was […]

We had Truth stop by the studio in between classes to record a cover today. She chose to sing What Dreams Are Made Of by Evann McIntosh. Her friend Kevin was also between classes so he came with Truth to watch the small production. We […]