There Goes My Hero
"There goes my hero. He’s Ordinary." – Foo Fighters 49% of the trash you see i...

You will find these everywhere in the San Diego Area. We have a rather glorious bush of them growing next to the house, and I've always wanted to paint them. So I did.
Dietes grandiflora (large wild iris, fairy iris) is actually native to South Africa, and in some parts of Australia is considered a weed. A horribly beautiful weed.
I often fall back to the technical constraints of my airbrush days, roping in the freedom of the water on the paper, bending it to my will in more of a technical illustrative style, losing a lot of expressive freedom in the process. Sometimes I hit somewhere in between, which is where I think Fairy Iris landed.
"There goes my hero. He’s Ordinary." – Foo Fighters 49% of the trash you see i...
Some cats like their backs scratched. Some like to flop in your lap whenever they damn well feel lik...
Just give me a minute, will you? Can I take a breath, hear and do and think about NOTHING for just o...
I was trained in architectural drafting, auto mechanics, and offset printing, skills that provide an...