The Latest From the Studio

4/8/12 - The month of April brings us the Illustrations of Spring show, sponsored by the Belmont Arts Council. A mixed media presentation of work from local artists, the work here is quite beautiful and captures the essence of the season well. My contribution is one sketch from the Barfly Sketchbook - image #22 from the Bellagio Conservatory. Titled Talking Tree, this sketch is among the most popular of the series thus far. To see the talking tree in person was awesome - hats off to the Bellagio staff for such a great display and setting up the giant, animated tree.

The opening reception is taking place on April 15th from 2pm - 4pm. Drop by and say hello to us artist folk. While my piece won't be up for sale, others will have plenty to choose from that would make nice additions to just about any home, office, or wall space.

Another recent addition to the Illustrations portfolio is my miniature portrait of Angie, a good friend from San Jose. Have a look at the full size version here.

2/23/12 - It's been a busy month for web design, making updates to both the Write Invite and Yellow Taxi Cab California websites. These days social media and applications are increasingly popular. Thanks to the growing abilities of web languages like HTML and Javascript, we can accomplish more online than ever before. I'm particularly happy with the new Taxi Fare Calculator page added to the taxi site, which allows a user to simply type in a starting address and destination and, with a click of a button, map out the path, total up the cost with discounts, and estimate how long it may take for the journey by taxi. Google maps are quite powerful and so very useful.