You may ask why I decided to create images of these archetypes. My art over the years, at least the non-commercial art, has involved simply attacking the paper with whatever media, (usually felt-tip pens), and letting the image create itself through me. In this case, however, it was about being focused on a specific aim. Having many years of free lance illustration experience helped greatly. I researched each one, did many pre-sketches, and relied heavily on the discipline of art....

I came across a feed on Twitter which featured a middle ages painting...you know what I mean. Almost cartoon-like with no sense of perspective or human anatomy. Someone made a comment about "weak technique". Ugh. One of those. This is a perfect example of what drives me nuts about the contemporary art world. Another down your nose smug comment about technique. The writer was probably a professional artist and/or critic with an art degree stuffed up his ass. My question...

I came upon an Edward Hopper painting the other day and seeing it gave me pause. (Above, "Room In New York", 1936). As you may know, Hopper was best known for his stark scenes of American everyday life. Most of his paintings are done in a dark pallet, and are profoundly and almost poetically studies on loneliness; that feeling that one gets of being alone, even in a crowd. In a time when cubism and abstraction were all the rage,...

I'm old enough to remember when the internet was nothing more than a really intriguing idea. There gradually emerged talk of an "information super highway", in which information could be instantly obtained. Not just information, but ALL THE WORLD'S knowledge at our fingertips. As I sit here now, writing this on my computer, (another far-fetched idea), to be published on my website, (can I even have imagined?), with my "phone" at my side, I see with wonder that it has...