My sister Karen is employed at a gym/boot camp which is owned and operated by a guy we affectionately call Booty Brett, to distinguish him from Karen's son; also named Brett.  She made what she felt like was a major and costly mistake concerning a client (who took absolutely no responsibility for his part in the error), and Karen adopted a heavy dose of guilt.  To help alleviate said guilt trip and hopefully salve the ire of Brett, she asked me to paint a caricature for him.  The guy absolutely never smiles, so it was odd to receive pictures from his girlfriend in which he was smiling in every one.  He loves to fish and go elk hunting, amongst other things, so I decided to incorporate a little of both in his picture.  Hopefully he will find some humor in his caricature and it elicits at least one more smile in his lifetime!! :)  Karen just hopes it will put her somewhat back in his good graces.  This is done in watercolor.

It's my sister Shauna's birthday again, and I went with the trite Halloween theme that I have done before, (since her special day is so close to the 31st), just a different scene.  I always struggle to come up with different concepts for my homemade birthday cards, especially when there aren't specific events in the lives of my family that I can draw on for inspiration.  Hopefully the effort to do a fun drawing is more meaningful than a store bought Hallmark card.

Well here we are getting close to Presidential election time, so what better time to draw caricatures of the candidates; Obama and Romney.  As a cartoonist, I am extremely bi-partisan...neither is exempt from getting skewered!  That's the fun of it!  This is done with pen and watercolor.

My eldest, Heather, just had her birthday on October 1st and I decided to do a Halloween theme for her card.  Our relationship has been rather strained for the past five years, so this is the first card I've drawn her in quite a while.  We now converse, hug, and say "I love you", but still working on a complete thaw from the frost...hopefully this gets me another degree in the right direction.

I was hired to draw caricatures for a birthday party, and the client asked if I would draw Mick Jagger as a special present for her hubby, because they both "love" him.  She wanted my b/w party style with just his tongue colored, reminiscent of the Stones famous album cover, but it looked rather odd, so I just decided to color the whole thing.  Prisma  is a very quick way to color, as opposed to my time consuming watercolor pieces.

Nancy, a loyal client from Indiana requested a caricature of her dentist, Dr Tyree, who specializes in child care.  Apparently he works on adults as well, but I'm assuming don't get the same benefits, as  Nancy mentioned her jealousy of all the kids who get nitrous oxide to calm them as they get their teeth worked on (hence the contraption over the nose) while Disney's 'Cars' plays in the background.  She wanted those elements depicted in the caricature, and of course, the requisite toothbrush also makes it's appearance, which must always be happy and showing off perfect teeth!

Commission from a couple sending a postcard announcement for their wedding in the Dominican Republic.