Nick Cave caricature

Another Drawing Board post. This one is my contribution to the Nick Cave Drawing Jam.

I do have much fun at that site...

Couple new Drawing Board caricatures

Been doing more caricatures over at the The Drawing Board. Here's couple of new ones I've recently posted.

This is one of Hache:


And here's one of Bangalore_monkey:

New caricatures...

Man, looks like I'm on a roll, here... I've posted more here in the last two days than in all of 2007!

Anyway, here are two more caricatures I've done over at the Drawing Board.

First up, oogen:


and here's one of mar4o:

A Tribute to Mark

I can't believe I haven't posted this up yet... It's a portrait that I did back in '06 for the family and friends of my brother-in-law's brother, Mark. I myself didn't have the good fortune to spend much time with Mark, but whenever I did see him he was always at the ready with a great big smile and warm hug. He was one of the most genuine, caring people I have ever met and my own life is richer knowing him.

One vivid memory I have of him was at my own father's funeral. As I stood in front of the casket, having a pretty hard time dealing with my dad's passing at such a young age, Mark came up to me, put his arm around my shoulders and said in such a gentle, reassuring way, "It'll be ok, Steve. It'll be ok." I had heard that from many people that day, but when Mark uttered those words, it resonated in a way that really helped me cope. I'll forever be grateful to him for doing that.

Although he was born with Downs syndrome, he acheived much in his lifetime. Graduated at 25 from John F. Kennedy Special Education school, competed in Special Olympics for years, winning medals in swimming, wrestling and basketball, was on the Community Handicap Awareness Team, loved to dance and attend Greenbay packer football games and participated in many community events. He loved music and got a big kick out of imitating Luciano Pavarotti.

Here's some exerpts from a local newspaper published shortly after his passing:

"For nearly 50 years, Mark, 52, was an icon in the community - his life, a tribute to society's acceptance and appreciation of handicapped individuals."

"A social butterfly, he touched the lives of an entire spectrum of people."

Indeed he did.

So, here's my personal tribute to my friend, Mark:

Finally, some more caricatures...

I know it's a long time between posts again, but I'm trying to get back into the drawing thing here, so here's a couple of new ones of folks at the Drawing Board. Hopefully, I can keep it up...

This one's Pedroscope


and here's Comlock