The Circle Game

THE VILLAGE

Mano Chao - Minha Galera

I've written about this before but a little over two years ago we left America and moved to the Philippines.

It's so beautiful here.

We live in the port town of a small island, but my wife originally came from a little village deep in the mountains. It's a small village of about 200 people surroundedby coconut jungle.

I love visiting the village.

Looking down the village's main walk way during fiesta.

Close by there's an amazing waterfall we like to bath in.

Like I say, I love it here.

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Pedro's artwork

Pedro UK - Relax

black sharpie on paper

Hollywood 2019

I've been doing some artwork for my musician friend Pedro UK. Some of them have turned out nicely.

Here are some of the images we used for his music.

More of Pedros music here:

SoundCloud

Pedro UK

Play Pedro UK on SoundCloud and discover followers on SoundCloud | Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and mobile.

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Youth and innocence

pencil drawing

Culver City 1977

This is an old one. 1977.

I can still remember drawing it. I was living at the time, with someone special, in an apartment in Culver City, with a big double bed. When she came home that night she loved it.

I stlll have this drawing tucked away in one of my drawers.

And I still have my memories tucked away in my mind.

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Darkness blackens even the night

8B pencil on paper

Calbayog City 2024

Daily drawing.

I am happiest when my fingers and eraser become black with pencil lead.

Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen

Black sharpie on paper

Los Angeles 2015

I like this drawing.

I know the signature is upside down.

But so is the drawing.

Destiny - Zero 7

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self portrait

ballpoint pen, los angeles, 2018

I drew this one day looking at the mirror.

My wife said it looks just like me.

Not certain what to make of that.

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Pedro UK - Searching for light

I've been doing music video artwork for my friend Pedro UK. Some of them have turned out nicely. Pedro UK's music is great as well. The drawings are all done with pen and colored pencil. I used 'Paint' to assemble the covers. Tumblr only lets me upload one video per post so I uploaded Pedro's song "Then 2" (below). The other videos are uploaded on YouTube.

While we're on the subject, if anyone knows anyone who needs cover artwork done for video's or CD's I'm open for business.

Cheers.

Pedro UK - Then 2 first mix

Pedro UK - Mother

Pedro UK - Lockdown Sessions

Pedro UK - Lockdown Sessions

ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

I drew this this morning.

It's ugly and it's beautiful.

Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration

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being that

colored pencil, calbayog city, 2025

Being that my kids were busy building a pillow and blanket fortress this morning, I had unfettered access to the colored pencils.

No other reason.

I drew this in layers. This was the first layer.

black and white

Midnite - Music to honor I king

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Today

colored pencil & pen, monrovia 1996

I started drawing these swirls. And then I went nuts drawing swirls. I must have drawn 50 of these swirl drawings. I drew them at work and at home. On my napkin at the restaurant. It was all I wanted to do. One day a friend came to my place. When she saw I was drawing another swirl drawing she made this sound of exacerbation and said, "Pat! what's going on?"

Tbh I felt a little embarassed. So I moved on to drawing squares...

I still have a bunch of those swirl drawings.

I really like this one.

detail

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