Pride Of Man

Little Boxes - Pete Seeger

Colored pencil & black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

One day, a couple of years ago, I was looking around the apartment for something to draw when my eyes landed on three boxes, stacked upon one another, in the corner of our dining area.

So I quickly sketched them in pencil.

It was an OK drawing and I still have it lying around here somewhere but after I had drawn the boxes in pencil I got out my sharpie and redrew them in ink.

The result was nice..

Three Boxes

Black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

This got me stared drawing boxes. I drew boxes at home. I drew boxes at work. I drew boxes in my moleskine. I drew boxes.

I soon cut the stack down to two boxes because it looked better.

Two Boxes

Black Sharpie

Hollywood 2019

I drew these boxes over and over. Like about thirty times.

More Boxes

black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

Why did I keep draw these boxes?

Here's why.

When I look at these boxes I always get this erie feeling of...

Time is standing still.

I don't know why, but it gives me tickle.

Time is standing still

Black sharpie

Los Angeles 2019

Lavender

colored pencil, calbayog city, 2025

Ok, its done. I added one more layer of lavender just because lavender is lovely.

Even Sean, my nine year old son, and harshest critic, likes it. So.. it's done.

Leila Pinneiro - Chega de Saudada

.

Frozen Silence

LIFE

watercolor & ballpoint pen, calbayog city, 2024

Eternity can never be earned. It must be accepted.

.

pigments

colored pencil, calbayog city, 2025

A few days ago I had a thought. These pigments are so great, FTW, let's just have fun with color for a while.

Midnite - Musi to honor my King

.

Entropic eddies

Mystery of mysteries

colored pencil, los angeles, 2015

Life is so...

Life can best be seen as a river flowing through time.

Haploid diploid haploid diploid.

Entropic eddies swirled by stars.

And we're a piece of it.

Mystery of mysteries.

Don't even ask.

Mitosis - when the nuclear membrane reformed I about cheered.

Midnite - Envision

Pencil drawing, Calbayog City, 2024

I kid you not, I think about those guys on the HMS Bounty, a lot.

They had been on Tahiti for six months, living with the Tahitians in what must have been, for them, paradise. And then suddenly Captain Bligh told them they had to pack up and sail back to England.

I would have mutinied too!!

Tahiti

pencil drawing, Calbayog City, 2024

.

Time is static

pen and pencil

Hollywood 2019

Bring me home

colored pencil and pen on paper

Los Angeles 2018

colored pencil and ballpoint pen

Los Angeles 2018

I must have drawn fifteen variations of this drawing. I don't know why. Most of them I drew during down time at work. I liked the image. I still do. It gives me hope for the future. Again, I don't know why.

Maybe I'll draw another.

colored pencil and sharpie

Hollywood 2018

black sharpie

Hollywood 2018

Bring me home - Sade

Next door

pencil drawing in my moleskine

Calbayog City 2024

"Our lives are what we do while we're dreaming about doing something else." John Lennon

Massive Attack - The man next door

.

Next

colored pencil, calbayog city, 2025

These drawing are like playing with finger paints but with maybe a little more intectual input.

I work in layers. The above drawings is made of five layers. Below is the drawing after three layers. Really fun to watch them grow.

black and white

Massive Attack/Horace Andy - Man Next Door

.

"Hijos Del Sol" - Hermanos Gutierrez

Black Sharpie on manila paper

Miami 2010

I lived in Miami for a few years. I rented a small apartment right on the bay. It was lovely. Iguanas and land crabs used to wander around the yard. Beat that!

Miami has some of the most lovely beaches on earth. I used to hang out at oceanside cafes sipping esspresso coffee and drawing.

Back then my main art tool was the ultra fine black sharpie.

I was into drawing what to me were guilts. Crisp black and white drawings done off the cuff. I drew a bunch of them.

Here's another one.

Black Sharpie on paper

Miami 2009

Bay Harbor beach, Miami, Florida

.