And Then I Remembered

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

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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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e duobus unum

ballpoint pen and pencil

Calbayog City 2024

Sometimes I'm like, fuck it, let's draw.

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final layer

colored pencil, calbayog city, 2025

I added another layer to this drawing, and I'm thinking it's done. Not gonna lie, I like it.

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"in this immense drama we are all unknowing poets" - Alan Watts

pen drawing on board

Rosemead, CA 2012

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ballpoint pen and alcohol

Calbayog City 2024

"If, we become naked* Yoko Ono

ballpoint pen and pencil

Calbayog City 2024

Hope Sandoval and the Warm Intentions

Lose Me On the Way

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going home

colored pencil and pen on paper

Los Angeles 2018

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everyone rushes around in a great panic as if it is necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."

-- Alan Watts

colored pencil and ballpoint pen

Los Angeles 2018

black sharpie

Hollywood 2018

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8B pencil

Calbayo City 2024

I know this drawing is finished because it's dinner time.

Btw, I love Filipino food.

Waiting for tomorrow

(Perfect day - Lou Reed)

Pencil drawing in my moleskine

Calbayog City 2024

This morning's drawing.

One advantage to being an unknown artist is that whenever I sit down to draw I can draw whatever the hell I want.

Young woman with a hair barrette

Pencil drawing

Calbayog City 2024

Is this a shameless plug for my Instagram?

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The Boatman

pencil drawing

Calbayog City 2024

My wife is fixing a big Thanksgiving feast. I can smell the food cooking downstairs.

We live in a small port city and my wife went down to the docks early this morning and picked up an amazing assortment of fresh sea food. Crabs, scallops, muscles, octopus, milk fish, shrimp, along with assorted fresh vegetables. This is going to be a feast.

I was admiring the bounty of sea food with my eight year old son, Sean.

"Daddy?" Sean asked me out of the blue, "Have you ever noticed that 'SHELLFISH' sounds a lot like 'SELFISH'?"

I love it when he says things like that.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone 💓

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