Self Portrait

Here's a self-portrait I did that I'm submitting to a community self portrait exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. No, I don't live in Greenwich, but a colleague of mine who lives there demanded I enter it. So, perhaps I'm considered an honorary member of the community. All submitted portraits must be a 6x6-inch square format.

Election Mayhem at the Lexington Courthouse—Colored

A Yeoman and His Wife Visit Wealthy Kentuckians—Colored

Kentucky Farm Raid—Colored

The Ku Klux Klan Retaliates—Colored (revised)

Compare with the previous uploaded image. I went in, lightened the image and added some highlights...to good effect, I think. The sunrise orange reflecting on the KKK men gives them a bit more of a demonic appearance.

The Ku Klux Klan Retaliates—Colored

Even though it's supposed to be set at dawn, I might have to lighten it a bit because some of the detail is getting lost.

Slaves Harvesting Hemp—Colored

I realized as I was coloring this that on the line art I had inadvertently drawn the scene with two light sources. So, I had to take some time to correct that. It's not perfect, but it's much less noticeable now (however, since I just told you, it will be more noticeable now).

13th Amendment Passes—Colored

Henry Clay Argues Before the US Senate—Colored

Morgan's Raiders Attack—Colored

Union Soldiers Battle Line—Colored

First finished colored scene for the KHS Civil War project.

Colored Version of the KHS Team Portrait

Election Mayhem at the Lexington Courthouse

Getting the right to vote didn't always mean you were able to vote. Fights and gun shots are the order of the day as pro-slavery citizens and private militias attempt to keep blacks from voting.




Detail of previous image.

The Catwoman

Today's inking warm-up sketch.

Civil War Team Portrait

I've been working on this Civil War educational project for the past six months and was recently asked by my contact at the Kentucky Historical Society, for whom I'm doing the work, for a portrait of the team there who are also involved in this particular project. It's been a real pleasure working with these guys. They've been great.

Here's the pre-colored version.

The Ku Klux Klan Retaliates

Just because slavery had been abolished, "freed men" weren't exactly free. Prejudice remained. From unfair state and local laws to physical violence and intimidation through groups such as the KKK, the end of the Civil War merely denoted the beginning of the long struggle for freedom, equality and integration into the larger society.

13th Amendment Passes

This Civil War-era scene shows the confusion and range of emotions as citizens learn of the passing of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution that outlawed slavery in the United States and wherever it has jurisdiction. You can see that many of the whites aren't happy about the news, but the black slave just outside of the immediate circle is overjoyed. However, slaves further in the background can't hear (and might not be able to read it) and thus look more apprehensive and inquisitive.

Confederate Sympathizers Led Away by Union Troops

Line art for my Civil War educational project.

Batman Colored Sketch

Kentucky Farm Raid

Part of the Civil War project. Most of the image was digitally inked except for the sky. It was inked on paper using a brush pen and scanned. I could get a better smokey effect by hand.