One of the unexpected and strange challenges of designing a book with iBooks Author (and with most of the other tools and e-bookstores available) is designing the book’s cover.

These watercolors show some of my favorite surf spots in the world… including the nearly always flat Bay of Saint Jean de Luz and then down the cost to San Sebastian

Two more watercolors from the 2013 Mavericks competition. The first watercolor exaggerates the wave quite a bit… while Mavericks can be a bit of a mutant beast…

A view from the channel at the 2013 Mavericks contest won by Pete Mel. Two surfers split the peak, but all eyes are on a third surfer that took off deep…

A watercolor study of a sunny day at Ocean Beach here in San Francisco. The waves were uncharacteristically clean and small and the longboarding crew was out.

Two of my favorite spots in the Basque Country -Bidart Centre and Parlamentia. Drawn and painted on a cold February day when conditions were perfect.

A portrait study for “New Mexico” that was loosely inspired by a Mark Van Dalen photograph, and specifically by the strange shoulder position of the model.

Third drawing for “New Mexico” – a row of mailboxes by the road. In America, mailboxes are an art form. They have personality and always tell a story.

Here is a new drawing for “New Mexico” and an opportunity top draw a car I would actually like to own! Why don’t they make them like that anymore?

I am starting to draw a story entitle “New Mexico”. It will be structured as a succession of images that reach their conclusion on the very last image….

A drawing inspired by a famous photograph of Giants player Brandon Crawford by Chris Humphreys (US PRESSWIRE). Watercolor on Arches paper, 10″ x 14″.

A study on lighting that was inspired by my admiration for Milton Caniff and specifically his work and inking in Steve Canyon. Caniff drew Steve Canyon until he died in 1988…