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.
Surfing in Euskadi
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
Mavericks again
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…
Splitting the peak at Mavericks
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…
At Ocean beach
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.
Surfing Parlementia and Bidart
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.
Portrait study for New Mexico
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.
Mailboxes
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.
Ford Mustang
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?
New Mexico – cover
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….
Giants game
A drawing inspired by a famous photograph of Giants player Brandon Crawford by Chris Humphreys (US PRESSWIRE). Watercolor on Arches paper, 10″ x 14″.
Glance
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…












