skypirates

There's a feeling I get when I'm sailing at sunset. Like a presence, a spirit is riding the wind just over my shoulder. A warm calming consciousness on the horizon where sea and sky meet; but excited, mischievous poltergeists where the keel cuts it's wake.

SkyPirates, photoshop & original photography,
16 x 20 matted & framed

They are SkyPirates; the breath of the adventure, the navigators of dreams. The mothers and daughters; the wives of past lives. Following closely behind as silent as night, they board to lay waste to worries, intoxicate with their naked beauty and steal your heart.

recurring regatta

I've been drawing pictures both professionally and for pleasure for a really long time.

"yankee clipper", watercolor on hotpress

It's really been a bit more involved than that but, at this point in my career, after a rollercoaster ride of lean and flush years, degrees in design, long stints in creative and art direction for the Fortune 500, a decade as the owner/operator of an advertising agency and all the years of freelancing I've done since moving to the Keys, it all seems to boil down to an unpretentious, one sentence resume. . . 

"I draw pictures for a living."

"western union", colored pencil on cotton rag

All along the way, a recurring subject has been sailboats.

"smooth sailing", digital illustration

No matter what else was going on, no matter what my "professional title" might have been, no matter which medium I happened to be working in - I've always come back around to sailboats.

"sunset and sails", acrylic on canvas

Even before I ever got out on the water, I've been subject to "sail consciousness" and always figured it was the influence of a previous lifetime.

"ghost ship", pen & ink on illustration board

So when I opened the gallery "Art-on -Ashe" a couple of years ago, it was impossible to not include a fleet of sailing vessels.

"saturn, mars, moon and mind", digital illustration

These are some of the boats I've got hanging on the walls as part of the current collection and I thought you'd enjoy a look at them.

"pride of the fleet", watercolor on coldpress

If you happen to fall in love with any of them and want one for your very own, I can make framed museum quality prints available. Just drop me a e-mail and we'll work it out.