“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 - 12:8

And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. 10 So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”; 2 before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim; 4 and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly. 5 Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. 6 Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; 7 then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. 8 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

New directions and growing pains . . .

I finally feel like I'm beginning to discover my style in illustration. I think my work is really becoming more linearly defined and more limited in color palette. And, I can't seem to get away from incorporating some kind of natural element . . . I believe this last year at SCAD will reveal my calling as an artist/illustrator, and is hopefully going to be quite a growth spurt.

This started out as a doodle inspired by a dream in my sketch book, but I had fun playing around with the patterns and blue ink.








Nesting
pen & ink
Another drawing that I just decided to develop a little bit more.