ENDGAME

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  #2B pencil, Kuretake Fude brush and Faber - Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook

STUDY OF SIMON AND KIRBY

 14" x 11" #4H pencil, Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay black India Ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF EMANUEL LASKER

14" x 11"  4H pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

DOPPLEGANGER

 14"x 11"  4H Pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and my trusty Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art sketchbook

SELF PORTRAIT 201614" x 11" #2 pencil, Dr Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Kuretake Zig White ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

14" x 11" #2 pencil, Dr Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Kuretake Zig White ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF LAM THI DEP

PORTRAIT OF LAM THI DEP - 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Faber- Castell Pitt brush pens in Canson sketchbook

AWESOME

14" x 11" Dr. Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Micron 08 pen in Canson sketchbook (With apologies to and sincere admiration for Edward Sorel because I stole the concept from him and reworked it)

SEARLES PEOPLE ON THE STREET

SEARLES PEOPLE ON THE STREET - 11" x 17" Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Faber-Castel brushes in Canson Sketchbook

SHADOW

 11" x 17" Dr. Ph Martins Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF ABBIE HOFFMAN

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Faber-Castel brushes, Speedball super black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

I forgot that yesterday was his birthday (Nov 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989).  Can you imagine what he would have to say at age 80?

FORECLOSURE MACHINE

11 1/2" x 8" Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen and watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook.
So here is Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary: Steven Mnuchin.
What's his story?
"Mnuchin’s hedge fund also played a role in the housing crisis after it scooped up the failing California bank IndyMac in 2008. Under Mnuchin’s ownership, IndyMac foreclosed on 36,000 families, particularly elderly residents trapped in reverse mortgages. People would go to Mnuchin’s home to protest outside as they were foreclosed out of their own homes. Mnuchin was accused of running a foreclosure machine. The bank, which was renamed One West, was also accused of racially discriminatory lending practices. In 2015 Mnuchin sold a bank for $3.4 billion, $1.8 billion more than he bought it for." - Amy Goodman

BILLIONAIRES BOYS CLUB

11 1/2"x 8"  Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen, Kuretake Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook

Reince Priebus and Donald Trump met Mitt Romney yesterday at Jean-Georges, a 3 star Michelin restaurant at Trump's hotel.  Romney explained what he meant during the campaign when he said  “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He’s playing the members of the American public for suckers. He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.”

PORTRAIT OF JOSH BRANDT

 18" x 24" Speedball super black India ink,
Raphael 8404 # 3 brush and Faber-Castel brushes on Strathmore paper
Made this for my pal Joshua Brandt, a hard working, fun loving entrepreneur who is a devoted Yankee baseball fan. This is your Topps baseball card buddy!

BRUSH AND INK STUDY

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"   #2 pencil, Winsor Newton Series 7 #2 brush and Speedball super black India ink in Moleskine sketchbook.  Simon and Kirby panel.

PROFESSOR CORNEL WEST

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush and Faber-Castel brush pens in Moleskine sketchbook.

“To be a Christian - a follower of Jesus Christ - is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom.”

THE PROFESSIONAL

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2 pencil, Speedball crowquill pen, super black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Moleskine sketchbook

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” - Steven Pressfield

DREAM JOURNAL

10 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2 pencil and Faber-Castell brushes in Strathmore sketchbook
I woke up from a dream this morning and immediately started to loosely draw in my dream journal. This is important since dreams are ephemeral.
In this dream I was about 10 years old and have been caught drawing in class instead of paying attention to the teacher. The drawings were satirical renderings of various teachers and this particular teacher is not amused. He sends me down the hall to the principal's office. Dum, dee dum dum!
The principal is looking at the drawings and starts laughing so hard tears are rolling down his face as he is slapping his hand on his desk. He is beside himself, hysterical. Finally, he pulls it together and he starts the familiar lecture about how I need to fit in, to conform, to be a productive member of society, etc.
I look up at the principal and he has turned into a gorilla! He is still trying to lecture me but has to bite his tongue to try to maintain some sense of seriousness. I tell him " Too bad your Monkey's mad". Then I woke up.
The strange thing about this dream is that it is similar to a couple of incidents that happened to me in real life. I was no stranger at the principal's office, and once a principal did laugh at some funny drawings i did, then gave me "The Lecture". Of course I never talked back, promised to do better, and slid back to class.
I don't recall a time when I didn't draw, and sometimes in school I was allowed to draw something authorized in order to get extra credit to keep from receiving a failing grade. So drawing was sometimes a blessing.
I think it is obvious that the gorilla (or monkey) symbolizes that inner critic we all must defeat as we continue to stay creative.

BRUSH AND INK STUDY

 11" x 14" Speedball super black India Ink and Raphael 8404 # 3 brush in Canson sketchbook

IDIOT BOX

10" x 8"    #2 pencil, Speedball super black India ink, Raphael 8404 #3 brush and Faber-Castell Brush in Moleskine sketchbook

I've finished re-reading Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television, and with all that is going on in the world I just had to add my self portrait version of a sketch originally by R Crumb.

PORTRAIT OF SUSAN SONTAG

11" x 14" Speedball black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #2 brush in Canson sketchbook

"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."