"Thank you for that breeze. It is quite cooling on my mustache"

These cats were contestants in the European Beard and Mustache Championship. I think you can see why. Thanks Lauren!

Advanced Portrait

Here's another Advanced Style portrait. I can't find the name of this gentleman but he is looking good with his matching tie and hat.

Let's Dance

Check out Robert Tyree in "Culture Machine" tonight at Disjecta if you get the chance. "Culture Machine" is a modern dance performance orchestrated by Tahni Holt that comments on pop culture, dance, narcissism, and our role within it. Stephanie and I saw it on Thursday night and it was a good time.

Quickie

Does anybody check this if I don't post a link on facebook? Post a comment, people. Let yourselves be heard!

Owl Chef

You know, now that I look at this I don't think Owl's would make very good chefs.

Alice Paul

2010 is the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the US constitution which gave women the right to vote. Alice Paul was a suffragist leader at that time and underwent many hardships to secure that right. I'm still amazed that it has hardly been fifty years since the equal rights movement and even today there is not equality for all. People these days forget that everything we have had to be fought for at some point by amazing leaders like Alice Paul.

A is also for...

We all know what an Aardvark looks like, or DO we?? Have you ever really looked at a picture of these guys? It's nuts. Those hind legs are prehistorically gigantic, not to mention that they're about half the height of a grown person. Anyhow, after seeing one in my animal book I had to share it with the rest of the world. You're welcome.

Advanced Sketch

I was talking to my friend Ari last month during his visit to the west coast about maybe doing some drawings of the fashionable elder people on his blog Advanced Style. Here's a rough sketch to see what one might look like. I didn't really correct anything as I went so the eyes came out much too small for the rest of the face, but I think it still came out okay. Hopefully there will be more coming.

Woman

Still trying to find a style I like and wanna stick with. This one is inspired by one of my favorite artists, Egon Schiele

Squirrelin' Around

Here in Portland one of my favorite distractions is to watch the squirrels in my backyard (as if I wasn't enough like an old man already). I always think about that scene from The Sword in the Stone when Merlin turns them both into squirrels and they get chased by those lady squirrels. Isn't it totally sad when he turns back into a boy and breaks the girl squirrel's heart?

Another thing I love about squirrels, they never walk. They only prance. I wish I could do that.