Monday, December 29, 2008

Harriet Beecher Stowe


Perhaps it is impossible for a person
who does no good to do no harm.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

McKissick Home


The McKissick home was built in the McDaniel Avenue area of Greenville, S.C. Two large magnolia trees stand tall in front of this beautiful southern brick home.
The home is located just three blocks up the street from Cleveland Park.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Wings like Eagles


"Those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary."
– Isaiah 40:31

Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Wolf


Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
~German Proverb

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Tiger


“Do not blame God for having created the tiger,
but thank him for not having given it wings”

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

12-18-08 - Lilly


"Who loves me will love my dog" -Proverb quotes

12-19-08 - Weems Family Crest

The Weems family crest was re-created from a poor ink rendering.
This digital work was created in Adobe Illustrator.

12-21-08 - Shannon's Gymnastics


A friend of mine has a grand daughter who is very active in gymnastics. Here's a drawing of her I created in pencil.

12-15-08 - 300 McDaniel Ave



300 McDaniel Ave - Greenville, SC. Commissioned Pen and Ink Home

12-17-08 - Holy Trinity Church


This was a commission for an anniversary gift.
The bride and groom were married in this church.

12-16-08 - Sophie



Shane's dog, Sophie.
I took pictures of Sophie at a local pet store and returned home to create the portrait.

12-14-08 - First Commissioned Pen and Ink


I was just 18 years old when I did my first commissioned work. This was the home of Mae Williams who was an artist in our neighborhood. She was kind enough to hire me to do this Bic pen drawing of her home which I sat and drew right in front of her home.

12-13-08 - Boyd




Colby's Brother Boyd - Part of a collage

12-12-08 - Knight and Dragon



I created this knight and Dragon to go on a bounce ride for FunTec, Inc of Simpsonville, SC. I first drew the dragon out with pencil roughly. Then refined it using a light table and a mechnical pencil. I scanned in the pencil drawing as line art then used Adobe Streamline to convert the line scan into a vector based drawing. I then colorized the vector line drawing in Adobe Illustrator. The final product was printed life size!

12-11-08 - Mrs. Stone's Home



Mrs. Stone's home is one of many homes that I have drawn in the McDaniel Ave
area of Greenville, SC

12-10-08 - TC Alexander Store





TC Alexander Store - Mauldin, SC Here's a 1983 sketch I did from an old photograph. I was commissioned to do this by the grandson of the original owner of this business.
The building no longer exists.

12-09-08 - Richmond Home


This drawing was done in 1985 in Richmond, VA.
I was a student at Virginia Commonwealth University

McBee Chapel - Conastee, SC


Was built in 1841 at the request of Alexander
McBee son of Vardry McBee founder of Conestee, S.C.
This building was designed and laidout by John Adams, Vardry McBee's millwright.
Mr. Adams designed the church in an octagonal shape so as to accommodate more seating space. The church seats 150 people. There are only two other octagonal brick churches of this type in the United States.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Save Your Doodles

I have been an obsessive doodler ever since I was a kid. I would have never thought that my doodles would sell as artwork, but now it has. Here is a pencil doodle I did in an evenings worth of TV watching. Add a little scripture to it and convert it to a vector-based color graphic and it is ready to hang on the wall. We just got an order to produce a series of these.. works of art! - Greg

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

There are no seven wonders...


There are no seven wonders
of the world in the eyes of a child.
There are seven million.
~Walt Streightiff

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Eric's Dog Dittle


Color pencil sketch of my cousin Eric's dog, Dittle