This month we have multiple opportunities to enter and win up to $300 of tattoo time. First up I’ll be performing at Kenwick Porch Fest with Ghost Affirmation, Saturday the 22nd at 4:00 and the next day I’ll be at the Lexington Renaissance Faire in Masterson Station promoting the Tahl Sound booth AND at the front gate for the closing of the Tahl Sound season with Bayou to the Bluegrass on Southland drive. Lastly you can find me August 29th as part of the Tour de Paint, a cycl

“Labor of Love” digital - procreate This new design is a continuation of my bird houses concept of merging birds with dwelling places. Originally this was part of a concept sketch for a mural meant for a new development here in Lexington. The developer decided to go in a different direction but I still really liked the ideas so I used a section to further develop the image for a print format. The greater theme of this piece is cultivation. Cardinals cultivate long term homes

Here is my most recent mandala design “In Reverie Endless” - digital using Geometrica and Procreate For this mandala I wanted to use objects to form the pattern as if arranged for a ritual purpose like an alter. There’s a spiritual nature to mandala work that I think is really beautiful and I love trying to emphasize that quality while still leaving the image open to interpretation. I love the warmth of the design as well. My wife said it felt warm like summer and I think sh