Graphic arcs of keyword colour as ocean, sky, foliage, petals, river fish, earthworm, the horizon, moon, aurora, islands, glaciers. BioSphera overlaps each one: ecosystems and radiant communities blossoming as a singular world.

Artists use light most often to illuminate and model form but in some natural phenomena the play of light itself is appealing. These start as very simple sketches - pencil on paper or stylus on screen - then imagination takes over. All are duly completed in Photoshop or Krita for realistic shape and radiance. 2026 now marks a return to physical me...

Although styles differ widely and exaggeration is a common base for caricature, there's room for another way. Simplification. Working outward from the eyes to portray a typical stance and expression. This is my style of caricature in the few I've completed so far from the backlog of sketches. Art does allow for some healthy procrastination though,...

" While philosophy and science may draw us into 'a forest of abstractions' art smiles on everything with integrating, colourful imagery." This is titled Compatibility II, from a pair typical of favouring abstraction and colour in my portfolio. The citation stood out while reading around the topic of style and composition by Alexander Spirkin. It's...

Max Ernst devised a technique in 1925 that he later called 'frottage' meaning the imprint of rough surfaces as the start of a painting. Here in my scenario titled 'Night Landing' I adapt Ernst technique for texture in its digital representation.