People have been drawing with charcoal as long as people have been people. It is strangely soothing to look and…
Owl taking off
Birds are all amazing, the sparrows as well as the eagles. However owls, with their hushed wings and incredible power-to-weight athleticism…
Not conventionally beautiful?
This pale peacock is stomping about and strutting his stuff for the benefit of another more gorgeously hued bloke. There was not a jot of interest in the…
This Old Chimp
The small zoo near my house is a pleasant place to walk. I’ve been intrigued by the chimpanzees since I was a…
Holiday creatures
I’m back from my leisurely trip from deepest Southern winter to European summer, so now I start sorting through way-too-many photos.…
Bastille Day, Paris
I’ll spare you the fireworks over the Eiffel Tower, but the Bastille Day in Paris was great! The military parade…
Not impressive, unless . . .
Okay, this is a pretty blah photo of a tatty old taxidermied lemur – unless you know the specs behind…
Picking up the ol’ digital paint brush again
Not nearly finished, but well underway- Presenting Miss Fish. Based on this lovely tintype photo from the 1880s. The tiny original is, in…
Flies, as used for flyering
Among the masks made for scifi improv show Return to the Planet, a trio of bug-eyed bugs, denizens of Planet Beelzebub.…
Aliens, blue
Creatures, getting ready for ‘Return to the Planet’ in the 2014 NZ International Comedy Festival
