Wading Majesty. Colored pencil, graphite. I drew this colored pencil drawing of a Bengal tiger using the graphite and layered colored pencil techniques of Michael Gnatek.

Snowball. Graphite.

Graphite. Our friend and voice teacher, the late Kevin Benefield, commissioned me to draw a portrait of him and his dog, Ruby, a Basenji, some years back.

Graphite. I drew this commissioned portrait of my pastor's mother.

Graphite. Aaron McIntosh takes a nap in a little red wagon, circa 1998.

Blackie, graphite.

Lemon Shark. Part of a series of illustrations I created for The Cincinnati Post. I included this illustration in a two-page infogfraphic that I designed as well. It depicts some of the shark species that would populate the "Surrounded by Sharks" exhibit at the Newport, Ky. Aquarium. Graphite, colored pencil.

I illustrated TV talk show host Jerry Springer for a Cincinnati Post article detailing his ratings slide. Graphite.

On the Move, graphite.

Bench, graphite.

Kitten on keys, graphite.

End of the work day, graphite.

Blue pitcher, graphite

Steam-driven, graphite.

Sumatran Tiger

Watching for the Tide

Sleepy Duchess, graphite.

Great Blue Heron, graphite.

Graphite and colored pencil. This drawing of the starship U.S.S. Voyager is part of a larger vignette accompanying a Cincinnati Post article about the TV show "Star Trek's" 30th anniversary. Colored pencil.

Lemon Shark. Graphite and colored pencil. Part of a series of illustrations I created for The Cincinnati Post. I included this illustration in a two-page infogfraphic that I designed as well. It depicts some of the shark species that would populate the "Surrounded by Sharks" exhibit at the Newport, Ky. Aquarium. Graphite, colored pencil.

Nurse Shark. Graphite and colored pencil. Part of a series of illustrations I created for The Cincinnati Post. I included this illustration in a two-page infographic that I designed as well. It depicts some of the shark species that would populate the "Surrounded by Sharks" exhibit at the Newport, Ky. Aquarium.

Graphite and colored pencil. Avery Brooks as Captain Sisko of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One of several illustrations of the actors portraying characters from the TV series Star Trek. Illustrated as part of a special Cincinnati Post page commemorating the 30th anniversary of the show. Colored pencil.

The rising popularity of World Music inspired this African-South-American guitar illustration for the South Bend Tribune. Oil pastel.

I created this watercolor illustration to accompany a South Bend Tribune article examining the 1993 book "Under The Tarnished Dome: How Notre Dame Betrayed Ideals For Football Glory," by Don Yaeger. Watercolor and colored pencil.

I drew this pencil and digital illustration to accompany a story entitled "Home Alone," about latchkey children. The Queen City Cincinnati Society for Professional Journalists: Excellence in Journalism award, second place. Graphite and digital.

The Jim Beam Stakes, a horse-racing event at Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky, provided the subject for this composition. I used a Wacom tablet to paint this full-page image for The Kentucky Post, an edition of The Cincinnati Post. Digitial oil.

Graphite pencil. I illustrated TV talk show host Jerry Springer for a Cincinnati Post article detailing his ratings slide. Graphite.

Tony Bennett's upcoming concert in South Bend, Ind., was the subject of this illustration and its accompanying article in the South Bend Tribune. Oil pastel.

Strange, New Words. Strange, new words entering the dictionary inspired this South Bend Tribune illustration. Watercolor.

11" x 15," graphite on illustration board. This was my cat Freda checking out the wildlife. My wife and I thought she was a male when she was a kitten, but later on, we realized the he was a she! So, my wife chuckled and said, "I guess Fred is now Fred-a!"

Graphite. This is my initial sketch of quarterback Joe Theismann, used as the basis for an illustration of a story for the Irish Sports Report, a publication of the South Bend Tribune.