A portrait drawn on white paper, made up of red, parallel, arching lines and dots depicting a bearded cowboy smoking a cigar whilst peering into the distance.

A black and white ink drawing of a mess of characters in different modes of expression melting together into a sort of vague monster with 3 different faces. Lots of loose sketchy lines to create value. 

City Blob

Close colored-pencil rendering of a yellow-and-brown honey bee (Apis mellifera) with about 46% of the image unfilled graphite outline representing the percent decline of this species between 2009 and 2019.

The Disappearing: Bees

A playing card sized picture of a large red glyph floating in a purple background with maze-like asemic writing within.  The word "sol urat" and a dragon-like symbol float in the lower right corner.

Sol Urat: Card 3

A screen on a computer on zoom. There are 6 boxes, all made out of construction paper. Top left there is a light blue girl in a green hijab on a pink and purple bed against a pink background. Top middle there is a light blue girl with green hair, purple turtle neck, and a hot pink cat against a dark blue background with a sticker of a wheel behind her. Top right is a green boy with dark blue hair, wearing a red t-shirt with a white collar. He is on a dark blue chair on a light blue background with a window frame behind him. Bottom left is light pink girl with red hair with a big smile, behind her is dark blue couch with 2 green pillows. She is on a light green background. Middle bottom is a black screen and red Z. Bottom right is a dark blue girl, with bubblegum pink hair, and a long red dress. She is laying on a blue and green bed, against a purple background with a sticker on the 'wall.' Below the boxes is a camera, phone, and lips button. 

Zooming

An illustration inspired by the crazy desserts known as "Freak shakes". The toppings and colors are all based off of real carnival treats such as doughnuts, cotton candy, caramel apples, etc..

Carnival Themed Freak Shake

Black ink on white paper, Zentangle patterns that fill the shape of a capital B.

This is a picture of Mickey Mouse in a stained glass style.

Stained glass Mickey Mouse

Self portrait of a girl with brown hair, brown eyes, black glasses wearing a rainbow heart mask.

Rainbow Make Everything Better

A girl, wearing a black and white striped dress stands looking at a painting. Her hair is short and brown. The painting is bigger than the girl, she is looking up at it. It is framed in gold and filled with warm colors. The painting is blurry, the colors have melted together. It rests on a cool blue wall. 

The Observer

Drawing of 2 birds, 1 with a duck in its mouth, a tree, and flowers.

Birdtopia

A sketch of a brown and white horse wearing a green coat and looking over a grey fence.

010100000110111011100000111000001111001 is an ink on raw canvas illustration depicting a still life of a poppy flower set on the foreground of the binary-Englilish translation of the word poppy, the most hardy and simultaneouly delicate flower. Flowers represent the renewal of life and connecteion while binary at its core is the most common way that we are relating to life in our current context. 

010100000110111011100000111000001111001

A drawing/painting of the beloved Pee-Wee Herman, but with a spooky twist. He wears his classic suit and red bowtie. However, his bowtie has an eyeball in the center, and Instead of his face it's just his skull. He's surrounded by a red and white spiral inspired by his bike. It's a tribute to Pee-Wee and his love for Halloween!

Today's Secret Word: Spooky

A brightly colored abstract artwork of floating objects on a flat map-like background.

The Rainbow World

Ink illustration of Thelma embracing her freedom from the patriarchy 

Thelma

In shades of gray, black and white. Pencil drawing of a Japanese woman performing the Japanese Tea Ceremony, The woman is a finished drawing  while the other objects are simple line drawings

Teishu "Tea Host"

Irial has ears but he cannot hear.
A sketch of my grand son.

Irial

An ink drawing of an autumn maple leaf with veins and venules in overlapping abstract black lines and polygons, outlined in red letters spelling out a poem. 

Bring a Leaf

A drawing of a bird, flower, bee, and mountains.

Spring

Four drawings of the lower extremities of four different life-drawing models. Each drawing occupies a quarter section of the composition. The graphite lines indicated volume and manipulation of proportion. 

Feet in the Door

Close up view of 2 roses with very soft, peachy pink outer petals, and coral-orange interiors, and a few dewdrops poised on the petal tips. Sunlight shines through the petals and reveals shadow shapes of lavender, and pale blue sky reflections bounce off the edges.

IceCream Roses

A grayscale drawing of a goat head on a background of geometric circuits 

Electric Pagan

A gouache painting of a Humalog insulin vial, with a light pink background and a shadow cast to the back left.

The 900th Vial

A marker drawing of a rat in some grass being overlooked by the moon and a bright red sky. 

The Rat

An  alcohol ink abstract painting of a tree from the perspective of looking straight up from the base of the tree.  The tree has many shades of green and yellow, while the sky encircles the tree in variations of teal, purple and blue.

Looking Up

A drawing of an apple parer machine, with the apple peel and core forming letters spelling out Apple Parer Enthusiasts, and the border spells out the lyrics to the Johnny Appleseed hymn.

Apple Parer Enthusiast

Child’s silhouette composed with black outlines of a cage fence 

Children don’t belong in cages 

As the trees reach their peak — the beauty of the moment — the winds begin to sweep away.  Before fall comes firmly planted in the ground they dance in tune to the winds — they are Wind Swept — they dance in harmony to nature 

Wind Swept

A black and white pen drawing of a desert or Martian landscape. One figure sets off towards the horizon carrying two pineapples and a helmet. 

Home

A simple line drawing of a rowboat on the water. No passengers or oars, only an empty seat. there is a trail of lightbulbs underwater showing motion by their placement as being pulled behind the boat attached by cords from the inside of the boat to sockets on the bulbs. There are eight of them trailing behind underwater at various lengths of about 12 to 18 feet back and 5 to 8 feet deep. Only the boat has color. The slats of the boat above water and the interior of the boat are colored with spot colors of brown and ochre. Below the water line, the slats of the boat are ultra marine blue and teal. The boat is placed to the left of the page. Although the lightbulbs underwater suggest motion, the boat itself is quite still. The date of Sept 12, 20 is stamped on with a rubber stamp under the water to the right, preceded by the word documented. It is signed on the lower left.

Red, 2019

Sam Hardy