Dazler

Almost gave up on this creature, but stuck with it. Really enjoyed the burly texture and swirls in hide.

Dazler, pastel, 11 x 13, $225

Curlytailed Redbord

This flightless bird comes from the Jupiter Safari series.

Curlytailed Redbord, pastel, 7 x 11.5, $150

Future of Intelligent Care

This piece was commissioned for an intelligent care provider in the Raleigh area. It is one of four pieces and all work was created in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Increased Productivity

Digital illo

This is a piece I did once in pastel for a magazine in Washington DC. I was later commissioned by a magazine in San Francisco to re-create it in color. I used photoshop to create this whole different look for myself.

Blue Hound

From my sketch below, I created a pastel painting of this imaginary creature. I had a desire to work in blues and red violets for the coloring. The idea was to create a dog-like animal that could move through the trees since in real life they cannot. Now I just have to create a cat creature and the chase is on!

Blue Hound, 9.5 x 12.5, pastel, $350 framed

In The Green Waters

Recently I spoke to the Southern Piedmont Artists Guild in Monroe and in the fantasy demo that followed it was requested I combine a jackalope and a mermaid. I had no memory or reference for a jackalope so I had to wing it. After starting it at the meeting, I finished it at home. I actually had a different background up top and hated it so I took it out with a brush and added fixative to allow for more pastel. I also used some fixative to allow me to come back and brighten the colors a bit. Enjoy.

In The Green Waters, 12 x 16, pastel, $250

Dancing Cowboy

Came up with this one as another idea for my "Rusty Bullets" series. Sketch and finished shown below. Click on the Pages link to the right to see how this started.

Sketch

Dancing Cowboy, pastel, 10 x 13.5,  $225

Chief Long Beak and Advisor

Sketching for fun. Enjoy.

Ostrichadillo

This piece was a fantasy demo for the Mint Hill Arts group and the audience suggested combining an ostrich and armadillo. Never would have thought of this on my own, but was fun to do. Enjoy.

Ostrichadillo, 12 x 16, pastel, SOLD

Lightning Bug

Here's the beginning of a new series of fantasy pieces. I love insects and the idea of turning this yellow jacket into a lightning maker seemed pretty cool. It's 13 x 18, pastel.

Lightning Bug, pastel, $250

From the Jaws of defeat

After dog in the waves, I decided to add a shark breaking out of the water attempting to grab the frisbee from the dog.

In the Wave

After sketching the dog and some waves, I decided to work on combining the two.

Dog chasing frisbee

While sitting on the beach in SC, I saw this little dog chasing frisbees. Sketches were done with ball point pen.

Land Patrol vehicle

Here's a piece designed for the JSA (Jupiter Space Agency). A land patrol vehicle.

Richards Coffee Shop

Dropped by this small place in Mooresville where military veterans and others sit around picking and singing bluegrass, Here's a couple of 5-10 minute sketches done with a Bic pen.

Racer (Digital)

This was a commercial piece done digitally. I took a tight drawing and did a trace in Adobe Illustrator then cleaned up the lines.

Sketches New Works

Here' a couple of rough sketches for upcoming pieces.

Cow Jumped Over The Moon sketch

Humpty Dumpty sketch

Hammerhead Fred

A crazy hammerhead shark is part of some characters involved with a project out of Nashville.

Jooga and Bobo

Here's a personal piece involving 2 characters Jooga and Bobo that live on the far side of Jupiter. This is part of an ongoing series of pieces I hope to lead to a story book. It's been in my head for several years and I work on it when free.

Jooga and Bobo

Boy Who Cried Dinosaur

Here are works from a promotional story by Joel Haas entitled, The Boy Who Cried Dinosaur. All works done with pastel on Rives BFK printmaking paper. To receive a free pdf of this short fable, just contact me from my website, WalterStanford.com.

Swampy Bear

Here are some finished pieces from a Swampy Bear storybook project. Art was done with pastel on Rives BFK printmaking paper. Enjoy.

Thunder Sketches

Here's a couple of sketches from a little project called "Thunder, the largest elephant in the world". This is a children's poem by Joel Haas.

Big Alice

A while back I started drawing some characters from down in the swamps that were alligator hunters searching for the one elusive Big Alice, a huge alligator seen around the area of NeverCatchee, FL. I drew them as they came to mind. Believe I was sitting under an umbrella at the beach with a sketch pad when I drew this.

Original sketch page

The following sketches were made on a Wacom.

Wacom Sketching

I used a Wacom tablet to create these 2 drawings. Pretty much just horsing around. Vikings are a cool subject and birds are always fun.

Viking

Long Beak