So this is the front side of the barn. I love the stone work and the white fences that is all along this property. I like the red of the barn and how its contrasted by all the greens of the trees and grass around it. I also like how in the picture the moss on the rocks is yellow and seems to jump out at you when you give the picture a quick look over.

This is a picture was taken out at the barn where my horses are boarded. I love the color that was thrown from the sky and how the white fence seems to blend in with the grass.

Musical Inspiration

Pitcures from the performance at Upper Dauphins' Mini Thon

Cathedral

This pencil drawing was all started by mistake. I finished my assigned work in basic art (my freshman year) and started flipping through a book that my teacher told me to look through. This picture caught my eye and I told him I wanted to draw it. (He kind of giggled and told me to go for it)
It took me about 10 1/2 months to get done, from start to finish. (The teacher was speechless) In my first art contest ever, my teacher entered this picture, and I won Grand Prize.

English BullDog, Pen&Ink

Horse

This is one of my favourite pictures I've recently done. I actually started and finished it in one night. I love horses and just pulled this out of my head. It is done in 2b and 6b charcoal pencil. This was my first charcoal pencil drawing and I'm very happy with how it came out.

Aiden's "Conviction" Album Cover

(Sorry this pic isn't the best) As you may know, this is the album cover for the newer Aiden CD, Conviction. I love this band. I love this cover. And I love the way this picture came out. It isn't a full out detailed picture, it's more like a sketch and thats because this was my first picture that I drew with shading. So it was more percise on shading instead of details of the background. Though this CD is nothing like Aiden's others it's still decent and I still love it <3

Freedom & Love

This picture is another kind of random piece that I sketched out on hot summer day. Butterflies are a symbol of many things. To me they symbolize freedom and strength. To think of it, a butterfly is a tiny piece of life, but even though they are soo little, they have a lot of life in them and with that is their inner strength. I kept this picture black and white because I wanted it to be more of a symbolic piece than a pretty show room piece. The bulls-eye has its own meaning. I put a butterfly in the middle of it to represent that not everything goes your way. Especially in life, but you have those days that go just right and exactly how you wanted. The hands at the bottom resemble the action of chasing after something. It's to look like the hands are grabbing at the butterflies that are fluttering all over the place. Their are stars connecting the hands to the butterfly trail and that is to mean that even though somethings are hard to do, you shouldn't ever give up, that some day something will go your way and work out. Then I wrote in Love and Ich Liebe Dich which is I Love You in German. That's put in there basically because you have to love to live. If you don't love anything, then you have nothing to live for. Love is never easy. You win some days but you loose many more, but that doesn't mean you should give up.

Lifetime

This is a collage of pictures and cutouts that I have put together to make one big picture. There isn't all that much to it, but to me it resembles Life. Life can be as difficult or as simple as we make it. The butterfly in the picture is positioned in the middle of the picture. I did this on purpose. Though a butterfly is so tiny, it has sooo much life wrapped into it. Colours are a major part of my life and are a major part of this picture. Every day life dies and life is born. Nobody can stop that. Its just the way it is. This picture to me is like a cycle. The colours, flowers and butterfly resembles the life and then the picture of the dull coloured trees is the end of it all.

My Chucks

These shoes have gone everywhere with me. They are now no longer comfy and are falling apart. When its wet outside, my shoes hold more water than any shoe should. My family has gone out and bought me a new pair of shoes, but I just can't replace these things. They've been a part of me for 2 years now and if they could talk, they would have days or maybe weeks of stories to tell. About the time I fell off my skateboard and ripped my sholder open. The time I ran away and got lost in the woods for 10 hours. The memory of breaking my hand over my little brothers head when we were fighting. And of course the first time I skipped school. (Which goes along with the first time I got caught skipping school.) Ahhh. I love these shoes and to be honest I don't think I'll ever be able to get rid of them. Maybe someday replace them, but never get rid of them. Hahaha =]