Boy and Robot

Boy and Robot (Battle Android Trooper)

May 2021

permanent and alcohol marker, ink pen on bristol paper

11 x 14"

Full color prints available: colinshawart@gmail.com

Portrait of Artist Peter Manion

Artist Peter Manion

alcohol and permanent marker, ink pen on paper, 9 x12"

April 2021

St. Louis artist Peter Manion's work just makes me want to draw- the spontaneity and whimsy within naturally lead one down the path of mark making somehow. I was inspired by a 2016 painting of his, below at left, deciding to transform the profile into a portrait of the artist himself. Visit petermanionart.com.

 

Patrick Michael Shaw, Christmas Memorial

Patrick Michael Shaw, Christmas Memorial

Feb 2021

ink, alcohol and permanent markers, gel pen on paper, 9 x 12"

Nov. 3rd, 1941 - Dec. 25th, 2020

 

See my Dec. 2020 post, The Nightwatchman, 

featuring my father as the title character.

Batman

Batman

Jan-Feb 2021

ink pen, alcohol & permanent marker, colored pencil, gel pen on Bristol paper  

11 x 14"

Full color prints available: colinshawart@gmail.com

Process: from pencils, to ink pens, to markers & colored pencil. 

Sayohm the Fire Elemental

Sayohm the Fire Elemental

Jan. 2021

ink pen, alcohol & permanent marker, colored pencil on Bristol paper  

11 x 14"

Full color prints available: colinshawart@gmail.com

Process: from pencils, to ink pens, to markers & colored pencil.

 

The Nightwatchman

The Nightwatchman

Dec. 2020

ink pen, watercolor, colored pencil, & acrylic on Bristol paper  

 9 x 12"

Note: a fictitious graphic novel cover based on stories I used to tell my nephew about his retired Grandpa's brief stint as a nighttime security guard at the local Meramec Springs State Park outside St. James, MO. The cover depicts my own father's witness to the FBI's confrontation with an alien saucer beneath Meramec Spring. Riveting to my young nephew, at least...

Full color prints available: colinshawart@gmail.com

Process: from pencils, to ink pens, to watercolor & colored pencil.

Cosmic Composer

 

Cosmic Composer

Dec. 2020

ink pen, permanent and alcohol marker, acrylic on Bristol paper

9 x 9"

Full color prints available: colinshawart@gmail.com

Process: from pencils, to ink pens, to markers & paint.