Birds, like the robin or humming bird, are common in Washington State where I live. But nonetheless, they are beautiful. And so, I paint them.

I’ve been working on this series of paintings with two themes in mind. First, there is a theme of water. It’s essential to all life. And it ought to be right that is preserved for all. And in the case of sea life, the water holds many mysterious and beautiful creatures like juvenile rock fish [More »]

For my own personal amusement, I’ve painted few pictures of famous people.  

Sometimes you need to give that fundraising appeal a special look. Maybe you want it to make it look like it was special delivered from an African country. This free vector art down load of “Special Delivery” stamps includes 9 different African countries: South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, [More »]

Sometimes you need to give that fundraising appeal a vintage look. So here’s a large collection of old-fashioned, distressed stamps that would look great on an outer envelope or reply envelope. Stamps include messages like “Rush”, “Special Delivery,” and “Urgent!”. I’ve also included some stamps that look like the old air mail stamps. This is all free artwork that I created for [More »]

This is old-fashioned envelope designed with an eagle print pattern in the background and red and blue striped border. As separate elements, I’ve included a “By Airmail Par Avion” Stamp and distressed First Class postal marks. This is all free artwork that I created for you to use in your projects. I retain all rights to the [More »]

There’s this incredible park not far from my home in Seattle, WA. At Volunteer Park you’ll find a Conservatory and the Seattle Asian Art Museum, of course. Plus, there are all sorts of walking paths, gardens, a kids wading pool, playgrounds, benches, and sculptures. My kids love it. I especially love the lily ponds that [More »]

Here’s a high-quality vector art pack that includes 30 education themed icons. Feel free to use these icons in your personal and commercial projects. This icon pack is royalty-free, but please refrain from reselling the elements or derivatives. Please credit the source DanoCreative.com when sharing on the web. The file format is Adobe Illustrator 8 [More »]

Competition for jobs can be fierce. That’s why it’s important to stand out and make an impression. Depending upon the position, a creative resume can be a great tool to help you get noticed. Check out this article: 45 creative resumes. Not all the resumes in that article are great. In fact, I would probably [More »]

Here’s a grunge spring swirls illustration for you, just in time for summer to start. Ok, so it’s a bit late in the season to be sharing this free vector art file. But I hope you enjoy it all the same. This vector file (EPS) is royalty-free and you are welcome to use it in [More »]

I’m sharing with you a simple icon set that I designed. I created it for use in my own website. This elegant icon set includes editable vector images that represent different media channels including: email, online, phone, address, home, Facebook, Twitter, and more. I have provided an Illustrator 8 EPS format for you to download, [More »]

I’ve been heavily influenced lately by the artist Chuck Close. He is best known for painting enormous realistic portraits from photos using a grid method. To create his paintings, Close puts a grid on the photo and on the canvas and meticulously copies the image cell by cell. I’ve employed this similar approach, except I’ve [More »]