10×8″oil on canvas, $135

This quirky guy has been waiting patiently in my sketchbook for sometime now. I often like the sketch so much, I feel like I couldn’t possibly like the painting more. So I just keep some of these wacky people tucked away for a day short on inspiration or, more likely, short on time. Here’s a peek inside my sketchbook at Earthling in his infant stage and another fellow waiting for his chance at the “Big Canvas”.