

Norman Rockwell is by far one of my favorite illustrators of all time.  His work inspires a lot of what I do, he was the man.  The first image above was done as a study from one of my favorite Rockwell paintings.  I tried to see how close I could come to the original painting with watercolor . . . wasn't easy, but turned out decent enough.
The second image was a self portrait that I did, total Rockwell influence, and yes the guy on my right is for real!  His name is Lupe, a big dude but a true sweatheart, he couldn't hurt a fly.  Oh wait, that's not true, once he accidentally sat on my mother in law's parrot and squashed the life out of him.  True story.