Erik Weems Blog - Graphic Design and Artwork

Ink and brush on paper. George Washington portrait.

pencil and watercolor

Electrical pole in rural Ozarks, Arkansas

All that's left here is the brick facade and the rusted marque sign. Judging from satellite shots of the street, the roof either fell in or burned off. So this is a brick shell. North 25th Street, Richmond VA 23223

Pix from visiting the St Johns Episcopal church today on "Church Hill" in downtown Richmond, VA. This is where Patrick Henry gave the "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. Edgar Allan Poe's mother is also buried on the ground, along with a number of other American history notables.

From my trip to the Ozarks, in Arkansas

Probably the best looking airport I've ever been in (from my limited experience)- - Ft. Smith Arkansas' little airport is like a combination museum (filled with aviation mementos, photos and plane models), someone's living room (arm chairs and couches, tables, lamps, richly-colored painted walls and carpets) and also a functioning airport facility. It seems completely at adds with the anti-septic cafeteria style of modern airports built to withstand stampedes of passengers all day long. This is a photo of the men's room:

This bridge shows up as a background device in the movie "Elizabethtown" During heavy rains the bridge sometimes gets submerged.

Pond, Ozarks, Arkansas

Along the King's River near Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Welcome to Rockville, MD See more drawings by me at erix138.com

Martin Zapater, lifelong friend of Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) - -the correspondance between the two men provides some of the few inside looks at Goya's personal life, a career long "Painter to the King" who had to watch his step for political reasons.

Updated my page on tips for anyone wanting to get a book they have written into print, and then into Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Ink and Brush on paper. Much more at erix138.com

Quasimodo might live here if so inclined. The National Cathedral in Washington DC.

From a former issue of UP ALL NIGHT

Ink and brush drawing of a gal at the Food Lion Grocery store, Chesterfield Virginia.