jamie douglas

>>>>>> Spring -- I took longer than I expected with this little personal project. There's a lot going on growth, changes, experiments and surprises. Who knows what's buried in the topsoil, tangled in the roots? (at Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/jamiedouglasx/p/BwFgo1VF2Yb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19o82vdaculm

THE RICHMOND BOOK ART FAIR, at Studio Two Three! I'll be there tanking with exciting new books like NIGHT MART and whatever other special surprises I can pull together in a few weeks. Come visit me and all the wonderful artists, authors & bookmakers, @studiotwothree on Saturday, April 20th! (at Studio Two Three) https://www.instagram.com/jamiedouglasx/p/Bvu0HN8lt6u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tf3fhrbd9iik

SPROiNnGgg!!! Happy first day of Spring! Process work, this is far from done~but swipe for sketch iterations and a timelapse 🌱 🍃 (at Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/jamiedouglasx/p/BvO8oUUF7gW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3wwg7nwdkrj0

Missing warmer weather. (at Fan district) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9QyZqlsLY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t5m2r4invqn0

Live sketch of Dumb Waiter the other week. I like this drawing & I shall probably develope it into something more. Also, what a great band>> @dumbwaiterband . This was 12/12/18, the closing series of shows at Strange Matter. (at Strange Matter) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br6vzDCllSn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l8ebdzh562r8

I will be doing some cleanup/editing/stitching, and posters will be available at a few sizes and paper qualities for those interested. If you want me to put you on the list, slide into the DMs.

☆Look for a little stand-alone comic by me in the August issue of Whurk Magazine☆ (at Richmond, Virginia)

I've been eating this really good pineapple. (at Fan district)

Sketchbook page from 2011. Me at my artistic best. #sketchbook #gesture #collage #yoga #fart #children #drawing #rainbow #sprinkles #fire #toots

Titan An oldie. (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)

Wayne was a carpenter. He didn't waste words. He used to crouch on the pavement with a coke and a cigarette and kind of stare into the middle distance. He looked about seventy, but maybe he was much younger--he worked hard, and he probably spent a lot of time outdoors. A few years ago I heard he'd passed away. Sandpaper callouses and a staplegun stare. Summer thermals from the blacktop lifting wisps of once-blond hair and tobacco smoke. . . . #portrait #memory #character #sketch #pen #ink #watercolor #drawing #illustration (at Boulevard (Richmond, Virginia))

“Cold Beaches at the Church of Abe”

“Camping at Lake Whasi”

Figure drawings from last night ~

The RER

“Junebug’s House and the Top of Collins Hill.”

About 2:30 a.m. on the sloping, rubbery black roof of the abandoned  Masonic Temple, downtown Binghamton NY. Late summer, 2010. A. laid back with his arms crossed behind his head. He was twenty one this night, had just finished his second FourLoko. He had led us up the ladder and we'd climbed in the broken second story window. He'd showed us the room with the crumbling theater where a huge chunk of concrete had fallen from the ceiling, and the room with all the electrical stuff. On our way up the stairs to the roof access, an injured pigeon burst up from a pile of dusty rubble, startling us as it took off. A. had cursed violently and kicked a glass bottle. Now he leaned back against the ridge of the roof and closed his eyes. D. motioned toward the distant hills. “You can see all the radio towers from here. When we were teenagers, me and my friends had nothing to do, we’d take Adderall and drive around all night, trying to see if we could find all of them. They’re easy to spot from this far away, but as you get closer it’s hard to know where they actually meet the ground.” . . . . I've revisited this moment again. Included here is the sketch for this piece, an older iteration from years ago and an original sketchbook page about the memory. (at Binghamton, New York)