Film Journal & Farm Life
Check here for updated schedules, festival progress, behind-the-scenes production notes, Fiego press, strange thoughts, and more.

Dragon Dance Around the Fire
More Odin progress. With all of the different levels I use in TV paint, sometimes a still frame can be random beauty. This scene with

Garden Update
I know all of you are hanging on to news on how the garden is doing. Well, end of June now, rain has been a

Thank you.
Thank you to the Zuidelijk Film Festival for awarding Fiego the Jury prize for Best Film. Much appreciated. Here is the Jury’s evaluation of my

No One Goes In. No One Comes Out.
I’m sequestering until this film is done. Unless there is some groundbreaking announcement or I’m called to share something that will change someone’s life, I’m

Planting Begins
I’m honoring my Irish roots planting the potatoes. This year we will have carrots ( God willing) tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, courgette, squash, cucumbers,

Fiego Wins Jury Prize for Best Film in Netherlands
I was planning to go to the Zuidelijk Festival in the Nederlands over the weekend, but took ill at the last minute. My film Fiego

Additions to the Odin Crew!
Welcome to Eric Sinha, Ashton Silvers, and Bella Panozzo! Our new additions from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver Colorado! I

Spring at Garden Box
Spring in Belgium is really something special. We have long dreary winters, so the sun is a welcome friend. She sits for awhile, bringing beautiful

Latest Fiego Press in Animation Magazine
Ramin Zahed wrote a great article about my film “Fiego and the Magic Fish”. Press is hard for independent films, so I’m very grateful for

I Reveal Long held Secrets on the Amber Jones Podcast
Had a great time chatting with UK podcaster Amber Jones last week. We talk past, present and future.

Artist Angst: A Snippet
When promoting Fiego, I kept hesitating to pull any past work into the equation. Why use Rocko as an attention getter, when the person who

One of the things I Love about Animating
I’ve always found it meditative. I think I found the reason why.

Animating on Odin
Fluid movement has a lot to do with the shapes you are working with and how flexible they are. Here you see that Odin’s head

Did You Know?…..
As I was researching this scene for Odin, I found that, of course, shadows all have a direct correlation to the light source ,but what

Big Day for Fiego
Today is the first day of offering Fiego and the Magic Fish up for streaming. It’s available for rent or sale at https://gardenboxfilms.vhx.tv The first

Master Class at Luca
Had the opportunity to teach an animation master class at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels Belgium yesterday. It was especially rewarding to me

Goes by in a flash… and Yet
This scene is only about 10 seconds long, and yet I found so many things I needed to study to pull this off. How does

This is Where We Are
So, it’s been a year since Fiego hit the festival trail. Nine awards and 21 festivals later, we are wrapping it up and putting it