Welcome to my art & creative blog. I am an artist in the NY metro area. I create illustrations in watercolor, pencil, pen/ink and digital mediums. The subject matter of my work is mostly about the Outdoors & Nature, but you can also see other themes such as figure drawing, sports and cartoons. Comments and Likes are appreciated! My policy is if you leave a comment or ‘like’ my posts, I will happily check out your blog and do so in return.
I have an online store with some of my artwork for sale. Feel free to visit my store and take a peek. Please follow this blog or my instagram (@designosaur.us) for regular updates of my projects.
As a bonus, I enjoy creating Outdoor & Nature videos of my mini adventures on YouTube. It features canoeing, fishing, biking and hiking. In addition, there is pet turtle advice and gear reviews. Please visit youtube.com/siralbertus and if you like them, subscribe for more.
Thank you for visiting!
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March 22, 2009 at 6:21 am
Enjoyed browsing through your portfolio and blog sites. You are soooo talented! Loved the photos of your biking in the Catskills, the pets, and your various trips. Especially liked your portfolio with the winter scene and other nature scenery.
We were thrilled to meet Bert, the Shading Art Director, at Pixar studios. What a friendly, down-to-earth fellow he seems to be. Also video taped his question-and-answer session after we saw the film he worked on, “WALL-E”. Did you see this movie?
Love,
M
March 31, 2009 at 4:28 pm
thank you! such kind words. you should start a blog too. i know you have many stories to share.
January 24, 2018 at 5:38 pm
Hi there. Wonderful art!! I’d love to license one of your pieces for use in a corporate deck. I’ve included my email address.
August 14, 2009 at 6:26 pm
heya :)
thanks for your comment under my black and white picture :)
your blog is very intressting too!
well done :)
xx
January 14, 2010 at 8:31 am
heya :)
sorry, i just have seen yout entry on my blog now. so iam very, very sorry!
thank you for the nice compliment on my about me!
“Kunstlicht” is a event in oberhausen ( city in germany) where 18 places open their galleries one night! you can travel from place to place, all near together and you can show u paintings there. thats where i had my first exhibition in november 2009.
nice greetings and take care,
daria
September 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Hi, Al, would it be possible to use your 9/17/09 illustration of a blue crab for the back image on a limited run of t-shirts for a crab-feast at a co-worker’s house, this month?
Many of us at National Geographic get together for a few bushels of crabs at our co-workers house on Kent Island, on the eastern short of the Chesapeake Bay in September each year, and I wanted to do a nice t-shirt for everyone to mark the occasions.
Your design seemed very nice and appropriate for this purpose. Could you let me know what your fee would be to reproduce the image on 40 – 80, maybe as many as 100 t-shirts for this event?
Is would have to be quick, though because its held this year on 9/17. What’s your size? We’ll send you one too. Could you supply a larger scan than is available on the web?
Next year we’re hoping to get them done by Crazy Shirts in Hawaii – if we get the right design (your image plus wording) it might turn into something for several of our friends, who run restaurants on the outer banks, etc. Just thinking beyond the current project.
Let us know, Cheers, Tom & Janne Puckett
September 6, 2011 at 11:22 am
hi! thank you for your interest! please see my reply, at my store.
December 15, 2011 at 11:52 am
thanks for stopping by my blog and liking my work! you are very talented! my drawings go as far as stick figures… haha. keep it up!
December 15, 2011 at 5:24 pm
no problem :) thanks for your comment. your site has fabulous photography.
April 13, 2012 at 3:22 am
I love your works! They’re so easy on the eyes. :)
April 13, 2012 at 11:17 am
thank you very much for your nice comment, juanagarcy!
June 1, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Thanks for the like!
June 3, 2012 at 9:40 am
you’re welcome. thank you you too!
July 10, 2012 at 12:38 am
I don’t know why but your site feels so fresh to me. If I can smell it, it would be fresh mint leaves in a nice kind of way.
July 10, 2012 at 3:06 pm
omg, raynifly! thats the sweetest thing anyone ever said about my blog.
i so appreciate your comment and joyful opinion!
i feel minty fresh now too :)
July 10, 2012 at 11:02 pm
No worries. :-) I’ll come over for a sprig of mint regularly :-D. Cheers!
July 13, 2012 at 11:46 am
Great blog. You are so talented, jealous. Thanks for sharing!
July 14, 2012 at 12:52 pm
you’re so sweet, antarabesque.
i appreciate your comment!
July 23, 2012 at 9:33 am
I love your drawing style and your posts–they are always so well thought out and eloquent. I have also nominated you for the Versatile Blog Award :) http://whatwillicooktoday.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/versatile-blogger-award/
July 24, 2012 at 12:15 am
thank you again sam!
btw, i am part chinese too :)
cantonese actually. and i guess you are mandarin?
please see my comment on your blog, if you haven’t already.
have fun in china!
July 24, 2012 at 5:18 am
Really! I am actually part Cantonese, not Mandarin, as well. That’s so cool. Half-Asians unite! (Or part-Asians!)
July 25, 2012 at 4:00 pm
oh very cool, sam. well high five back to you!
more power to the ‘half bloods’ (to reference Harry Potter).
August 24, 2012 at 8:29 pm
hahaha. nice reference =D
July 23, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Your blog is interesting. I am still going through your posts and drawings. Very talented!
July 24, 2012 at 12:17 am
thank you! i strive to be interesting in my art blog.
thanks for the likes too!
August 16, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for visiting my blog!! Your art is amazing! I personally do abstract painting as well as all my cooking!! :)
Anything creative is the way of life for me!
August 17, 2012 at 8:31 am
I would love to see your abstract painting.
Do you paint food as subjet matter?
Your blog looks so professional with great healthy recipes.
Thank you in return!
August 17, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Oh than you so much!! No, I don’t paint food, just abstract with different shapes and mediums and bold colors. My style is similar to the big bold abstract styles like Kandinsky and Rothko. :)
I look forward to visiting your blog :)
January 18, 2013 at 4:56 am
Thanks for checking out my blog!! Your drawings are incredible!! Will be visiting your blog more often!!! :)
January 18, 2013 at 12:59 pm
Hi fashionssake. Your blog has great fashion tips and news.
Thank you so much for your comment!
March 21, 2013 at 11:41 am
Thanks for following my blog! Your drawings are fantastic. I especially am drawn to the bike prints, the Oak Tree, and the Inspirational Greeting Cards. The cards would be great to use for graduation gifts.
March 21, 2013 at 4:51 pm
I appreciate your selections. It’s good to know which drawings are liked :)
Thank you for following as well, simplylifestuff!
March 26, 2013 at 12:22 am
ciao! luvFAB blog.
thebestdressup
March 26, 2013 at 8:35 am
thank you!
March 25, 2015 at 12:23 pm
Love your blog and artwork, very fresh! Look forward to follow you and see more! Warm greetings, Johanna
March 25, 2015 at 1:10 pm
why thank you, johanna, for the sweet comment! and thanks for following :)
May 11, 2015 at 5:03 pm
Wow! Fun and cute and gorgeousness!
May 14, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Thank you so much for the nice comment, Magny!
May 21, 2015 at 12:25 pm
Nice work!
May 21, 2015 at 2:06 pm
thank you for nice comment, Arts & Rhymes!
September 30, 2019 at 9:14 am
Hi there. Thank you so much for visiting and following HoB. Much appreciated!