Jason Freedman

I’m a stay-at-home dad. Among other parental duties, it’s my job to get our kids ready and off to school each day. That includes packing their lunches. I put a hand-written note with our son’s lunch when he started first grade – a little love from home. That was all good ‘til a few months into second grade when he admitted, “Dad…they’re embarrassing.” Well, just because his young brain got a bit agitated, I’m not done telling him I love him. So, I began sending along a little sketch instead.

Those early, two-minute drawings – my first since I don’t know when – always on plain 3” x 5” index cards – evolved from pretty rough geometric shapes and single-color stick figures, to bright creatures colorized with magic markers and then, with a fortuitous birthday present, colored pencils and water color paints. Now, each day’s hand drawn monsters are the basis for digital portraits of Uncle J’s Monsters.

You can see many more of my monsters here:

http://www.facebook.com/unclejsmonsters

I add new drawings daily...please c'mon by!

Want your very own UJM print? Tee-shirt? Maybe give one -- or three! -- as a gift?

http://UncleJs-Monsters.artistwebsites.com