little edie beale of grey gardens

ray — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:51:03 +0000

Last year, I was awakened to the documentary film Grey Gardens. I knew there was a Broadway musical, but I had no idea it was based on a true story; that is, until Rosie O’Donnell talked about how brilliant both the documentary and musical were on her blog and on The View. I decided to take a risk and buy the documentary since she insisted the doc was a must-view…I was not disappointed. I found the documentary and relationship between Big and Little Edie to be incredibly fascinating, and was mesmerized by what an interesting person Little Edie was and remains, years after her death. After buying the cast recording of the musical, a trip to New York City to see the show in person was definitely in order. I was lucky enough to see the Tony winning performances of Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson twice: April and June, 2007.

Since then, I’ve immersed myself in Grey Gardens, and Little Edie inspired this illustration off of one of my old sketches.

The Libra Husband
11″ x 17″
Pencils, Illustrator, Photoshop

Prints are available for $35.00 each, plus $5.00 shipping. Click here to contact me if you’re interested, or simply click on the contact tab above.

march of dimes charity auction

ray — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:58:07 +0000

I was contacted by a March of Dimes volunteer who asked me, along with several other comic book illustrators, to donate some sketches to raise funds for Be a Hero for Babies Day, which is June 3rd. I sketched Black Canary, Flash, Robin, and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman.

The sketches are now up for auction on eBay, so I hope you’ll take a look and place a bid (or two, or three, or four) to help the little rugrats!

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updates

ray — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:28:30 +0000

The illustration and sketchbook galleries have been updated with new work.

wonder woman 1941-2008

ray — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:31:18 +0000

After 1-1/2 years, this piece is finally complete! In 2006, I researched, penciled and inked this illustration depicting Wonder Woman and Diana Prince in her most definitive costumes since 1941. A comprehensive history of Wonder Woman’s look hasn’t been done since George Perez’s 1990’s poster, and even then it wasn’t approached from the original artists’ styles. Over the past few months, Kevenn T. Smith and I have been working on the colors in Photoshop. Between my drawing and his color expertise, we produced this result.

Almost every definitive version of Diana that has appeared in the comic book and other media is in this drawing, drawn by me but based on the original artists’ artwork: H.G. Peter, George Perez, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Mike Deodato, Phil Jimenez, Terry Dodson, Jose Delbo, Ross Andru, Irv Novick, Curt Swan, Don Heck, Gene Colan, Jill Thompson, Mike Sekowsky, Alex Toth, Bruce Timm, and Darwyn Cooke. In addition, I included the Lynda Carter and Cathy Lee Crosby versions of Wonder Woman because no true history of Diana would be complete without them. Earth-2 Wonder Woman is based on Lynda Carter since there really isn’t a definitive depiction of her. Lynda Carter (including her Diana Prince and the motorcycle outfit), Cathy Lee Crosby, and Earth-2 are in my art style and not based on another artists’ work.

Wonder Woman 1941-2008
Pencils and inks by Ray Caspio
Colors by Kevenn T. Smith and Ray Caspio
10″ x 15″ printed
Pencil, ink, Photoshop CS2

Wonder Woman is copyright and property of DC Comics.

lynda carter in concert

ray — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:08:39 +0000

To commemorate a fantastic September night performance in Chicago…

Put the blame on Mame, boys.

Lynda Carter in Concert
17×11 inches
Pencil, Copic pen, Photoshop

Prints are available. Contact me here if you’re interested.

’tis the season

ray — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:29:40 +0000

This year’s holiday card is all about my dogs! Here’s the front of the postcard that we mailed out to friends and family.

happy halloween!

ray — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:25:13 +0000

Don’t mess with Wonder Lucy!

wonder woman day #3

ray — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:48:45 +0000

Here is my final piece for Wonder Woman Day! I’m really psyched about this one. I’ve drawn Wonder Woman in her swimsuit before but never to the extent where she’s in an underwater environment. Measuring 9×12 inches, the media is Copic Pens, Prismacolor Markers, and Prismacolor Pencils on vellum. Vellum really allows the marker to be used almost as a paint and I love working on it.

Remember, when you bid on the art for Wonder Woman Day, proceeds go to charity!

wonder woman day #2

ray — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:35:02 +0000

Here’s the second piece for Wonder Woman Day: Wonder Woman skateboarding! Kevenn T. Smith colored this one with Prismacolor pencils. His brilliant colors really flesh out my line work.

I thought I’d post the evolution of this drawing from rough pencils, to inks, to colors. The finished piece is 9×12 inches on Bristol Board.

wonder woman day #1

ray — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:55:55 +0000

This year, I’m one of the contributing artists for the Wonder Woman Day Charity Auction to benefit two domestic violence shelters and a crisis line.

I completed my first piece for the auction today, Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman spinning with her cape on, and wanted to share it. It was fun using Prismacolor pencils; I haven’t used them in about a year, surprisingly! The piece measures 9×12 inches.

If you like the piece, I hope you’ll bid on it when online bidding opens for the silent auction. All details are on the Wonder Woman Day website. Remember, all proceeds go to great causes!