Illustrations

I began documenting my artwork and growth as a cartoonist, and artist from the days I began through dating my drawings and taking notes and keeping diaries about my projects. I began this journey in junior high and continuing it to this day. See my media history.

Beverly Hills 90210

Illustration of my 13″ Black & White RCA television that helped me watch many episodes. Zip codes I lived in during the original run of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000).

I fell in love with the show from the get-go. The show premiered 4 months after I had graduated high school, I seized the opportunity to replace the friends and community with the characters on the show.

I began creating fan art early on and have continued, now and again, to pay homage. The show brought me joy, stability, and a sense of belonging. It’s one of a handful of television shows that have truly impacted my life—another being This Old House, which brings me happiness just thinking about it.

One piece of fan art I made was Beverly Hills 90210 In The Wild West Coloring Book , created the year after I graduated college in 1997.

My Neighborhood Projects

A long-running documentation of the neighborhood [Temescal, North Oakland]—where I’ve lived over 25 years. Part hobby, part preservation, part obsession, part turning my surroundings into a fantasy theme park by celebrating the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Combines multiple mediums including: plein air paintings, field sketching, surveying, mapping, and demolition and construction-site observation. Read more about My Neighborhood Projects.

View the 2023 edition of Temescal Now guidebook to my neighborhood’s businesses and buildings. Follow along as I document the comings and goings of our local surroundings on Instagram @temescalnow.

Films & Videos

I sometimes enjoy creating quirky, fast-paced time-lapse films The vacant chocolate factory across from my house is one of my favorite place to film

The films, with no dialogue, rely on sound effects and beats to enhance humor and intensity, designed to engage a playful, non-human audience. The McDonald’s drive-thru patrons often witness the action from across the parking lot.

See more on the films section of this website. I post Instagram Reels, Vimeo, or YouTube channel.

Music

Breakfast With Idiots in 2011. Left to right: Brian Brooks, Andrew Gottsfield, Shane Tise

My music related endeavors can be found on Bandcamp.

There are currently two bandcamp pages for Breakfast With Idiots. One showcases our songs, and the other collects a few of our albums.

Breakfast With Idiots were formed in Phoenix Arizona in 1990, and relocated to Oakland in the 2000s.

I also, as it turns out, have another account for my solo albums, under the name “Sgt. Rick Sings”.

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