New Challis & Roos Store!

Be sure to check out the official Challis & Roos online store. You can find all kinds of exclusive Challis & Roos items, T-shirts, prints, tote bags, and this cool scarf! All the magic is waiting for you right here

Year of the Dog!

Celebrating Year of the Dog with some of Skipjack's pals from the dog park...

Writing and Communicating

letter by letter
word by word
so much to be said
so much to be heard

A Tree For Midnight Dreamers

On a hillside, near a village, there grows a tree. A shimmering witness to all that transpires, and judge to none. Its grace, shade, and oxygen are freely given. Its branches welcome nest builders from every land.

Christmas Joy!

Vegan Figgy Pudding Rocks!

Drifting, Dreaming

sailing away...

Familiar Sights With New Eyes

This new artwork (created today) is based on one of the earliest Challis & Roos creations. A few decades ago, in the attic bedroom of a quirky boarding house on Seattle's famed 18th Ave NE, a couple of newly-acquainted artists captured the nighttime alleyway shadows cast on their rented wall. That initial artwork (3 feet by 9 feet--done on bargain basement butcher paper with crumbling, flaky sticks of pastel and charcoal) has been recently unrolled, and is currently hanging on Ian and David's studio wall. It serves as a direct inspiration for today's version of "Asher's Wall."

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

Weekend Sketchbook Art...

Wall Of Sound

I want to continue
continue to make some noise tonight
I want to continue
continue to raise my voice in spite
of circumstances
these common things beyond our control
the eventual outcome
these common things that we can't know

I want to just bang on things good
take a stick in each hand and just pound
stretched skin, then metal, then wood
take a stick in each hand, create some sound
without really planning it out
without really knowing where this all will land
I want to just bang on things good
take a stick in each hand, create some sound

(lyrics from the song "Wall Of Sound" by David)
see the Challis & Roos-illustrated music video here

Alive In The Desert

Zigzagging jackrabbits, lumbering desert tortoises, armies of armadillos, clouds of coyotes, lithe snakes, alert lizards, predictable roadrunners...
Massive saguaros, giant Joshua trees, expressive yuccas, awesome ocotillos...
So much life in the desert!

Loose & Chalky Summertime, too...

Another new one:

A Loose & Chalky Summertime

Some brand new pastel artwork from today. Sitting outside in the 110° heat, alongside the hummingbirds, ocotillos, and palms.