The Fat Happy Dragon Company (FHDC):

This isn’t the overly dramatic so often found in fantasy art. I’m usually not much of one for oriental-style or Hollywood dragons; to me, a proper dragon should be a little bit silly, most likely a bit tubby, maybe a bit lizard-like, and usually happy, often in a setting of the “middle ages as they never really were”.  No fearsome fire-breathing dragons, body-building knights, and assertive supermodel damsels in distress here… Dragons that are potbellied and reasonably content seem to fit the bill… Dragons are, after all, whatever we decide they are. I mostly work in pen and ink when drawing dragons.

Christmas card boxes of 10 FHDC cards with envelopes $35/box; Valentine’s day cards with envelopes (see at bottom of page) $5 each, 4 for $15, or a box of 8 for $30. Shipping within the US included (for as long as USPS continues to exist).

The original drawings are intended for reproduction rather than sale, but if you’re interested in an original reach out to me. Use the “contact” page in either case.

Scroll down the page; enabled images will enlarge when you click on them. Much more to come! Keep checking back!

Priorities! (above, 1990)

FHDC “Happy Birthday” (above)

FHDC “From our family to yours” (2012)

FHDC “Tangled in Lights” (above, 2007)

FHDC “The Night Before Christmas” (above, 2008)

A dragon’s version of “The Night Before Christmas” (above, inside of the 2008 FHDC Christmas card)

FHDC “Carolers” (below) (2015)

FHDC “Happy New Year!” (above) (2017)

FHDC ‘Happy Valentine’s Day!’ (above) (2018)

FHDC: Wizard contemplating a stream (above); 1993

Box of 10 FHDC Christmas cards with envelopes, $35

“Stay away from my Teddy!” (above) (2024)

FHDC “The Toy Corner” (above) 2024

(Above) the powerful Book Dragon…. this dragon can do more than his fire-breathing buddies, because he reads books, he drinks wine, and he knows things… (FHDC 2024)

Three views (below) of “Coffee Dragon”, ceramic sculpture, approximately 11”w x 12”d x 11 3/4”h, 2024, Galen / FHDC 2024….Armed with his coffee mug and thermos, this dragon is getting ready for a full day!

Fat Happy Dragon Co. winestoppers now for sale at Omerta Arts, or order on line. $35 each. A fun addition to your kitchen…

(below) some of the ‘dragon heads’ before being epoxied to the corks…

A “Valentine’s Day” Dragon (below). Valentine’s Day cards can be ordered for next year using the ‘contact’ page on this site; $5 for individual cards or $30 for a box of 8, all with envelopes.

This dragon (below) loves you this much!

Aren’t they cute?

The three ceramic “Valentine Dragons” below are $70 each, for pickup or delivery in Helena, MT (too delicate to ship). They all measure about H 6” x L 10” x W 5”.

T-Shirts! Fat Happy Dragon Co. T’s are available at Big Sky Printwear (bigskyprintwear.com). They’re updating their website, so you won’t be able to purchase on line for another week or two, but you can already call them and order. I’m selling through them in order to keep purchase price down; if you order through me so that you can ‘support your local starving artist’, I’ll add $10 so that I see some profit. Take your choice… See two examples below.

The “Book Dragon” ceramic sculpture is finished! - three views below. You can see the whole process (misadventure?) of making it on my blog page on this site. This piece will be auctioned off at the Holter Museum of Art’s annual fundraising Gala, with 100% of the purchase price benefiting the Holter (I emphasize that I get nothing except the satisfaction of contributing to a good cause). The only way to buy it would be to attend that Gala and bid. Get help to move it; between the books, the ceramic, and the plywood, it must weigh about fifty pounds! I urge you to go, buy it for a good price, and then donate it to the library and take the tax write-off… thus benefitting two Helena institutions at once! (insert laugh emoji here)…