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By StephanieCorfee on August 18, 2010
Justine Smith, of Handmade Blogger/Handmade Marketer fame, contacted me to create a header for her new personal blog, coming soon to a web browser near you. The directive was to create a Burton-esque-Alice-in-Wonderland-theme with a color scheme of Justine’s choosing. i wanted to do a loose, vibrant coloring in the background. i think the watercolor [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged alice in wonderland, handmade blogger, ink drawing, mushrooms, passion flake, watercolor, whimsical
By StephanieCorfee on August 17, 2010
A Chinese proverb goes; “If you keep a green tree in your heart, perhaps the singing bird will come.”
i had never heard this beautiful passage before. But a customer contacted me asking if i might illustrate this idea in my own fashion. i was immediately touched by the proverb and was so excited to get [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged chinese proverb, commission. wood board, green tree, singing bird
By StephanieCorfee on July 11, 2010
This is one of the surprise commissions i couldn’t share before. It is custom nursery art for a special little boy.
But the soon-to-be-mama recipient had her baby shower today and now the cat’s out of the bag, so i’m free to post! This piece was done with colored pencil and paint pen on a 13×17 [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged baby love, branches, chalkboard art, heart, moon, night sky, nursery art, owls, stars, swirls
By StephanieCorfee on June 27, 2010
i’ve been working my little fingers off lately! Here are 2 designs recently sent off to Green As Wee Grow for screen printing on their organic baby tees and onesies. You may recognize these pieces from their original appearances in larger artworks in my etsy shop. GAWG has licensed these two excerpts and i also [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged baby gift, kids art, nursery art, nursery decor, onesies, organic baby clothes, screenprinting, tees
By StephanieCorfee on June 16, 2010
Last week i received a lovely email from a man who had seen a past art exhibit of mine and bought some of the pieces for his daughters. He mentioned that seeing one of my art pieces on the wall as he was tucking his daughter in one night gave him an inspired idea for [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged birthday gift, colorful art, custom portrait, detailed art, gift for a mom, quirky art, whimcical portrait
By StephanieCorfee on April 30, 2010
i have a new commission. It is to render this lovely house…..as a creampuff.
i will explain.
i received an email from Mr. Awesome (name changed to keep him safe from throngs of women). Mr. Awesome had just finalized purchase of his first home with his beloved, and wanted to have me create a piece of artwork [...]
Posted in commissions | Tagged art commissions, confidence, creampuff art, custom portrait, embracing abundance, kick the damn door down, new home art, nursery art
By StephanieCorfee on April 19, 2010
An old friend and colleague of mine sent the sweetest holiday card this past christmas. It was a photo of her and her husband standing in front of their fireplace, looking all christmas-y. They were smiling for a reason. The card was actually an announcement. After much waiting and fretting, they proclaimed on this 5×7 [...]
Posted in commissions, Story Behind the Art | Tagged adoption art, art for an adopted child, cherry blossom art, chinese themed art, custom kids art, girls room art, hummingbird, kids room art, little girl art, name art
