i posted a ways back about some custom rubber stamp characters i was commissioned to design for Tickled Pink Stamps in Australia. Well!, i got a fun package with a few of them in my mailbox yesterday!! The stamps are so cute and shipping was flat, b/c you just get the rubber part and can [...]

Here’s little something  i’ve been working on….yep, still taped to my art board…. My friend commissioned this sketch for her boyfriend who is from the town where this gate is a landmark. Such a sweet thought, right? i hope he likes it. Here’s a little info on the gate/arch. From Wikipedia: Qur’ān Gate (Persian: دروازه [...]

October is all about Breast Cancer Awareness! Tickled Pink Stamps Australia commissioned me to draw up 2 rubber stamp designs that will be produced and sold with a portion of profits donated. Since there are so many other causes marked by ribbons of various colors as well,  we decided to keep the 2 designs neutral, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]