Meet my new buddy. This is a little sketchy character i’ve been developing for a children’s story i wrote. She is my constant companion these days as i sketch her over and over again from every angle and across many ages. i’m making it my business to really get to know her. How many freckles [...]

This painting was created especially for my dear friend, MaryJane who is adopting her 2nd little girl from China. MJ and her husband felt the tug of a child in need sooner than expected after their first adoption and lots of us are feeling blessed to help with some of the financials by donating to [...]

“Mermaid’s Waterfall” is a fresh, new painting i just finished. It measures 36 x 36 x 1.5″deep. It has lots of very loose brush work and sweeping strokes of metallic antique-y gold paint. It was my “reset” painting after several weeks of commissions and more “scheduled” artwork. i just gave myself permission to go a [...]

In 5 days, a group of women, most of whom have never met each other OR Ashley Swenson Hackshaw, (of the now officially famous – since someone asked for her autograph yesterday!!) blog, Lil Blue Boo, will be posting their best creations on an online auction website. The goal is to help sweet Ashley defray [...]

This weekend i was on a mission to complete a whole lot of creative projects. Above is a photo of a newly completed painting that goes to contest winner from my site. She won a 16×20 original painting on gallery wrapped canvas and she got to choose the main color story. i named this painting [...]

  Here are the last few canvases for the december show i’m hanging. Paper prints are available here. “Pink Bubbly” – 24×30 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas “Young Bohemian” – 48×48 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas “Lilo” – 24×24 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas “Pop Rocks” – 30×24 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas “Green Tea” [...]

“Joey” – 48″ x 48″ acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Closeups below ; ) Prints also available here. 11″x 11″ – $28

Creamsicle – 17×16 Acrylic & Oil on Black/Chalkboard painted wood board

Scarlet Smooch – 30×24 gallery wrapped canvas …super fun red hues plus wobbly, meandering lines. Secret Garden – 16×16 gallery wrapped canvas Fresh greens and blues pop against yellow and lavender accents. Both of these are listed in my etsy shop and in the Originals Gallery here on this site.  

All finished! This is a 24×30 gallery wrapped canvas painted with acrylics and overlaid with intricate line work done in opaque paint pens. Its all listed up in my etsy shop too! Sometimes it is hard to draw the first lines of the illustration onto the canvas. Especially after you really work at getting just [...]