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” – 24×30 acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

“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 the right background with your paint and brush. About halfway through, i often regret ruining it. But that’s also usually when i jnow i just need to push forward until i’ve seen it through.

i know a lot of folks would have left it abstract and pure, with just color on the canvas….

What do you all think? Are you ever tempted to stop short of your plan? but then push forward anyway?

This piece was commissioned by a customer who had seen my “imagination” print in my etsy shop.

With a little modification and help from the customer, who was designing a big-kid-room with a moroccan flair for her daughter, we came up with the art above. It depicts the owner of the new, fanci-fied room doing what she loves best – dancing. Bold colors, textures and a hint at a Moroccan arch are added to make the theme POP!

This piece will be a surprise if mom can hold it in!

Drop me a line via my contact page if you’d like to work with me on your own project for a special occasion or special someone.

One of my favorite things to do is “recreate” a painting i’ve already “finished.”

This painting, entitled FLOURISH, is just such a piece. i painted the soft periwinkle and magenta background quite some time ago. i was in a very soft state of mind then. i was experimenting with blending and color stories. Fast forward to now and i’ve sort of found a much different voice. So i overlaid my previously “finished” painting with a massive riot of exploding blooms and colorfully intricate petals and “flourishes.”

The painting is done on a 20×20 gallery wrapped canvas.

11×11 prints are available in my etsy shop.

Since he was teeny tiny, i’ve always told my 5 year old “i love you all the way up to the moon and past the stars.”

Today as he was standing in the light of the windows in my studio striking a sharp silhouette, this image just popped into my head.

i snapped his photo….

and i turn it into this.

i filled his silhouette with one of my scanned watercolors.

Man! i love that kid : )

i’ve been repeating this to myself lately and i think its working. So i wanted to put it into a form i could hang on the wall.

You can motivate yourself to move confidently toward your dreams also! And if YOU want a reminder on your wall, i’m happy to oblige. Here’s where to snag a little printy print of your own.

i might be running out of ideas on different ways/places/techniques for doodling……….NOT! ; )