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 [...]

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 [...]

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…. [...]

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 [...]

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

Just in time for Father’s Day….2 new “pinchable cheeks” commissions in pencil are complete.

i have a problem with doing things in threes. My previous post was an experiment with some photoshop brushes to create a colorful transparent effect with a doodled top layer. And here’s another….#2…..which means ya’ll can count on at least one more in this style! A customer had asked me to do a painting with [...]

This artwork is the painter’s equivalent of a writer’s mind dump. You get all these thoughts swirling in your head and have an almost physical need to get them out on paper, or in this case-computer screen, since i made the art using my favorite toy. My Wacom Intuos4 Graphics tablet and stylus. Oh man! [...]

Doodling on the graphics tablet again…this was a super interesting and tedious exercise. Putting aside pencil and paper and scanner is so foreign to me! But in this piece i wanted to do something that felt handmade and clean at the same time, would have imperfect shapes and scribbly textures, while still looking crisp. And [...]

My customers are so amazing. They have a lot of clarity that snaps me out of the muddle that consumes me when day job, artwork, etsy orders and motherhood all cloud my vision. A very smart lady suggested a quotation about living one’s life TODAY as the subject of an artwork. i already have an [...]