MORE FUN – BOY STYLE!! Last week i posted a cutie patootie tutorial i helped create with my friend, Ashley, at Lil Blue Boo. Ashley had asked me to illustrate a coloring-book-style backdrop for her adorable “Box o’ Princesses.” And NOW, we have a version for boys all ready for you as well. My illustrated [...]

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 [...]

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 started this map of the USA this past summer and got to a certain point where i just stopped. i don’t know why? Maybe i got distracted by other work, maybe i needed a breather from all the close, detail work? i think maybe i ran out of ideas for patterns to draw in [...]

i love collaborating with creative people. Awesome things always emerge. The above illustration is one i recently completed for Ashley over at Lil Blue Boo. You may have read my recent post about how we collaborated on some kids dresses featuring one of my art prints. Anyway, Ashley asked if i’d do a little illustration [...]

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 [...]

…a little something for everyone. A mix of all my favorite colors, combined into my favorite pattern which is used to fill the words in this little ditty for the indecisive and crazy ambitious little girl (or not so little girl) in your life. It’s never too early to start dreaming big about what makes [...]

i have really been leaning toward children’s artwork the past couple months. i think i have kids on the brain. this piece was an exercise in letting my mind wander and just sketching whatever wanted to come out of my hand in the moment….thus the title, “anything goes.” It’s basically just a brain dump on [...]

Here is a new piece i’ve been playing with. I’ve had a lot of interest doing drawings by hand and then coloring, texturizing and embellishing them in photoshop. This one is my idea of of how my imagination-land looks in my noggin….full, saturated color and crazy pattern. It’s like my imagination is exploding all around [...]

For Easter, my 4 year old son got a new set of watercolors. What’s better than that? They look like candy. He’s been having lots of fun splashing and swooshing. This quickie artwork calls to mind the word-for-the-day around here : )