Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Sir Knight, Defender of the Fluffy Green Hills

Still cranking out the shadowboxes for "Shopping from the Heart" at Bryn Mawr Hospital on Fri. 11/17/2006!

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Shadowboxes!


Spacedog Shadowbox
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
When my workday is done -- I come home and do more work, lately on shadowboxes for the big NICU benefit:
Have A Heart Shopping Event
benefits the Main Line Health Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA
November 17, 2006
You can preview the entire set here but as they are !!!3D!!! and !!!handpainted!!!! there's nothing like seeing them in person!

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

No time for love, Dr. Jones!


butterfly in the high chair
Originally uploaded by sammy baby.
Make that, "no time for drawing" -- but we have sure had a lot of fun lately! We just returned from a big trip to New England to visit a bunch of preemie friends. I expected to have a good time -- I had a GREAT time.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Halloween Kitty


Halloween Kitty
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
Getting into the spirit...
(I know it's insipid that Christmas lasts 8 weeks or more, according to shopping malls and the like. But I think Halloween ought to get at least a month. It is the BEST holiday.)

Friday, September 22, 2006

Hope - For Ali, Dave, Maddie, and the Grahamlet

Oh my goodness.
I put green leaves there on purpose: the trees up in New England had better be good and full before the baby is born!

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Grow


Grow
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) art in progress!
My daughter was a NICU patient for many many days, and has survived and thrived. Today she graduated Early Intervention. I like to give back.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

I Am Loved


I Am Loved
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
This is for a little girl who loves to do "tree pose". She is the friend of a friend whom I'll get to meet in person later this month and already I can tell she must be so delightful.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Portrait of a Bunny - 9x12"

I've had a very nice weekend, even despite some car trouble (we went out to run errands with the baby, and poof, our car would not start for the return trip home -- but we were never in any danger and were in fact right near a Toys R Us so how bad could it be?). Now my cupboards and fridge are full, I have a few new books, the kid is happy, I painted (the bunny you see here), and the house smells like the incense my friend Sarah burned and the incredible soaps Julie got me.

Monday, July 31, 2006

I am learning watercolors...


For Sarah
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
...and thinking of my good friend Sarah. This practice painting is for her.

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Flight Lesson


Flight Lesson - 16x20"
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
This week I took a little art vacation and painted with real paint for the first time in many years. I was so happy doing it, I think I'll paint again very soon.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Fontina the Mouse

Last year's Cheesemas* mouse (featured on our holiday greeting) has a new summer look.

*Cheesemas is our annual all-you-can-eat cheese festival held each year around the end of December. It is the easiest party to prep for: you just serve up a ton of cheese. We like to hunt for really fancy, exotic cheeses. It's made me a little bitty bit of a connoisseuse au fromage, ha ha ha, but truthfully Cheesemas is the one time a year I eat really special cheese. The rest of the year I'm pretty much a cheddar, brie, feta, and Boursin girl.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

I am delicious


All the deer ticks agree
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
...and I have been very, very sick! I missed the silent auction of my prints and everything (although I understand that everything sold, which is wonderful).
I am feeling great now, I expect a full recovery thanks to early diagnosis, and I am slowly getting back into my drawing.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

There go my babies!

On Saturday my husband and daughter and I carried a big box of my prints (each one nicely mounted and framed and sporting a personal letter from the artist -- that's me) to the NICU that saved my daughter. They're having a silent auction later this month to raise funds and I'm thrilled to be able to help out.

Friday, June 02, 2006

il signore Pancake


il signore Pancake
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
It's that time again... Illustration Friday this week is "cake". I had to be a little different.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Illustration Friday: Sorry


Illustration Friday: Sorry
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
It's that time again. I did a little bit of research to draw this picture and it turns out that my square and uncool friends and I were far off the mark in our guesses as to what emo really is. Like, we thought John Mayer and whatsisface, that guy in the Prada outfits, oh yeah Duncan Sheik, were emo. So I am sorry for that, too. I'm gonna use age as my excuse. :)

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Another Illustration Friday Drawing


Work No Longer in Progress
Originally uploaded by relentlesstoil.
The topic: "fat". Half of my purpose in doing this was to see if I would enjoy having orange walls in my bedroom. I have very similar bedding -- it's all IKEA.