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.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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...
...and thinking of my good friend Sarah. This practice painting is for her.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Flight Lesson
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.
*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
...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.
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
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
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
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Another Illustration Friday Drawing
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.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Illustration Friday: Under the Sea
This drawing features my good old betta-fish Jerome, who will not die. Click the picture to learn more (on flickr).
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
I am alive and well, and stuff
...but my husband had a touch of the plague, so to protect our daughter's preemie-lungs I was doing a little bit of the single parent thing for a few days, and having some just-mom-and-Maya time. It was tiring and logistically dicey but sweet; the baby did not get sick; and it all sorta fulfilled my Gilmore Girls guilty pleasure dream where we have the house to ourselves and spend hours trading wacky girly dialogue. We missed our Sam though, and vice versa.
He is all better again, and I am off to catch up on sleep, and think of what to draw next.
He is all better again, and I am off to catch up on sleep, and think of what to draw next.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
No Kicking
There are times we all need a kick in the pants. For my friend Amy, now is really not one of them. So this is for her, but you should also feel free to grab the PDF (460K), color it in if you want, and use it where and when it's needed most.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Illustration Friday: Robot
This week's Illustration Friday topic is "robot".
I wanted to see if I can actually draw Japanese-manga-anime style (DUDE! I can!) and at the same time I wanted to express how completely perplexed I am by what little anime I catch very late at night on Cartoon Network when I'm too punchy to sleep. I find it completely bizarre.
I used to love Robotech back in the day, though. :)
I wanted to see if I can actually draw Japanese-manga-anime style (DUDE! I can!) and at the same time I wanted to express how completely perplexed I am by what little anime I catch very late at night on Cartoon Network when I'm too punchy to sleep. I find it completely bizarre.
I used to love Robotech back in the day, though. :)
Monday, April 24, 2006
Squiddy McScribbles
The first print of Squiddy McScribbles just rolled out of the printer and turned a cranky hour of the evening (you know -- that late hour after you pay your bills and fret over why your baby is having so much trouble sleeping) into something much more delightful. This is like the haaaaaapppppiest thing I have ever drawn. Notice I have carefully steered away from applying a gender. I have no idea.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Hugging
Today I was sick with the respiratory version of the creeping funk. My daughter is an ex-micropreemie with chronic lung disease, and although she's doing fabulously, I didn't want her to get sick, too, so I stayed away from her all day. Didn't hug her. Drew. Drawing is like breathing for me but MAN. I missed my kid something fierce.
I was also thinking about the big, bone-crunching hugs my mom doles out.
This is available from the print shop.
I was also thinking about the big, bone-crunching hugs my mom doles out.
This is available from the print shop.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
A new blog (again)!
I'm re-purposing my web site and simplifying my blogging tools. My (equally fabulous and beleagured) husband Sam slaved away at configuring a Ruby on Rails blogging application for me but ultimately it didn't integrate with Flickr well so -- I made him yank it out. He is the true geek of the family; I am kinda more and more on the poseur side of Information Technology.
In all of this transition I did not archive (for public display, that is) any of the blog articles that chronicled my family's experience with microprematurity (due to severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome my one and only daughter was born 12 weeks early weighing 1lb 12oz, or 798g). I am however very, very happy to help out any families that are going through similar experiences by sharing stories, advice, etc. Just ask. This is also a great opportunity for me to plug my charity prints for the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes supports research into the causes and conditions of prematurity.
This blog, though, is mostly going to be about purty pictures. :)
In all of this transition I did not archive (for public display, that is) any of the blog articles that chronicled my family's experience with microprematurity (due to severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome my one and only daughter was born 12 weeks early weighing 1lb 12oz, or 798g). I am however very, very happy to help out any families that are going through similar experiences by sharing stories, advice, etc. Just ask. This is also a great opportunity for me to plug my charity prints for the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes supports research into the causes and conditions of prematurity.
This blog, though, is mostly going to be about purty pictures. :)
Sunday, April 09, 2006
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