Macaroni the Magician

This piece was inspired by the Illustration Friday word: "disguise". 

Envelope Doodles

Recently, I decided to add a few spot illustrations to the envelopes that I use to send out my children's book manuscript as well as for the envelopes that I use to send out my illustration portfolios. Many art directors see hundreds of envelopes a day and I thought that this might be a fun way to say "Hello!" without them having to open up the envelope. :)

Will You Be My Valentine?

I have started preparing for Valentine's Day early this year! 

SCBWI Logo Contest Entry

Hello everyone! SCBWI has just re-designed their website. In order to further celebrate this change, local artists from the different regions have been invited to participate in a logo re-design contest. I just finished my entry and wanted to share. 

Kora

I just finished this print! So excited to be sharing it. If you are interested in purchasing a copy they are available in my Etsy shop.

Children's Illustration - Portfolio Building

I am working on expanding my children's book portfolio! 

Peony Painting

Sleeping Beauty

Finished at last! Sleeping Beauty has been a 7 month project this year. The final print is 12 colors and contains more detail than I have ever achieved before now in the woodblock printing process. I am so excited to finally share these months of work. 

Episodic Magazine

I am very happy to announce that two of my pieces are being featured in the December issue of Episodic Magazine. These two pieces were submitted and accepted for the "Nighttime" theme. 

Please check out the magazine to see more (click here). Many other talented artists submitted their work! I also want to thank Moses Domingo for introducing me to Episodic Magazine to begin with. 

2013 Christmas Card

I have decided to make Christmas cards to send to family and friends this year!! After a lot of thinking and hoping for inspiration I have finally come up with an piece that I am so excited to share. These cards will also be for sale in my Etsy shop for $5 each or a set of 5 for $20. Happy Holidays everyone. 

Logo Designs

Trying out new styles and designs!

Christmas Card Design

This card was designed for a company called Eureka Tools as part of a contest. Even though my card was not selected, I wanted to share because it was a lot of fun for me to experiment with design, shape, and texture. 

Boy and Bear Final

Here is the second final for the Boy and Bear story that I have been working on. I chose to do linocuts for the final pieces!

Believe

Just in time for Halloween! I carved and printed these signs and then hand painted in the yellow and purple when the outlines dried. It has been good practice learning how to carve letters backwards. 

Strawberry Wine Label

I just completed this painting for a client in Pennsylvania this week! He makes strawberry wine and needed an image to put on the label. This job was so much fun and the client was really awesome to work with!!

Little Boy Blue

Note - Print Exchange

This print was completed for a print exchange. I was one of 24 people to complete this project and send it to the East Coast. When the project is complete, 24 portfolios will be assembled and sent back to all of us. Then we will each have one of each other's prints! I can't wait to get mine in the mail! The word of the year this year was "Note" :)

New Cards

Hi All! I wanted to share the latest greeting cards I have created. They are hot off the press and I will be adding them to my Etsy shop today!

Chalk Art Dabbles

I am branching out again and trying something new! I found out that they sell large pieces of chalkboard material at Home Depot and I could not resist buying a few to try my hand at chalk pastels. Recently, I signed up for the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival (which takes place this coming Saturday from 10-5) so I figured that now was a great time to try out this new medium. 

The Royal Cows

Here are the royals of the deck of cards that I designed for Purple Cow. Which suit do you like the best?