A detail of a self promo piece, I call him the Buddha Frog.
Gouache on illustration board.

I have missed a few Illustration Fridays because of the fact I had to get my illustration ready for my Directory of Illustration 23 ad.
AND I am showing at a local art league’s show (Arizona Art Alliance) here in town and getting that all put together.

So, this is a sketch I did about a year [...]

And now for something completely different…

This is one of the pieces I did for the Scottsdale Artists’ League Plein Air Paintout for the month of March. We had our big sale last weekend, and I sold three of my six paintings. This one named “Garden Goddess” is of one the sculptures by artist Manolo Valdés, [...]

BUGS. Monsters on earth, or in this case in earth. While digging my garden to prepare for tomato transplants I unearthed 6 monster worms that quite frankly scared me. Seemed like they could eat a lot of stuff with their jaws. Usually I squish all grub-looking things in the garden, but since I have tried [...]

A picture of our feet on our wedding day. I gave my hubby a toe ring a couple of weeks before our wedding. I already had a toe ring, long before they became so popular. And these are the real deals, a complete band. Because we were married in our bare feet, seemed only fitting [...]

This is what I can remember my Dad’s tattoo looking like. My Dad was a husband, father of two girls, and a baby clothes salesman who just happened to own a Harley. He got the tattoo from the next door neighbor named Gypsy, a wondering Harley Davidson tattoo artist partyer. These two souls collided one [...]

These insects are near and dear to me, for many reasons. Mostly because they DO look at you when you look at them, and there is something about that alien face that scares the heck out of most people.

And now for some bug history: You see, I am bug girl, always have been and always [...]

“A cup of tea, for me, and you-hoo-hoo!”

Ryan’s guitar, I love to hear him play.

A Valentine for my sweetheart.

I picked up these tiny chairs at a yard sale. Only 16 inches high, and molded from one piece of plywood. “Chair” seemed like a simple subject, but it proved tricky for myself. Perspective is always harder than it looks!

My Mom, the most glamourous woman I know. Circa early 1960s

Two of my father and mother in-law’s “farm cats” named Hairum (bottom) and Scareum (top). Still kittens, laying in the warm sun on a beautiful November day.

On MLK Day, some friends of ours had us over for a Birthday BBQ. They had a pack of Civil Rights Movement “photo cards” with stories on the back. One caught my eye, and my illustration is based off the card, a simple family photo. Martin Luther King once said, “The ultimate measure of a [...]