A&S first coat

It's now inked and has the first layer of washes on it. It reminds me of a comic right now. I plan on building up the color of the characters and leaving the background light and washy.

A&S sketches

There is such a beautiful rawness to a pencil sketch. A part of me always wanting to preserve it ~ which is what makes it hard for me to take it to the next step. Once I start inking it in and erasing the graphite ~ tighting it up and adding paint...all the softness goes away. Please forgive my bad photography once again, there are a lot more plants with shadows in my Portland garden.
This is the start of a painting for my friends Annie and Seth ~ for their wedding.

Liv Ana Altenhofen

My attempt at being creative with a needle and thread. This embroidery of baby Liv Ana Altenhofen was done for my friend Pam, as a gift at her shower.

IF: Linked

They all connect in his happy faced dreams.
A illustration not yet complete for an upcoming art show. My IF: Adrift post is the bottom half of this dreamland. To come the finished painting in it entirety.

My 40th Birthday Invite

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah its my birthday - its my birthday!!

IF: Adrift

He was floating in a sea like dream of yellow happy faces.

IF: Focused

How can you stay focused on just one?
A little cluster of owls 6x6.5 in the corner of a 19x25 painting. Just a small piece of the image as a whole. Thought it fit nicely with this weeks IF topic.

Little Face Cards

Upon arriving in Portland, I decided to make new business cards to pass out to galleries around town. These are the originals painted on vintage pattern tissue, in ink, charcoal, gouache, oil pastel ~ 3.5x2.5. The prints are have my contact info on the back. Here are all six as a group along with my personal favorite. The rest are on the post below.

IF: Music

Solo Show at Alchemy

Eddie and the Drunk Octopus from my September show at Alchemy in San Diego. This is the only pic I have of Eddie, he was sold. There are four other charcoal pieces I did specifically for that show. Those images to come once my photographer sister can shoot them. Its about time I got something posted from that show.