Illustration Friday- SWIM

Swim

Sleep Revival

Trout in Aspic

While working at Le Quatre Vent, I had a lovely lunch in the big house with Mr. and Mrs. Cabot.  Trout in Aspic was served, which I had never had before and needed to preserve the memory in paint, just like this fish in jelly.  

Le Pigeonnier

Because of my work on the Skylight Opera, and Colin Cabot and David Birn.  I got to paint inside this little place in the middle of one of the most beautiful spots in the world.  I would go in a secret door and spend my day painting the secret room and looking out the window.   

Pigeonnier, is a replica of a French dovecote at Quatre Vent


Please read this about the late Frank Cabot and his work to preserve gardens.

The Skylight Opera

In the summer of 1996 and 97 I worked on this fantastic project of urban renewal, The Skylight Opera in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. with a talented crew of people from the east coast and the midwest we magically (with a lot of hard work) modeled this new theatrical space into a venetian style opera house. Smack in the middle of the "Third Ward" which at the time was a dilapitated and forgotten area of town by the river The Skylight project lead this area into an artistic urban revival.  They just had a 20th anniversary of the project and brought back Diane Fargo,  who was the lead artist to give a talk about it.  Here are a few good before and after photos.  More photos are here on Flickr

After

 Before...

Pre-school Shades of Shamrocks

Pre-school Shades of Shamrocks, a set on Flickr.

A really fun and easy project for St. Patty's Day.

Pastel Day

Beautiful Losers- Influence

Beautiful Losers is a great documentary....these guys are my age, they found their voice and the world listened.  Made me think, and want to draw this.

10 years

Sunny Playing Her Ukulele, oil on canvas, 14" x 11"

I finally know how to answer the most asked question any artist gets.  "How long did that take you?"
My answer is this.  10 years.  I finally captured my Sunny, for her 10th birthday.  

Stuck on FACEBOOK

The Cough

Long nights with the vaporizer...

What Will I Leave Behind?

Ta Dah!

Why do these guys come to me at 5am?  

For Me?

Illustration Friday-OCEAN

Morning Moon

Illustration Friday- EDGE

Wolf or Dog?

A Little Birdhouse in My Soul

I stole that title from They Might Be Giants.  A sweet still life with Julia Diller. 

 painted in oil, and for sale...$150, help me stay in class!

Nary Dairy Signage

                                                                             

 My husband and I are starting a new company called
Nary Dairy, it's crazy good cheese made out of cashew nuts!  Huh?  What the, yeah well we'll be
starting to sell it in Feb, 2013 at the Studio City Farmer's Market every Sunday morning.
So, I made some farmer like signs.