In the last two weeks I've been working exclusively on pieces for the St. Charles Plein Air Art Event. Including a couple Quick Paint Events, where you basically have three hours to complete an entire piece on location. My overall experience was great! Working outdoors was a nice change of pace, I couldn't have planned more beautiful weather, and my love of architecture was more than appeased by the abundance Read More
Last week I attended Works of Arf. A charity art event hosted by the Missouri Alliance of Animal Legislation (they also hosted PAB) to raise awareness for animal rights. Since the PAB (Puppies are Biodegradable) Show I've tried to participate whenever possible, and in this case I donated a pet portrait from my new website www.petillustrations.com. Additionally, I will donate 10% of the proceeds of any pet illustration commissions that Read More
Last Friday I replaced more than half of the pieces at Framations with new works. It doesn't even look like the same wall! I included a newly designed brochure as well, and am working on new extended information labels. To help advertise PetIllustrations and help a needy cause I've decided to donate 10% of the commissions I receive from Framations or MAAL (Missouri Allianance for Animal Legislation) to the MAAL organization. Read More
I've been very busy! I have two illustrations for my children's book in the final stages, and I completed a couple of smaller paintings that I started but never finished. I also received my first pet portrait commission that I will be posting on www.PetIllustrations.com and mailing out later today. I haven't launched my online marketing plan, in hopes that I get a few more local orders to 'test' the ordering Read More
Jesse and I have been working on the children's book. We've done some research on types of books and we went to the book store to get an idea of what is out there now. We are aiming at 2-3rd graders. We have an outline of the story nearly complete (the ending is a little rough), and three pages written so far. Which equates to about one third Read More
I found inspiration for a new project in an email, if you can believe that! A friend and her daughters tried to rescue a baby squirrel, they named Tiny Tim. Attached to the email were several pictures she had taken of him with the family (see below).
“…we fed him a banana last night, and he fell asleep in the palm of my hand. We put him in his
Read MoreShow this Sunday, 1-3pm at the Lake St. Louis Clubhouse!
This week I submitted some pieces to the Lake St. Louis Artist Associate Spring Show. This is the first time I've submitted work in one of their shows; and I managed to take a peek at some of the other work submitted. It was all top notch, so I'm really excited to see it all at the Read MoreThe show on Saturday went better than I could've ever expected, I felt like Cinderella at the Ball! When I got there it was already packed; and not just with other artists like usual, but with buyers and people there to help further the cause. I’ve never seen it so gloriously over crowded! Amy, one of the gallery owners did a magnificent job of promoting not just Read More
I received word that all of my pieces for the Puppies are Biodegradable Show have been chosen to go and be shown at Humane Day in Jefferson City next week! As promised below are some of the designs I've been working on for Oak Leaf Artist Guild website header. I wanted to go with bold colors in a Fall color scheme to reflect the colorfulness of the artwork while still Read More
I added some drawings and paintings to the gallery section last night. I might put up a couple more, as time allows. I'm not sure if I mentioned it, as things have been so crazy lately, but during the last Oak Leaf Artist Guild meeting I was voted onto the board as Website Coordinator. Actually, it was more that I accepted the job, than got voted in.. but saying Read More