funny, i was trying to download photos from this new camera hugh got me-- bought from his friend stephen who upgraded.CHECK IT out... all crazy collage. strangely enough it fits how i feel this last week left of school, painting like a fiend on a friday night:0now i...

this is a little book that i gave stef a week or so before she gave birth. i just remembered that i wanted to post a link to this inspiring illustrator trisha krauss. my friend stef is such a superstar with her new baby kaddison violet, who i long to meet. her recent...

i've been really into drawing 2x2 inch squares of doodles to brainstorm compositions. so little pressure in 2 inches, but big impact of overall feel. and it's so easy to fill quick... have fun and try! then scan & fill colors {mine are a lil' 1/2 assed, but good for...

i wanted to share these random bits.the sign in front of our community garden, which is not effective.rose geranium {i think} that has bloomed and taken over my garden.winning this print at an auction by evan hecox, my most favorite skateboard artists!rediscovering...

i just remembered the new deadline for illo friday. this is "cheating" b/c i did it almost... 2 years ago! while hugh & i spent a few months living in oaxaca, mexico. oh the colors and mythology there! so inspiring! i was thinking this might be a fun kid's book about...

i just decided to bail out on going to hugh's cousin's wedding in LA. i had totally been planning on it, but then tonight i had the fantasy of not going and having a 3 day painting binge and solitude... dreamy... and having already scheduled work off i would actually...

i believe in the ocean.i believe in humanity.i believe in optimism.i believe in spirits.i believe in growing flowers.i believe i am a dreamer, who poured over books of medieval unicorns and beautiful portraits of saints as a child.i believe in color therapy, but had...

i just re-discovered this painting because my dear sister asked me for art for her new office! yeah for new offices and fresh starts! congrats jesse!i illustrated it for my friend's on-line literary journal, but ultimately chickened out in submitting it. it was for...

thank you so for buying our dinner tonight. i do not know what posessed you to be so random-act-of-kindness and to bestow it upon us, but it has made my night, my week... my month. i don't know if it was because hugh and i decided to eat above our means tonight, in...

my dad's cousin and major influence jamie sent me a much needed snail-mail note today. so much doubting these past few days. feeling little when there is so much good art already made. that's not why i make art, i know that, but still."Embrace all that new Risk-taking...