I’ve had drops in my brain lately (and it’s not even raining here yet!). So yesterday I made these two new repeat patterns. If you are interested, they are available for licensing through my agency.
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Bright and Cheery
For me (and I know for many others) much of the joy of collecting comes from display. Unlike many of the collections in my book, the collections in my home are decorative. And my kitchen is the place where I keep my most prized collection: my vintage mid-century kitchenware from Scandinavia and Japan. Two years ago Jen Siska shot photos of my kitchen for Dwell Magazine, and they are my favorite photos ever. I love to cook (a love recently acquired in the past few years) and so I spend a lot of time in here making food for other people. Most of my kitchenware collectables are too precious to actually use, but I do use some of the old bowls and baking dishes when I cook (the Swedes and Danes made some sturdy items back then). Most of all, I just love looking at them.
Posted in LIfe Outside the Studio
More Magical Kingdoms
You may recall a couple of weeks ago, I posted some new illustration work I’d done for the children’s market. Here are a few more pieces in that series. Both are available for license through my agency. They are made from gouache + vintage paper (one of my favorite combinations, incidentally). Enjoy.
Drawing M&M
I am one of those aunts who is crazy about her niece and nephew. M&M live in Portland so I don’t get to see them as often as I’d like. And they are growing up so fast! Earlier this year, my sister Stephanie (one half of 3191) took this amazing photo of them in the woods. I could not resist turning it into a pencil drawing for her. I am often overwhelmed with drawing too many details, so I end up leaving so many of my drawings with negative space around the subjects. In this case I am happy with how it turned out.
Posted in Drawings
Buy a Print and Support Charity Water!
I am so excited right now to be raising money for a wonderful organization called Charity Water. They bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. I’ve just added brand new print to my shop (pictured above) called Deep. For the next three weeks, when you purchase this archivally printed, signed and dated piece, 100% of the proceeds go to support this wonderful organization. You can purchase the print here for $18. Thank you in advance for your support!
B. Løkeland Illustration
I have been crushing on these gorgeous vintage illustrations by B. Løkeland. Little is known about B. Løkeland, and seems to be a dirth of information about this illustrator on the internet. The illustrations above are from a 1972 Royal Viking Line Menu. I found them via Sandi Vincent, who has a wonderful Flickr set of MCM illustrations.
Posted in Inspiration
A & E
I absolutely love drawing letters in pencil (some of you may also remember the B I drew earlier this year, now available as a print). The original A and E drawings above are available through Gallery Hijinks, along with a bunch of my other work. {Also: they come in lovely quarter inch simple white frames!} Interested in another letter? You can commission me to make you the letter of your choice. Just email me!
The Dictionary of Extraordinary Ordinary Animals
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Last year I worked for nine months painting 150 full color illustrations for the most amazing children’s book. The experience was grueling (I even broke my arm right before the deadline!) but it was a labor of love. I am so happy to announce that the book, The Dictionary of Extraordinary Ordinary Animals, is now available! I feel so grateful to have worked with authors Lisa McGuinness and Leslie Jonath and the amazing Sara Gillingham (book designer), and I would do it all over again. You can get your copy here or at your local book store.
Posted in Illustration Projects, Kids Art
Sunrise
California, I love you.
This lovely photo of my arm was taken by my dear and talented friend Victoria last week. We had lunch with a group of friends and she snapped this as I was saying goodbye to everyone outside the restaurant. I got this tattoo almost four years ago for my 40th birthday (though it took three sittings to finish!). It is an homage to beautiful California, where I have lived since I was 8 years old. The tattoo includes poppies (our state flower) and a quail (our state bird).
Posted in LIfe Outside the Studio
More New Repeat Patterns
Posted in Repeat Patterns
75 Peters
A couple of months ago I was asked to be part of a really exciting international exhibition to celebrate the 75th birthday of beloved British Architect Sir Peter Cook. 75 artists were chosen and asked to make a portrait of Sir Peter in our own style. My depiction is above. I drew him in graphite and made a collaged shirt from one of his iconic architectural drawings.
The original works and archival prints will be for auctioned for charity. The exhibition and birthday party will take place in Brisbane Australia on October 26, from 6-9 pm and is open to the public. You can find the complete list of artists and location here.
Posted in Drawings, Exhibitions
More Iceberg Love
You may recall this post I made last week about my love for glaciers and icebergs. Constantine emailed me after reading that post to share with me the work of another amazing photographer of icebergs, Simon Harsent. You can read about Simon’s love for the melting giants here and also view and entire set of his stunning images. (Images above by Simon Harsent).
Posted in Inspiration
Shadowboxing
I love working three-dimensionally and with cut paper, though I don’t do it as often as I’d like. These are three of the nine shadowboxes I made for a solo show this past summer, some of which are still available here.
Posted in For Sale, Mixed Media & Collage
Paint with Us!
So very excited that Mati McDonough and I are launching our second painting ecourse! It’s called Get Your Paint On: Beyond the Basics, and it begins October 24. Registration is still open!
An extension of our first ecourse (Get Your Paint on), this 5-week course delves even more deeply into painting skills and techniques, with multiple video tutorials on topics like image transfer, color mixing, layering, and creating depth and dimension with paint. Participate fully in the course or just do the parts of it that appeal to you! The course is open to all levels. We hope you’ll join us.
Posted in Get Your Paint On Ecourse
