CatNotes and cat pillows at Renegade Handmade

I have posted about this before, but I thought it was worth mentioning again that the cat pillows I made last summer are now only available through Renegade Handmade in Chicago. But, luckily, they have an online store now in case you happen to not live in Chicago.
Here's the link to everything by me that is currently available online:
http://www.renegadehandmade.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=44

I have decided that in the new year I need to figure out a place to silkscreen in Brooklyn and start making more of those pillows. They are hilarious.

'Crafting in Brooklyn' print featured on the Etsy blog

I just discovered my drawing "Crafting in Brooklyn," which I sell as a print on Etsy, was featured on the Etsy blog in a post all about Brooklyn. How special to be mentioned in a post all about the borough that I love! Read all about it here:
Etsy: The Brooklyn Skyline

New Work: Seattle Weekly cover and personal piece... all about WOLVES.

I did a cover for the Seattle Weekly last week (on newsstands this week). The story was about a family who took advantage of an older woman and stole a lot of money from her. The sketches for the illustration went through a number of phases as the art director and I worked out the concept. Finally we settled on this conceptual solution of a wolf-tree with a sheep stuck in the branches. This image came originally from working on the concept of "a wolf in sheep's clothing" and finally just became the wolf being the predator and the sheep the prey, much like the family was predatory and the old woman fell prey to them. Here is the final illustration:


Coincidentally, for the past week or so I had been working on a personal piece that also involved a wolf when I got this assignment. So I have been all about wolves all the time for the past couple weeks. I started working on an idea for a Little Red Riding Hood illustration sometime after Thanksgiving. Here is what I finally came up with:

I thought it might be nice to go back to working on fairy tales for my personal pieces. I will try to continue with the theme in the new year.

New editorial and personal work on my website

I just added some new editorial pieces to my website that are being published this month, including this one for Inc Magazine:
This piece was for the magazine's section called "Technology Tools" and the tool for this month was different ways companies get customer feedback.


I also added another drawing to my website that I did for the Itty/Bitty show at Yes Gallery and Studio in Rhode Island, which I got to check out over Thanksgiving weekend.

This was actually my favorite one that I did for that show, and Leigh from Yes mentioned that it was her's as well, and that sort of made me feel like it should be on the website!
I got a bit obsessed with powerlines while I was at the Vermont Studio Center this past August, and I think this drawing was a bit of a holdover from that.

Holiday CatNotes now available at my Etsy store

I have two designs of holiday CatNotes now for sale at my Etsy Store.


These cards are also for sale at all the stores that currently carry CatNotes: Magpie, Renegade Handmade, and Youngblood Gallery and Boutique.

Itty/Bitty show update

All the images by all the artists from the Itty/Bitty show at Yes Gallery and Studio are now online, complete with sizes, prices and all the relevant info. Click here to take a look at the Flickr page for Yes Gallery and Studio.

Prints now available in my Etsy store

I (finally) have prints of my illustrations for sale on my Etsy store.



Also available at my store, as always, are CatNote cards. Also, right now I am having a sale on silkscreened cat tote bags.

'Itty/Bitty' group show at Yes Gallery and Studio opens this Friday, November 7, 2008

This Friday, November 7th 2008, the group show "itty/bitty" opens at Yes Gallery and Studio in Warren, RI. I have four new drawings in the show (including the image in this post, called "Treehouses").

This show is exciting for a couple of reasons. One is that all the work in it is really small (thus "Itty/Bitty"). Everything is under 9 inches when its framed. I usually work on the larger side, but I have actually been trying to make smaller work for the past couple of months. So this show fit into that goal nicely.

Also, another cool thing about the gallery is the 5% of the proceeds from all the shows are donated to non-profits and this show the money is going to RI Citizens for the Arts.

The opening is this Friday, and the show runs through December 21st. So if you find yourself in Rhode Island in the next two months you should check it out.

CatNotes and cat pillows at Renegade Handmade

The newest place to see (and buy!) CatNotes is the Renegade Handmade store in Chicago! In addition to the cards, I sent the last (for now) of my pillows that i silkscreened and sewed over this past summer.

New personal work

October has been a busy month for me!

I just added a new personal piece to my website that I have been working on this month in between freelance jobs and making new work for upcoming shows:



Lately I have been obsessed with drawing those funny little houses in my personal work.

Opening of "Small Works" at Lana Santorelli Gallery, Thursday October 23rd 2008

Thanks to everyone who came out to the opening of "Small Works" on Thursday. Here are a couple of pictures of my work in the group show:




The show is at The Lana Santorelli Gallery 110 West 26th Street New York, NY and will be up until November 25th, 2008.

New blog!

I have started this new blog to make updates about news related to my art and illustration. I am hoping this will make for more interesting news updates than my old "news" page on my website, with photos and drawings and such.
Stay tuned!