Illustration Friday: "Entangled"

It's beginning to look a lot like...

As the holidays are fast approaching I have started adding some seasonal items to my Etsy shop.
I've started doing some mixed media paintings on oddly shaped wooden panels. Here is a recently completed one that I made with acrylic, gouache and wood stain:

You can find that piece in my shop right here.
Also, it is that time of year again for holiday CatNotes.

You can see details of the two different designs here and here.

Magpie to the morning

"Let this be a warning," says the magpie to the morning
Don't let this fading summer pass you by

some new drawings

Illustration Friday: "Pattern"

This week's topic is "pattern," which was a nice coincidence for me since I have been thinking a lot recently about the use of pattern in my work. Here is a little pattern forest with a pattern path running through it:

Bird drawing and SOWA open market this Sunday

Here's a new drawing I did yesterday. I am selling it as a print in my Etsy store.

This coming weekend I will be participating in the SOWA Open Market in the South End in Boston, selling small originals, prints and CatNote cards. I will be sharing a booth with my lovely and talented friend Ms. Anne Tochka. This will be my first time at a craft fair since I was little and helping my Mom out at the ones she did. For more info about the SOWA Open Market visit www.southendopenmarket.com

four seasons, four trees

Here are four tiny paintings of the four seasons I did this week:

Each is 2.5" by 3.5."
I've been thinking a lot about changing seasons as September starts feeling cooler. I love this time of year. I am ready for the fall colors.

Also: right now two of these are for sale on my Etsy store here and here. The other two will probably be added soon too.

Happy September

September is here and I can already feel fall in the air. Here's a little drawing I did about traveling to see foliage in the fall. I'll probably be doing that sometime in the next month or so.

Go fly a kite

Illustration Friday: "Wrapped"

Here is my first attempt at an Illustration Friday topic.

I'll admit that this drawing is unabashedly inspired by my cat, Phantom, who you can see in this earlier post.

Another new tiny painting

Here's another 3x3 inch painting I finished yesterday.

New tiny paintings/Back to work

I've been bad about blogging for the past month or so because I have been working at Creative Arts at Park teaching photo to really talented wonderful kids. Now I am back in Brooklyn and back to art-making. I picked up some very small canvases (3x3 inches) the other day and I am starting a new project of making some tiny art. Here is my first go at it:


Three inches is small! Especially for someone known to enjoy working on large rolls of paper. Working on canvas again is also a bit of an adventure. Stay tuned, I've already started my second and I'll be posting more as I finish.

Oh, I should also probably mention you can buy this painting here if you would like.

Signs of the Zodiac for Natural Solutions Magazine

Last month I did a really great assignment for Natural Solutions Magazine. The piece was about the zodiac signs and what they can tell you about your health. The job was to do a full page spread lead illustration of a woman stargazing and then each zodiac sign for spreads on the following two pages. It was a really interesting project to work on, especially since I never have paid a lot of attention to things like the zodiac, so I had to do some research to figure out what each one was as well as the corresponding constellation. I decided to do each zodiac sign as a drawing of what they symbolize over the actual constellation. I think the whole thing came out pretty nicely.

I took some shots of the final published pieces that are in this month's Natural Solutions Magazine. There is some glare because the magazine is printed on very shiny paper.

Windows Brooklyn: June 6th-June 13th

I installed my drawings for Windows Brooklyn today at KC Arts.



Windows Brooklyn takes place from June 6th until June 13th in Cobble Hill and you can check out the work any time during that week. There will be an "artwalk" and artist's talk on Saturday, June 13th from 2 to 4 pm, where you can walk by all the windows and ask the artists (including me!) about their work.

KC Arts is located at 252 Court Street (@ the corner of Kane Street).

Windows Brooklyn drawings in progress

I am excited to announce that that I am currently working on a project for Windows Brooklyn, which will take place June 6th- June 13th in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
I am making two rather large drawings (approximately 40x50" each) for two windows at KC Arts on Court Street. I have been intensely working on these drawings for the past couple weeks, and they are close to being finished.

Stay tuned for more photos, but for now here is a photo of my cat, Phantom, interacting with one of the drawings this morning:

Illustrations for Canadian magazines for May

I have some illustrations that are being published this month in two Canadian magazines. I received my copies of both in the mail and they look great!

The first is in Cottage Life Magazine. It is for an article about geothermal heating and cooling of houses.


The second is for Avenue Calgary, for an article about the proposed footbridges that the city wants to build. The design of the bridges is apparently a bit controversial.

Needham Open Studios, May 2nd-3rd

I will be participating in the Needham Open Studios on May 2nd and May 3rd in Needham, MA. I will have prints, original work, and CatNotes for sale.

I will be showing at location #17, 93 Garden Street, with two other great artists: Anne Tochka (illustration, paintings and soft sculptures) and Susan Anderson (functional ceramics and sculpture).
For more information please visit www.needhamopenstudios.com.
If you are in the area you should come by!

Baltimore Magazine

This is a spot I did for Baltimore Magazine in their March 2009 issue for an article called "Could Katrina Happen to Us?" The article was about how Baltimore, as a costal city, might be vulnerable to similar devastation to what happened in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina, and how the city is taking precautions now to make sure that doesn't happen.
I got to do a kind of funky organic shape for this one, which was kind of fun.

New quick drawing from today

I sat down at my drafting table this morning and started doing some little studies of feathers and it turned into this drawing. I thought about adding color but I am leaving it as a simple black and white ink drawing for now.

SILA Show opens next Saturday

The Society of Illustrators Los Angeles Illustration West 47 Show opens next Saturday at Gallery Nucleus. As I have previously blogged, I have a drawing in the show. If you happen to be in the area you should check it out. If I weren't on the opposite coast I'd be there for sure!

Work in Progress

Last week I finished up some work for a couple publications in Canada that will be out in the spring. Since then, I have started on a very detailed personal piece, which is something I haven't done in a while. Here is a detail of the drawing in progress.

....Many many tiny little trees.

When in doubt, draw some birds.

Here is a personal piece I just finished up today. Just some birds carrying stars over Brooklyn...

Honolulu Magazine

I guess the thing about having a blog is that you have to remember to update it once in a while.

There are a bunch of new illustrations I've finished and I am waiting for them to be published before I post them here. In the meantime, here is a tearsheet from Honolulu Magazine back in December. It was for an article about a five person family living with one car.

A sad polar bear for the Philadelphia City Paper

I have been working on a bunch of projects recently that will be published in the coming month or so.
This one hit the streets today for the Philadelphia City Paper:

It is for this week's cover story on Philadelphia's green future.

You can check out the final cover with text and all right here.

New little drawing

Here is a little drawing I did this past week.

I am working on some more small-scale pieces this month. This one is 6x9 inches. You can also buy a lovely little print of this one at my etsy store.

Work accepted to Illustration West 47

My drawing "Crafting in Brooklyn" was accepted into this year's Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Show; Illustration West 47. The show will be up in March at Gallery Nucleus.