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.