Outside My Window

Smudged graphite is my favorite technique to indicate a black & white foggy morning.

graphite stick

black & white, outside my window

My Summer Garden

Balancing the dynamic mountain view & the ephemeral quality of light.

summer garden at dawn

summer garden at dusk

Quote by Toni Morrison

An excuse for this quote by Toni Morrison ... "did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle around it; sometimes you cant even see the mountain for the clouds"

Magical Summer Evenings

Two versions of summer evenings. As much as I enjoy experimenting on photoshop, 

nothing beats working with real paints & paper.

New Creative Products

Hello April, still pretty brown outside my window. Winter is the only time I sit long enough to stay focus on creating products.

A new format gives me the opportunity to stretch my imagination, in rethinking my illustration. Zazzle lets me see my designs in a number of gift & home products.

Inspire by Giverny

Let's take a trip to Giverny...dreaming up some creative products from my Paris sketches, this week.  Sketches & quick paintings are usually done en plein air. The creative process happens on the computer. Tools of technology has change the way I now work.

Delighting in the garden's grace & history. Souvenir from Giverny are turned into creative products for the garden lover!