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.

GARDEN INSPIRATION

Bleeding Heart has such distinctive shapes.

from garden to paper

GIFTS FROM THE WOODLAND

I'm sort of channeling Georgia O'Keeffe with this little Wood Anemone. She is best known for her enlarged flowers. By magnifying her subject, she emphasized shape & color, & brought attention to the tiny details within a little flower. With our busy lives, we haven't the time to see such a tiny flower. To SEE, takes time!

BOTANICAL STUDIES

Dreary day calls for some colors. Another short summer in the garden. This in-between season actually gives me more time to paint. It's nice to have the luxury to study every botanical for its own sake, without rushing out to water the garden!

late summer blooms

STRAWBERRY SEASON

painting fast & furious before the strawberries wilt on the table!

DAFFODIL & ROSES

I love to fill my sketchbooks. Once in awhile, I get to toss a few things together. My last post was inspired by my morning hike, this post is inspire by time in my studio. Delicate rose pattern comes from my archive. This design consist of layering the daffodil sketch onto the rose pattern.