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Seasonal Kaleidoscopes or Why I Like Winter

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Each Winter I seem to migrate no hibernate into my dreams, put paint brush to hand and begin painting floral and embellished little artworks. Stroke after stroke I load the paintbrush and simply paint. I think it dawned on me that much of my recent angst was due to not letting my mind flow freely [...]

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The painting of the boxes and coming soon – the trunk!

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I seem to float between drawing on paper and the need to paint three dimensional objects that are useful. Each little wooden box starts out naked… then I clothe it in Gesso and let it dry and harden overnight and upon waking, sand it smooth before decorating it’s skin.

When my mind is restless and full, [...]

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Perception – Deck of 34 Original Drawings

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I drew each card with Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens (India Ink), Pilot pen (Opaque white ink) and Prismacolor Colored pencil on antique & vintage wallpapers that I salvaged when renovating my house last year.
An ACEO stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. They can be created with any medium on any surface but [...]

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The 2009 End of Year Art Giveaway

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Comments are now closed… I’ll be announcing the winner tomorrow!
Well, thank you so much for reading this blog and commenting, listening, tweeting, facebooking and for buying my art. I’m honoured to have you in my life. Simply leave a comment on this post about what you are thankful for this year and you’ll be entered [...]

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We Series – because it’s all about family!

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Aren’t they pretty? I completed this series of illustrations late last year. They are available in both 5×7 inch (12,7cm by 17,7cm) and 8.5×11 inch (21,5cm by 27,8cm) sets.
The set is comprised of We Flourish, We Grow and We Reproduce.
I ponder life often during this time of year as the trees and flowers are all [...]

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Absinthe 99 or playing with the green fairy that was 2004

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In 2004 during an intensive year of college in British Columbia we were asked to illustrate a poster in an older illustrative style with hand drawn letters. Absinthe 99 is the result of that assignment.
That year of college was one of the most brutal and rewarding times of my life. I had applied and was [...]

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Custom Design work for Crochet Freeform Artist Sara Aires

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Very recently I was contacted by Sara Aires of Portugal to redo her Etsy shop banner. And again my illustrations and her free-form crochet art meshed as well as Star of the East’s jewelry and my artwork did. She found me from Esther and Estella’s blog post about the work I had completed for them [...]

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Star of the East – custom design work

In September, Esther and Estalla from Turkey of Star of the East contacted me about doing a business card for them featuring the Sassy Sea Urchin illustration of mine.

And I agreed. Their jewelry is whimsically detailed and my illustrations seemed to jive well with their beautiful style.

I began working on the design initially using the [...]

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An Overdue Thank You

Some months (almost a year) back a wonderful Theme Designer and blogger friend of mine named Amos Moses Griffin designed a Wordpress theme using my illustrations and art. He asked my permission to use them in that theme. I gladly, had said yes.
It is called The Tao of You.

At the time of this theme’s birth [...]

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Cleaning the Slate for 2008

Created two web banners today for my Etsy Original Art Sale in Photoshop. This is the square one.
Let me know what you think.
Happy New Year!

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The Happy Custom Framer Rant

I wrote Earning about a dollar more than minimum wage per hour when the Canadian dollar is worth a quizillion dollars on world markets today in my last post. And yes in is hard because it is the only negative aspect to the job I do four to five days per week.
I work as a [...]

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Saying Thank You to Chaos & Form

During the past couple of months I have learned more about the back end of the internet than I ever did while enrolled in the Electronic Media Design Program at Langara College. That is not to say I didn’t learn anything; all education is invaluable. The year I spent there was full of curriculum and [...]

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