In Good Company

I want to thank Ariadne from the online magazine, Design This Design That Issue, for all her hard work on issue #2 -Illustration Tour 2008. She has included interviews with 67 artists/illustrators from around the world, including some of my favorite artists/designers on etsy (and one interview with me)
issuu.com/designthisdesignthat/docs/issue2

Some of the highlights include interviews with:
Polly Jarman, Robin Clare (Robin101), Lindsey Carr (Little Robot), Angela Stasio (The Paper Apartment), Tabitha Bianca Brown (The Paira Birds), John Clark, Jen Renniger (Please Be Still), Ryan Berkley (Berkley Illustration), John W. Golden, Iris Schwartz, Kate Banazi (Alyiosiusspyker), and the wonderful Brandi Strickland

Sneak Peek

Just started a new series of paintings of the public pool in Red Hook. I've been commissioned to make a large painting of this pool, so I thought I'd start a number of small ones first and then decide which one to make larger. I'm loving these and am now I'm thinking I might make a few big ones. Now if only I had a studio large enough.

You can view the progress of this series on my flickr site. 

enormous tiny art - September 4-29

Just completed my new paintings for the upcoming show at Nahcotta. You can see images of everyone's work in the show here on flickr. 

I've also posted images of all the new pieces to sell as prints on my etsy site.

Back to School with Poppytalk

With September in sight, we are getting our last trips to the beach in while we can and (here in New England) noticing the first maple leaves already beginning to change color ever so slightly. With these seasonal tides shifting, I have been busy again in the studio and have finished a few new pieces just in time for the Poppytalk School Days market. Please come visit my table at Poppytalk and stay tuned for more new goodies to come over the next few weeks. Lots of new work based on photos from my recent trip to South Carolina.

Will be back soon

Life has been busy, busy, busy around here. I hope to get back to posting over the next week or so.

Thanks to all who have left nice comments and inquires about original work. Lots of new pieces coming soon to my etsy site.

Pool Season

I have been busy in the studio getting ready for the upcoming Art House show June 14th and 15th in Lowell, MA. Lots of new pool paintings will join my collection of suburban scenes. I'll also be selling prints of new (and older) work. If you're in the area, come by and say hello! If you can't make it, I've got prints of these new pieces for sale at my etsy shop.

http://www.arthouseboston.com/

My own island

So this past Tuesday was my son's birthday and I was so busy cooking up a storm, wrapping gifts and toasting him (and myself) that I neglected to see who Tiny Showcase was going to unveil for their print of the week. I was so wrapped up in the festivities and already exhausted from my week that I didn't get back on the computer until the following morning.

When I did check in, I couldn't believe my eyes. As soon as I saw the image, it didn't surprise me one bit that the print was sold out, but when I realized that I'd never get to live with this image myself, the core of my heart ached. It's not often that I have such a physical and emotional response to a piece of art, but this was one I couldn't get over.

In a heart broken panic, I tracked down the artist, Nathan Abels and Ivar Zeile from Plus+ Gallery - asking (with fingers crossed) if they had any other prints. After many emails back and forth, I now have a new friend named Nathan and am the soon-to-be proud owner of the original, "Island".

I am a very happy lady.

... and hopefully have learned my lesson not to miss another TS print.