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Custom drawings for someone special

A while back I received a box from Hawaii containing seven beautiful little pewter frames, and a request for some custom artwork to fill them, with full creative freedom. Yay!! The frames have been laying around the studio, waiting to be used, and just this week I got around to creating work for five of them:

And here they are in their wonderful frames:

I do custom artwork on occasion, but this project has been loads of fun because of the freedom I was given in choosing the subject matter. This quaint little lady is someone’s gangster granny:

This girl and her chameleon are going to elope one day: they’re so happy together!

And this little princess is super stubborn: arms and legs crossed. She’s surrounded with juniper berries, because she loves the smell of gin.

This is a great exercise for coming up with things to draw: have a frame empty and waiting, preferably and old and interesting one, and draw up the first idea you have, and fill it. It’s very fun, and very fulfilling. Give it a try! Oh, and thank you, thank you, Anne.

Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk at Babeland

On May 12 (5-8pm), for the Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk you can stop by Babeland (707 E Pike St) and see some of my artwork on the walls while you peruse the toys. The shunga prints will be on display as well as other drawings done specifically for this show:

“Rope” and “Double Spoon!”

Huge Moving Sale!

The studio will be moving sometime this month and to celebrate (and make it easier to pack), all original artwork is 40% off, and art prints are buy two, get one free!

Sale goes until October 18th!

“Hardcore Tea” original drawing: currently only $39 (originally $65)!

“Unlikely [though not improbable] Encounter” original drawing: only $36 (originally $60)!

See the etsy store for much, much more!

Pancakes and Booze Denver Art Show

New work: completed over the last week.

Penumbra (half shadow)

I bought some beautiful box canvases (11″x14″) during a back to school sale, only to remember all the reasons I never paint directly on canvas, mainly, I currently suck at it. After a couple of attempted acrylic paintings, crises, and painting-overs, I decided to screw it and work on some beautiful heavy watercolor paper, which I then stitched to the box frames. The final drawings were completed with pencil, sumi ink and white acrylic. At a loss for titles, I consulted a “100 most beautiful words in the English language” list, which produced actually, lots of ideas that feel really relevant and lovely. Some of my favorites that I found:

Asymptote (in mathematics, approaching indefinitely close, as a line to a curve, but never meeting) – I’m not so much in love with the sound of the word, but very much so with the definition.

Petrichor (the smell of earth after rain) – I’m so happy there’s a word for this!

Pyrrhic (successful with heavy losses)

Sandade ([borrowed from the Portuguese] longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost)

Susurrous (whispering, hissing)

Panacea (solution to all problems/cure for all ills)

Scintilla (A spark or very small thing)

Here’s a side view of the box frames:

On my mind: microcosms, macrocosms, biology, molecules, cellular structure, quantum mechanics, feelings.

These were created specifically for a show which I probably should have mentioned prior to the day before:

If you’re in the Denver area, this sounds like it could be fun. I’ll be there!