Illustration Friday Topic- Lonely

I really enjoyed painting this young man. He is really a sweet teen. I have a friend with a teen age boy and I was looking for teen agers for reference. She showed up with around a dozen. It was actually really great and I got a lot of great reference material. I think it fits the topic nicely since I went really cool with a lot of the coloration. This is oil on board.

Illustration Friday Topic- Carry

I did this painting a couple of years ago for a picture book that I wrote. The painting is done in oils on board. I thought it fit the topic carry nicely.

Illustrator Friday Topic- Suspend

I have been practicing painting in photoshop and have been reworking this image that was originally painted. I still have quite a bit to do on it, but it's been interesting. I have moved to some other photoshop painted images from scratch too. Thought I'd just show how far I got on this rework.

Illustration Friday- Topic Refresh

When I think of refresh I think of cold lemonade and watermelon on a warm day. Although it is warm here it is nothing like what many others are coping with. I wish cooler refreshing times ahead for all of you.
This image is watercolor on board.

Illustration Friday topic- Space

I did this a while ago as a cover for a picture book that I wrote. I still need to go back and edit the story, but I did a couple of images as paintings for it. I look at it now and think I may go back into the painting a do a little more work on it too.

Illustration Friday Topic-Secret

This Secret Santa painting has been very good to me. It has been licensed for gift bags, cards, flags, mailbox covers and needlepoint. It's oils on board. I like painting people a lot and Santa is a great character to do. I have done quite a few of them.

Neil Gaiman-Inspirational For All Those In The Arts!

Just listened to this and found it really interesting. Thought others would like to see it as well. I really like his books a lot. Hope we are all out there making "Good Art"

Illustration Friday Topic-Shiny

This weeks topic is shiny and I thought I'd put up this image that I did of shiny green apples with the sun shining on the shiny apples and the shiny green container. It's oils on canvas and I was working on painting reflections and light. It was an exercise for me to push myself.

Samples are Here!

I just got some samples from my licensing agent of the coasters/tiles that some of my images are on. I also got a sample of one of the cards that was recently licensed. I do love getting samples.

Illustration friday topic-Hurry

This is a painting I did in oils on canvas that I thought fit the topic hurry. He does look like he's hurrying.....
This image does well as a giclee print. It's a favorite when I hang art locally in the Santa Cruz area. I feel really lucky to live in an area where people really like and support art.

I've been so busy getting new art together for the Surtex licensing show that I haven't posted for a few weeks. Nice to get back in the saddle.

Illustration Friday topic-Jump

This is an image I did for a story I wrote a while back. I thought it fit the topic jump well. There is nothing like a dog to make a jump look joyful!

Illustration Friday Topic-Heights

I thought this image fit the topic heights well. One of the first things I think of from where I live is the great redwood trees. There is a beautiful park near us (Cowell Park) with an abundance of them. This tree is from another park just down the road. This painting is done in oils on board.

Mountain Art Center

My friend Lisa teaches art to kids at the Mountain Art Center here in Ben Lomond. I Stopped in today and took a few pictures of the kids creating. Lisa comes up with some really fun projects to get young minds creating.

Illustration Friday Topic-Vocal

This seemed an appropriate image for the topic Vocal. This is oils on illustration board. Everyone knows how vocal little lungs can be. (Especially this babe's big sister)