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Dark brown sepia - quick study of pheasants while visiting a game preserve

This "mountain" is also a lady of threads, she puts threads on all the beings that she creates!

"Moon Kitty" is available for print purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/yxhcw2ku

I have quite a bit of traveling planned this Summer...from NYC to Copenhagen to Venice to Berlin and a few more spots. Very much looking forward to all the different colors, cities, and cultures in the coming weeks.

This painting was derived from a collage of my own photos. The location is just south of Wawa Ontario Canada

Ice Dream. There’s some strange references going on in this one. If I don’t explain it won’t come together. Back in my day the Europe 72 3 record Dead live album had a crazy kid on the back cover smashing a cone on his head. Later an ice cream truck company called Weaser ripped off that art and would visit my mid Jersey neighborhood daily. Google it if you care. Flash forward to 2019. The ice cream truck that hits my neighborhood EVERY DAYS has a loud obnoxious song and no Greatful Dead connections. It drives me out of my mind so here is the result. I always try to turn my pain into gain. What a long strange explanation it’s been.

Pencil sketches of animal photos online for practice.

free hand floral , both real and imagined

Painting done on a 24" x 36" canvas with Arteza and Master's Touch acrylic paint

A recent piece that was commissioned from me for a mother's day gift. Loved creating this colorful goldfinch and sunflower

Part of a series I've been creating of colorful insects, plants, birds, and animals.

I have never loved drawing anything city related because I am lazy when it comes to perspective. However, I have learned that I actually like the wobbly nature of my more recent attempts. Or, I simply embraced my laziness. Either way it has been fun!

I realized she needed a better background! Let me know what you think!

Music can be very healing. This is Toots Thielemans, one of the paintings from my Healing Journey exhibition.

Inky Lotus: Ink and watercolour

Watercolor of a bunch of grapes after a botanical sketch by the artist Troncy. This painting was made with gouache on cardboard 400 gr / m² with a height of 32 cm and a width of 24 cm.

Old book pages with doodling

Ink on paper.

This was a bird study for a painting. The customer loved it so much that they wanted the drawing instead. That suits me fine. In the end it is what the customer wants that really counts.

I don't just draw animal portraits! Although it seems tat way at the moment! I did one and it kind of snowballed!!! This one is part of a series of illustrations that tell the story of Hansel & Gretel.