digital painting...Jasmine

This past year I spent some time in New Orleans.  I'd often sit on my balcony, enjoying the shade and watching horse drawn carriages roll by.  It was here I could smell the scent of jasmine; exotic and sweet, wafting through the trees.  Such a gorgeous scent.

I wondered what Jasmine would look like in human form...I did a pen and ink sketch, which was set aside and forgotten.

I found the sketch again, crumpled a bit and sandwiched between the pages of an old book. It seemed time to either throw it away or do something with it.  So I decided to turn it into a digital painting.

That's jasmine in her hair.

Little Red Riding Hood

Here it is, winter again.  Christmas on the way, and an early gift by way of my mother was a package of little black canvasses.  I've never painted on black canvas before, but it gives a wonderful gothic effect, so cool for fairy tales....
Little Red Riding Hood, acrylic on 4"x4" black canvas

thanks, mom : )

Happy Halloween!

Yes, it's nearly here - one of my favorite holidays.  This image was inspired by a vintage pinup photo that was given to me by a friend.  Here it is, sketch and finish.

Have a Happy Halloween. Eat lots of candy : )

A Customized Guitar Strap

As a gift for my nephew, I customized this guitar strap. Old school sharpie on leather.

Lulu Loves Lilac

Here's a cover idea for my children's book Lulu Loves Lilac.  I'm very excited about this project as, after years of illustrating other writer's work, I'm now illustrating my own.

The Owl and the Pussycat

A digital illustration for one of my favorite fun poems(which I know by heart);

"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a five pound note..."

mirror mirror on the wall...

My Snow White painting, revised and made into a postcard for the show.

Snow White

  I'm very excited to be working on a production of Snow White for the New Acting Company this year.  The director wanted an image for the poster - something gothic and kind of old school -  so I painted this, along with a few other designs for him to choose from.  It's not the exact image we'll be using (I'll post that one later),but this one is my favorite.