Jack and the Beanstalk

So I've been working on scenery and such for a production of Jack and the Beanstalk (by the New Acting Company - the show opens this week!)...it's exhausting work, but fun.  Never a dull moment in theatre.  Here is an ad I made for TimeOut New York.  Also a promo piece I did which was not for the show, but influenced by it.  I do love fairy tales.

Spring

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.  ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

sketch for a new painting

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.

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.