I had all of this sketched out and began painting it for my demo at the First Friday festival. I had my little board, watercolor paint, water, palette, a few brushes..all I need, right?
Almost. It’s amazing how much I’ve become dependent on my dryer. I use a dryer a lot now because it improved [...]

“Inc” » watercolor & ink » 8×10 framed
I make lots of mistakes. Sometimes, when I’m painting, like the other day. I was working on this piece and listening to music.

But my mind must have been consumed by something else because it wasn’t paying attention when my hand picked up the ink bottle and tilted it [...]

All this new bad-ass awesomeness and more can be seen at my booth at a new fair this weekend near the GCAC, 114 E. Main St, Galesburg, IL. New necklaces, earrings, magnets, and prints.
Saturday, April 25 • Laughing Corn Art Walk • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Downtown Galesburg
And this is what it looks [...]

5″x7″
watercolor & ink
A pile of pigeons, looking a little confused. What’s with this open field? Where’s the city? Old habits tend to linger.
You can see this step by step here.

I went from wanting to update everyday to developing a slight fear of updating the blog altogether. I mean, if I’m quiet for a week, I better have something good to show. Then another week goes by. And another. And here I am with almost nothing. The combination of the holidays, my job, and the [...]

Forgot about this. Just a pisces drawing that’s not finished. John and I are so different but we’re this same zodiac sign.

Tree dude is slowly getting closer to being complete.

New stickers, bags, and business cards. Bag labels and owl stickers were printed at home. Rounded corners are always my thing but not when it comes [...]

I drew this with a ballpoint pen in 2004 while I was at work as a waitress at one of the restaurants. It very fitting right now, if you get what I mean. At the time, I wanted to be doing what I’m doing now and I knew it would be hard. Here I [...]

1. External drive failure. Thankfully, a false alarm (system restore to a week ago fixed the problem), but that’s what it took to kick me in the ass and update the backups of my high resolution illustrations and photos. Backup everything!
2. Guitar Hero Aerosmith. A must-have for an Aerosmith fan (me). Besides this game being [...]