Saturday, March 27, 2010

Supernova


Another girl with sunglasses. This is my new favorite. It is watercolor on clayboard (aquabord) by Ampersand.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Girls in Sunglasses

I did a series of girls in sunglasses this past year. They were done on Aquabord which is a textured clayboard.
The effect is similar to a fresco.

Summer Shades


Shaded Beauty


Through Rose Colored Glasses

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Steel Pan Player


This musician was at the ferry terminal in Vancouver. The painting was done as a pour- I did layers of resist/masking fluid to save the white of the paper or the color I want then I pour liquid watercolor across the paper. Then the hands and face were painted.
He now uses the image for his business card.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Fairy Garden

This is a painting that I did for a product package. It is a fairy shadow that can be staked in your garden. The website is http://www.oldevictoriangardenshadows.com/.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Winter Alphabet

B is for Boots


C is for Coat


I is for Ice Skates


K is for Kettle


T is for Toboggan


These images were done for a toy company but the project is on hold at the moment.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Attic Room

This painting was published in Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes from the Splash: The Best of Watercolor Series.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Cowgirl

This is a more recent illustration done in the past year. A modern cowgirl. Watercolor on paper.

The Fox

I love this guy! I would love to do a whole series of illustrations based on him.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Snow Dreaming

I took an illustration course at the New Hampshire Institute of Art before we moved to Victoria. In that course, I had to create several illustrations based on different stories. For this painting, I used my daughter as my model. She has darker hair but chose to make her blond for the illustration. I often take it to my shows and most people seem to recognize my daughter in the painting. It is my modern matchstick girl.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Passion For Poinsettias


A company in LA saw my last image of the dinosaur and hired me to do a painting for their Christmas card. This is the finished product.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Look What Followed Me Home


I have always loved dinosaurs and at one time wanted to do scientific illustration of dinosaurs. Would still love to paint more of them.

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Bubblemaker

I decided to start my illustration blog off with this painting because it was one of my first watercolours. It is of my son and was done about 7 years ago.