Is there such a thing as ‘summer fever’?

Summer Fever

Summer Fever   It has been fun experiment with some new ways of illustrating. I typically do all of my work by hand and then use the Adobe products to make them print-ready. In this series, I have enjoyed using Illustrator to add color to those hand-drawn sketches. They still have that same whimsical hand-drawn look, [...]

SURTEX Countdown!

Attitude Adjustment

Busy getting ready to exhibit at SURTEX on May 20-22 in New York. Look for me in booth 554.

Project Art Aid Mosaic unveiling

Project Art Aid One-Heart-Mosaic

My painting is in the middle at the bottom…..         Project Art Aid is celebrating the the permanent installation of the “One-Heart” Mosaic, created in 2011 by Project Art Aid artists in support of the American Cancer Society and their “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Campaign.  Presbyterian Cancer Center will host the unveiling [...]

Project Art Aid Goes Pink

This weekend is the Project Art Aid Goes Pink  ‘unveiling’  at the Wells Fargo Atrium in Charlotte. I contributed an small painting  done in pinks.  All proceeds will benefit the Charlotte Chapter of the American Cancer Society. The exhibition will include a silent auction and a mosaic made of 100 6″ x 6″ canvases assembled in a heart [...]

Does Your Calendar Reflect Your Passion?

Pig Party

  Max Lucado, in his book Cure for the Common Life quotes Mark 6:31. ”Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.  Lucado tells us:  Jesus practiced crowd control more than once. People brought Jesus more than sick bodies and seeking souls. They brought him agendas. Itineraries. Unsolicitated advice. The herd of [...]

Hot-lanta was NOT!

snowman

It was icy and cold in Atlanta for the Americasmart Gift Show! We displayed our new designs at our booth in the License & Design section. Despite the chilly weather, the place was hopping and people were buying. We were pleased with many promising meetings with manufacturers and are busily following up with these new contacts. We talked [...]

Skipping Thanksgiving

Christmas Champagne

Today we took down our Halloween decorations. Today I heard my first Christmas song on the radio. We just skipped right over Thanksgiving. Of course, we don’t really want to miss that wonderful day of blessings, family and roasted turkey hot from the oven. However, the retail industry doesn’t have a big reason to focus on it. [...]

Creativity….

My Creative Tools

Live creatively friends…make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given and sink yourself into that. Don’t compare yourself to others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. Galations 6:1, 4-5 The Message I found this verse in Debbie [...]

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