Rolling Up My Sleeves Painting Some Backgrounds

I have recently been playing around with adding more textured backgrounds to my illustrations. So I spent a day just creating some backgrounds the old fashion way. I used the covers of old books as the canvas and adding some paint and paper to create texture. It felt really good to roll up my sleeves [...]

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The Fruits of My Labors

When I got a request asking for fruit artwork by noon tomorrow. My response was let me see what I can pull together. When in fact, I didn’t have any fruit artwork, but I do now. Here are a few of the designs I was able to whip up in one night. Of course, if [...]

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All Wrapped Up

Some new holiday gift wrap designs  that I recently did for  Earth Balance Bag Company are now available  for  wholesale orders on their site.

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Environmental Designs for Old Navy

Check out my environmental designs at a newly remodeled Old Navy near you.

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Christy Hess’s thoughts on Surtex 2010

Christy Hess’s thoughts on Surtex 2010 http://christinahess.blogspot.com/2010/06/surtex-2010.html

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Inspiring Positivity -My Art Licensing Story

On the last day of the Surtex Show Artist Tara Reed came by with her camera in hand and persuading me to do a video for her art licensing stories series. It was  great to finally meet Tara in person, after knowing her for a few years in the online virtual community, and I was [...]

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My Surtex Experience- 1st Time Exhibiting

I can’t tell you how glad I was to see that my palette of artwork and supplies made it to the Javtis Center safe and sound. It was there waiting for me when I arrived to set up on the Friday before the show. I had done a ton of preparation but still was a [...]

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Surtex Press!!!

Check it out!! I have a write up in Total Art Licensing page 26 (and my ad on pg 64)!!!!! http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4cfe6a67#/4cfe6a67/27 And mentioned on Print & Pattern (right next to my boothmate no less!!): http://printpattern.blogspot.com/2010/05/surtex-nss-2010-also-look-out-for.html

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All Packed Up & Ready to GO!!

I’m all packed up and ready to go!!!  For the last 6 months I’ve been intensely prepping for Surtex and I’m shipping everything off tomorrow!!  This will be my first time exhibiting. It’s been a lot of work and has taken some very long night and uninterrupted weekends to get everything together. But it feels [...]

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Postcard Branding

Here is the design of the postcard I sent out letting folks know I’ll be exhibiting at Surtex front back

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