Psssst.... Lately I've been thinking a lot about 'being nice'. Last weekend I had the chance to go to an anniversary memorial s...

Last night I painted this Okra. Than I put it in a stew (the vegetable, not the painting). I know. I know. I am so legit domestic...

I jumped and jogged along the Chicago Waterfront's freak 70 degree magnificent mile this week. I stayed at the Chicago Essex where I swa...

In which I sketch out of doors without a coat.  

of plants from my homeland. mostly from memory, but some from a blury picture I found in a shoebox last week. There are more, but ...

When I was 22 I fell in love for the first time. I couldn't believe the magic that I felt was everywhere around me. When I tried to expl...

So Thankful. So Thankful for Friends who sacrifice their Saturdays to cut and mount and glue and hammer. So Thankful for family who fly acro...

I don't know about you...but THIS bunny feels jipped. Hopefully we'll get some sun and tulips soon. Hopefully I won't be sweater...

Ring in the New! This morning I arrived moody and upset at the airport after spending a hellish red-eye flight next to Neanderthal man and h...

Hehe. Sometimes I crack me up. You can see the progress on this little journey here and don't here . Voila!

A quick concept swatch.

An ex-boyfriend once diagnosed me as suffering from "movie-life". If it could happen to Julia Roberts it can happen to me. I was...

There's always something new! Time for a little PbIdMo deviation. Check out this mischevious watercolor over at Watercolor Wednesdays w...

I lifted this banner from Tara Lazar's über i nformative blog. As I'm sure most of you know, November is National Novel Writing Mo...

This illustration is both fact and fiction. Fact: On any day in Autumn you can sit in a New York City Park and sketch kids who are despera...

Frank always was abnormally tall for his age. See this illustration in carefully restored to its original full color at Watercolor Wednesd...

Yesterday I decided there was no way I was going to tough out Illustration Friday this week. Germs are so not my thing. I closed my laptop...

You know that book, ' If you give a Pig a Pancake '? --far superior to ' If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ' -- To your right you...

See? Just like that: Veggie Medley! I'm going to continue this with other veggies and fruits - can you imagine berries and blossoms? I ...