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Finally I’m back to show you the finished piece I’ve been continually mentioning. Here she is: Margot!

AND of course, her flying squirrel.

I painted the original in acrylic and found a vintage frame in my stash that I thought was suiting.

An 8×10 print of Margot and the Flying Squirrel, along with My Own Little [...]

I’ve been so terribly busy addressing things around the house and getting stuff ready to vend every Thursday night during the Twilight Concert as well as preparing for Craft Lake City (which is tomorrow!), and not to mention poking at ideas for two new paintings that need to go out in a couple of weeks [...]

I added a new print to my shop last night: “In thought”.

A little fellow deep in thought with his companion from down under, quietly and patiently awaiting the revolutionary conclusion.

(click for a larger view)

The original piece was drawn with graphite on paper that I tore by hand for the deckle edge. Before drawing [...]

It’s been on my mind to dip my toes into the big, deep blue world of screen printing for some time, but last night I just cannonballed right in.

Within about 24 hours total time I had everything I needed to print, a design drawn and screen made, ink and paper picked out, and a MacGyvered [...]

When I first started school again many concerns raced through my thoughts. Could I afford this? Was my son ok with a sitter in the evenings while I attended? I knew I needed a good job and to be in a better place, but is this really something I should be doing?

During one of my [...]

Perhaps you remember the photo of my *sketch* that I posted to my journal back in January. It was a tiny snippet of a girl named Ember, and the idea of this piece came to me long before even that.

I was hoping to have this painting finished for the start of February and tie it [...]