Gift Labels

Over the past few days, I've been having fun making custom gift labels for birthdays. Here are a few:


Birthday Boy


Birthday Girl


21st Birthday (Rum Label)

Bridal Shower Illustrations

My latest illustration project was for my friend's bridal shower. I illustrated invitations, thank you cards, donation tags, and recipe cards, and it was a lot of fun.


Invitations with yellow tulips, a prominent flower in the wedding.


Recipe cards for guests to fill out for the bride, featuring the bride's dog Merlin.

Hygienic Art Show

Here are some photos of the finished painting, The Big E: Sheep, hanging at the Hygienic Art gallery until February 14. (Next to it is Pete's painting of Kerouac.)

Hygienic Art XXX: Salon des Independants

I dropped off my painting to the Hygienic this morning for the show, Hygienic Art XXX: Salon des Independants. In its thirtieth year, the long-running annual exhibition embodies the following principles: One Piece Per Artist, No Judge, No Jury, No Fees, No Censorship.

For my piece, I painted two sheep I had photographed at the Big E. Here's a photo of the painting in progress. I had finished it up late last night. I'll take a photo of the finished painting at the show tonight.



The show opens tonight at 8pm. [Show info]

Animal Fact Guide Recognized by the American Library Association

The American Library Association has selected Animal Fact Guide, the educational wildlife site I created, to be included in their Internet guide of Great Web Sites for Kids.

Websites selected for the honor must meet several standards put forth by a committee of children's librarians.

They must show commendable quality and encourage young people's interests.

According to Karen Lemmons, co-chair of the Great Web Sites for Kids committee, "Great Web Sites for Kids are those considered the best web sites for ages birth to 14, outstanding in both content and conception."

Animal Fact Guide will be posted to the ALA's Great Web Sites for Kids site in December or January.

Monkey Christmas Ornaments

I decided to venture away from my normal 2-dimensional artwork for a little bit to create some fun monkey Christmas ornaments. Before cutting this little guy out of felt and stitching him up, I first created a pattern in Illustrator.

Turkey Trot T-Shirts

Here is a t-shirt design for turkey trots (running races that take place on Thanksgiving Day) that I created in Illustrator.




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