CONTEST WINNER!!!

I had such plans! I was going to take pics of the hat with all the names in of peeps that commented on my last post - then i was going to take pics of my daughter reaching in and grabbing the lucky winners name - and then take a pic of said winner's name! But i turn on my camera and this is what i see "Battery Exhausted" - and do you think i can find the battery charger?! Of course not because that would take EFFORT - which i do not have right now because i'm SICK. And DraMATic. (hate being sick)...

anywayz, i took a scan of the winners name instead:

and it is.........

LaRusc Studio!!!
email me your address for all your loot!

Thank you to everyone that posted - i'm so glad someone's reading this blog and hopefully enjoying it a little bit.. If you didn't win this time, I'll be sure to have another giveaway hopefully before the holidays just for fun - thanks so much again for reading my wee little blog and for helping me celebrate it's four-year annivesary!! xoxox

Happy Blogi-versary to MEEEEEEEEE!

Well, here we are...four years! of posting art and sometimes silly stuff...i want to thank you for coming in here and reading about that stuff...and here's some free stuff FOR YOU! (ps. i wasn't an English major!)

Please leave a comment, and next Friday Aug 27 I'll put all the commenter names in a hat, pull one out and VOILA! free stuff for you!

Here's what you'll get:

One signed poster for the Humane Society of Berks County annual Walkathon that shows Sebastian, Spike and Tallulah - Spike's friends in fitness...

One wooden box with a printed portion of my painting "Angel" on the lid

One hangable wraparound 4 x 4" canvas with a laminated print of my painting called "Peacock Tree"

One hangable 2.5 x 4" wooden block with a laminated print of my painting "Deepest Loss" (one of my faves!)

and probably a few other stuff...

So, please comment and it would be cool if you told a few friends about my blog too!
xo Love, Me

Coming up for Nom-Noms!

Artist Matt Sullivan asked a bunch of other artists to create work for a just-for-fun project based on this theme: "The Thing that Ate Stuff"... he's going to try to get enough to make it into a comic book. I like themes that force me to come out of my comfort zone and this one did for sure!

On another note: My blogi-versary is in TWO DAYS! Four years baby! Stay tuned for prizes and festivals and all that cool stuff! oh yeah, and parades! we'll have parades too! xoxox

Furry Fridays this Friday the 13th! (cue spooky music)

I'm going to be showing some new Spike and Tilly art this Friday at the Humane Society for Berks County so if you're in the area, please stop by - a percentage of sales is donated to this great place! here are some pics...

Illustration Friday word is "Artificial"

The IF word is artificial but i call this "Coppelia" after the ballet of the same name.

The ballet Coppelia was written tongue-in-cheek about a crazy man that made a doll so life-like that the town heartthrob fell inlove with her and wanted to marry her. Naturally this made the crazy man even crazier and trouble ensued. This story always creeped me out, which of course made me obsessed with it.

Note: My blog's fourth year, or is it fifth year anniversary is coming up...can someone please explain to me...if it started in Aug 2006, am i celebrating the year coming up or how many years it's been alive, and...wouldn't that just mean it's my blog's 5th birthday instead of anniversary? Am i going a little crazy from this? Maybe i should make a doll and see where that goes...Anywayz, i'll be having a prizes and stuff so keep checking back if you can!

Bloggy Anniversary!!

Well, this is just a quick blurb to mention that my Blog's 4th year anniversary is coming up in 23 days!! FOUR YEARS!! (had to count on my fingers from Aug, 2006 to now just to make sure of that) wow, i'm so proud!...So anyway, there will be prizes and stuff...haven't decided what yet but it will be cool. promise.

meanwhile, here's a cat i want - could you get me this for my bloggy anniversary? i would love you forev...

Spike and Friends - Art for the Humane Society Walkathon

Painting's called: "We're Walking, Are you?"
I'm the artist for this August's Furry Friday (August 13) which kicks off the Walk for the Animals fundraiser. This and many other Spike related work will be there for sale - The piece showing here will be the art that advertises for the Humane Society of Berks County's walkathon and fundraiser. I hope you can come out and see me that night - here's a link to it:
Walk for the animals
and a link to Humane Society events

Pregnant Cherry Blossom Girl Illustration

sigh...i love painting just because i want to...and this is what happens when i (as Spongebob says) just "use my imagi-NAAAAAA- tion"! Probably just feeling a little nostalgic for that pregnant gorgeousness i remember (so long ago - 13 years!!). Anyway, this happened and i'm pleased with how wistful she looks...a little anxious, and a little excited about what's to come...

she's available here - just click on etsy

Ripplesketches - Donate to help the poor animals of the Gulf Coast

NOTE: If you bought this, I apologize for not getting it to you - I haven't gotten an address yet from the Ripple blog! Hopefully they send it to me soon!!



My daughter Gwyneth and I did some drawings for Ripplesketches, a blog set up by Kelly Light to help the poor animals that are being decimated by the BP Oil Spill. Please help these poor animals...i will throw in some freebies as well

Ripplesketches: Each sketchcard on this blog is $10.00. The $10.00 is a donation to help the animal victims of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill. Every penny is donated. The two Non-Profits that are benefitting are The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and The International Bird Rescue Research Center. You can purchase a card if you donate directly to one of the non-profits and email me the confirmation and your address to ripplesketches@verizon.net. The artist will mail you the signed card.

http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/2010/06/like-mother-like-daughter.html

The Time has Come!!! YAY!!

Well, after almost a year and a half, i have compiled the illustrations and written the text for my Oracle Deck and Coloring Book and...yes, right there in that little package are the cd's full of all that stuff...

Obviously it is far from done - the editing process now begins...but...can you believe it?!! I'm DONE!!! Yay, very excited! We'll keep you posted on the next steps...

Here's a potential example of one of the cards - (Not sure if it will end up looking like this though...we'll see)