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Let sleeping dogs lie….

The one thing about having the studio just a hope, skip and a jump from the house is I get to have the animals hang out with me all day. We live 15 minutes from the city so I am not really around a lot of people while painting but Moke, Sancho, Danny and Arnold … Continue reading

Add faces? no problem, right?…grrrrr

One of the companies that licenses my art requested paintings that had faces on the Hanging Loose series. Someone asked me if that bothered me to change my style and the answer is nope! If anything it was a nice challenge cause lets face it, it is so much easier not to put one in. … Continue reading

Humbled with a Kleenex

Today I met one of my fans of my art, her and her friend came out to the studio to see what was new and to do a little shopping. After we talked for a couple of minutes, she handed me a photo of her family.  Now this wasn’t just an ordinary family photo, it … Continue reading

Inspiration

Last Friday my husband and I were sitting having a morning coffee complaining that we would like to get away even for just a few days. The next thing I know, we were all packed up and heading for the mountains for a weekend of skiing at Lake Louise. Nothing like last minute! We both … Continue reading

Is Imitation a Form of Flattery?

In the spring of 2005, I started painting The Girls art and if you read my bio on the website, I tell the story of how the idea was born. Blossoming Bosoms was the first real painting in the series and I had a dozen ready for a fall show.  I decided to launch them … Continue reading

Lemonade Labels

Back in June, 2011 I signed a licensing agreement with Surge Licensing out of New York. Mark Freedman took a little known comic book called Ninja Turtles and made it into a 4 billion dollar brand. What a pleasure it has been to work with him on my Princess and the Pea and The Hanging … Continue reading

Releasing Princess and the Pea: Japan Canvas Prints

I was so thrilled to finally release limited edition prints of Princess and the Pea; Japan this month. To see it come off the press was very satisfying. Reproductions that are dark, with lots of red, are quite hard to match. I think that when you put the original and the print side by side, … Continue reading