Cheers to 2012

The Holidays are Blossoming

The holidays are in full bloom at TriFecTa, a wonderful shop where they create beautiful floral arrangements and have lots of unique and stylish gifts. Above is the illustration I created for their annual Holiday Open House starting with festivities tonight and throughout the weekend. They wanted to feature their cozy space and their charming "shop dog" Sam and I was happy to oblige. Let the Holiday Season begin!

Celebrating Cook the Part

Author Karin Eastham, Traci O'Very Covey (me), and photographer Cari Lightfoot Pike

I went to San Diego to celebrate at the Launch Party for "Cook the Part" this past weekend. Author Karin Eastham and her husband Gary, put on a fabulous party including delicious food made from recipes right out of their cookbook. It was so nice to see photographer Cari Lightfoot Pike again and other new friends. It was a festive event in a beautiful setting filled with great food, and great people having a great time. You can see more party photos here and read a nice article written about the event. A successful conclusion to a wonderful project is just the beginning -- you can purchase the book here (and please tell them Traci sent you). Cheers!

Books for all of the guests

Hey, Stella!

Recently I was researching some images of Frank Stella's paintings to show my students in the Fundamentals of Design class I am teaching this quarter. His work is inspiring to me and I thought I would pay him homage as part of my geometric tea cup series. His work is large and measures by the foot, my image above is small and measured in inches. We both love color.

"Stella Homage - Tea with Lemon", digital illustration

Launching Cook the Part

I am off to celebrate in San Diego this weekend at the Launch Party for the cookbook "Cook the Part." It is the cookbook that I designed and illustrated these past months for author Karin Eastham. Above is the illustration for the chapter called "Comfort Food." I'll post party photos when I return next week!

Collection for Utah Opera

The Utah Opera asked me to create some new products to sell in their boutique using the watercolor illustrations I painted to promote their opera productions. I am excited about how they look and grabbed a snapshot of them on my studio table to show you. These are the first of the items offered in the "Traci O'Very Covey Collection for Utah Opera": a canvas tote with navy blue strap handles, a variety of small and large booklet journals, two small covered note tablets, and a set of four coasters. They are also selling fine art quality prints that I have signed. I'm not sure if these items are available for purchase online yet, but be sure to look for them next time you go to the opera. 

Tuesday Tea Time

I have been teaching at the Art Institute of Salt Lake City recently. Last quarter I taught Color Theory and thoroughly enjoyed it. And, I got to know a good group of students in the process. Color is definitely a passion of mine so teaching about the various aspects of color, it's impact and influence, and each of the useful color harmonies was a pleasure. Hence the inspiration for today's color wheel cup with it's gray scale "steam."
 "Color Wheel Cup", digital illustration