Seasonal Cheer

Whenever I see that someone has rolled snow around into giant snowballs and made a snowman it always makes me smile. I hope my illustration puts some cheer in your holiday!

Hooray for Holiday!

Let the festivities continue! Warm gold creates an elegant yet woodsy feel in this illustration I created for TriFecTa, a floral, events and gift shop's holiday event. Isn't it nice to imbibe and nibble while shopping?

The Holiday Season Begins

It's December 1st, so for me the gift-giving season has begun. Here is the front of a large postcard with my illustration inviting people to a holiday event at a wonderful locally owned retail store New Orientation. They are celebrating 25 years and I am grateful to have been working with them for that long! Wow!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is a wacky holiday that brings out everone's creative side. I love seeing all of the costumed characters that come to our house for treats. I also look forward to carving jack 'o lanterns and smelling that familiar pumpkin scent. This is an illustration I did a few years ago for the Utah Symphony's annual Halloween concert for kids.

Chamber Concert Illustration

This is a recent illustration I did for the Community Concerts at Second season brochure. They perform free chamber music concerts in Baltimore, Maryland showcasing local, national and international artists. Classical music is such an inspiration to me! It was great working with B Creative Group on this project for the second year in a row.

Portrait Commission

This is my gouache painting that is currently on display in the Salt Lake Art Center’s “Not Just Another Pretty Face” exhibition. It’s a new program at the Art Center in which patrons in the community commissioned Utah artists to create works that were unveiled at the Art Center’s annual benefit gala on June 6 and will continue to be on display until July 4, 2009. The program began last winter at a series of nine salon gatherings in private homes where a diverse group of people were introduced to a sampling of work by the 65 participating artists. Many of the artists were then commissioned to create art ranging from portraits and landscapes, to abstract paintings. The culmination is an exhibition of 25 works by 19 artists, commissioned by 18 patrons and representing some of the best contemporary art being created in Utah today. I am proud to have my painting included in the exhibition. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and had a a great time getting to know my patron and portraying her children. I hope to do many other commissions!

Farmers Market

Do you love to go to the local farmers market as much as I do? I was so happy to create the above illustration and design the poster and promotional materials for the Downtown Farmers Market here in Salt Lake City. They kicked off the season with a fundraising opening party Monday night at a local brew pub. The food was a delicious array of local artisanal purveyors--cheeses, meats, breads, greens and more. A big hit was a local distillers sampling of their oat-based vodka and rye whiskey. The market opens this Saturday. We may have to take an umbrella, but hopefully these last two weeks of rain will bring an abundant harvest!