Memorial Day

With humble gratitude to those who serve and sacrifice for justice, freedom and peace.

Snake on a Cake for IF-- Slither

Whasssssssup?

Illustration Friday-- Slither

When Grayson was a baby, I painted his name on a toy box.  When Asher was a baby, I bought a toy box, with every intention of painting his name on it.

Asher just turned nine.

Poor Ash.

Illustration Friday-- Early

Oh, wait... it's before noon... is it really too early?

(Apparently not!  A bit of research reveals that "the sun is over the yardarm" at 11:00am!)

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

I had an interesting little job recently.  A client of my husband's asked me to illustrate her wedding guests as party favors.  (Lucky for me, it was a relatively small wedding-- only 40!)

The directions were pretty minimal, such as, "so-and-so has black hair and is very elegant, so-and-so is a triathlete with a prosthetic leg".  Well, I agonized (because I always do) but in the end the bride loved them!  I hope the guests liked them-- I'll never really know if any of them resembled anyone, since the wedding was in Texas.

I think the wedding was today.  I wonder how many of these will be on the floor of the car tomorrow! :)

Out of all of them, this one was my favorite, she wanted a portrait of her wedding dress.

Illustration Friday-- Equipment

There's no shortage of equipment in our house-- but why does it always end up on the couch?!

Happy Mother's Day!

I love you a bushel and a peck,

A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck,

A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap,

A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep,

About you, about you...

(From the musical Guys and Dolls, but most importantly, from my memory of what my mother used to sing...)

Illustration Friday-- Fearless