Looking at Color

Sometimes doing a limited color palette can be challenging using more sophisticated colors. However doing this exercise helps keep watercolors current. These are inspired with the colors of May and Mother's Day.

Spring Flowers Fill my Page

These inspired flowers ended up on dishes, mugs, coasters and blankets at retail for 

Carlton product lines. 

Tea Cup Study

Tea cups are so universal.  

They are feel good symbols 

of quiet times, 

good company, 

savoring moments, 

and in my case, 

Mom.

...and this little bird wants to join the party.

Watercolor Sketch Book

This is my first blog. I have be

wanting to start one for awhile and

finally I have taken the plunge.

I am an illustrator and I love to

do quick little water color studies.

I get inspired by nature and

my sketch book gets filled with

many of these studies.

Here on this blog I thought to share

some of my work with you.

I work in the social expression industry and illustrate greeting cards. Here were some quick studies when thinking of Mother's Day product.

I started to get inspired to paint birds. Birds always seem to add a special something. I find that I paint them a lot.