peekaboo

I was thrilled to find out that one of my card designs for Smudge Ink is being highlighted in Stationery Trends Magazine's upcoming issue.  

A new wind

Here in New England, a new kind of air has taken over and it is cool and windy.  I've been thinking in yellows and oranges and prunes in anticipation of the new season.  

I'm busy as a bee lately with a poster design, a book design and a round of promotional mailings...all of which I hope to share soon.  Happy apple picking!

Home

I'm very excited to have finished the third installment in my summer in the city series.  This is a portrait of my own home, where our bikes live under a painting that my great grandfather did in the 1940's.  

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flora

Some doodles from my little porch garden. 

City Garden

The past few weeks I have been squeezing in little vacations here and there in between the normal work work work.  I've been camping at Lake Sebago, body surfing at Scarborough beach and swimming in Province Lake.

I just finished printing this piece, one more in my series of city in the summer.

I just love it when the colors don't quite register together and you can see the different parts of an image revealing themselves.

Happy gardening in these dog days :)

Bikes

It's summer and bikes are everywhere!

Happy riding :)

a step back in time

Lucky me made a getaway out of the city and up to Maine this past weekend.  Every turn was like visiting a different time in history.  Before heading to a cabin in the woods, we stayed in Portland for a night in an old old inn by the railroad tracks with a tiny sink right next to a twin bed, visited the studio of a friend who is a luthier, and found many treasures tucked away in the second hand shops....

including this lithograph of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands by Paul Berthon.  This was quite a little splurge, but I just couldn't leave this behind.  I've always adored the art nouveau style and so to find an original lithograph from 1901 was a real treat.  Just look at that bonnet and tulips!