Grandma jeanette birthday

Color pencil, stickers, nail polish on Ellie Pooh paper

Father's day

This is a memory from our family trip to the redwood forests in Northern California.

Colored pencil, sharpie pen.

Mother's day cards 2014

A set of cards I made for my Grandma Jeannette and mom.

The kitchen card was inspired by the stickers. On recycled Elliepooh paper, pen , colored pencil

The sunrise/sunset card was inspired by the illustration of bird on hot air balloon. The lettering was initially cloud-like. Then I added glitter glue for fun.

Christmas 2013

Card for Grandma Jeanette. Collage; felt, paper, stickers

Ominous clouds above stata

The lights off the clouds will make an excellent exercise in chiaroscuro. Need to pick up the brush again.

Happy independence day!

Visited the renovated Isabella Stewart Gardner museum. Not so inspired by furniture but found an unusual portrait and awesome crown.

Samurai armor

Over memorial day weekend, I went with Steve to see the Samurai! Exhibit at the MFA. I was blow away by the craftsmanship, artistry, and decoration. Only had 2 hours in the exhibit and these are my sketches.

These are all pen and marker drawings.

Horse Armour

I saw the Horse face armor and thought "Mushoo! from Disney's Mulan"

Shell shaped helmet, side view,
(sorry, don't know how to rotate image in blogger)

another helmet shaped like a daemon

Elisa's Birthday feb 2013

I made this the same afternoon as the camel daydream card in the previous post. I had gotten a free sheet of love/ Valentine's themed stickers from Urban Outfitters. I liked their whimsy and incorporated them into this card.

Sadly, Boston doesn't have memorable architecture like SF. I mean I guess I could pick out the night skyline if there was the Citgo sign.

Watercolor pencil, stickers, pen

Not valentine

Inspired by a travel photo of my friend Maria and the winter storm Nemo

Watercolor pencils, sticker, pen

Second snowfall

It had been relatively warm all this past week. Most of the snow had melted off so I had planned to bike to work this morning. No luck. Its snowing again!

Xmas 2012

Crayola color pencil and markers

so a quick consolidation of my three posts from my first failed blog.  I made these cards for my Grandmother Jeanette for various occasions. I've been making cards for as long as I could hold a crayon in my hand and she has kept all of them (!)

Her Birthday 2011

Christmas 2011

her Birthday 2012

Artisit's Statement

I often see artists statements in Gallery shows or websites. I don't have one yet. but my goal is to have a online depository of my creative work. I hope that by sharing it with you, the community on the internet, I will be committed and motivated to express my heart in the visual medium.