The Red Columbine

Another birthday card from last year...I just love columbines and wanted to share this.

This year I get to do more flowers and also Rune stones for Birthday Cards!

Chalking Big!

Well, pastel on paper actually. This piece is for our school and is almost 3 x 4 feet. As it is not a chalkboard but is on paper, I had no surface big enough to work on it aside from my window. So there it hung for a good 2 weeks while I worked on it.



This is our creative approach to celebrating the donations received in our Annual Giving Campaign. It represents the 4 seasons. In addition to adding some specially created leaves, snowflakes, flowers and fruits to indicate the achievement of smaller goals (based on when the donations are received), the "empty" rainbow will be filled in as we work towards the goal of a down payment for a Early Childhood Programs Building.

Chalk on the Fringe...

"Jimmy" is about to take off with the Vancouver Fringe Festival...

Chalking it over...

Due to a less than satisfactory coca-cola "glaze" I used on a recent chalkboarding gig (long story, not so happy ending), I chose to redo the board entirely.

So, before:

and after...

I am much happier now...seeing as I go into this local cafe regularly and was constantly reminded of the "glaring error". Perhaps the difference is hard to see, but I will give you a hint - it isn't the writing, but the black chalkboard itself which is now more even.

Chalk it up!

Literally! I alternately stood and knelt on a barstool-high booth to chalk up this drink menu which hangs on the wall of a local restaurant. 6 hours later...
Sorry, about the colour on this first close up.

Chalking Sense...

How could I pass up the opportunity to do menus for the incredible, organic Aphrodite's Cafe and Pie Shop on West 4th in Vancouver? The smells alone while I was in there were inspiring!

My Funny Valentines

Little Valentine's creations I made for my beloved colleagues...

The birthday season...

December & January is my busiest birthday season with the class...it is usually this time of year I begin to regret whatever birthday celebration procedure I resolved to do at the beginning of the year.

But there you have it - me, challenging myself again and again. (People keep warning me about this recurring pattern in my life.)

The actual art involved is rarely the problem, I enjoy doing it so much. Below are two of the most recent cards:

Nasturtium

California Indian Pink