Water Babies

I had a great opportunity for a custom drawing this month. Heather's sister Hilary and her husband Jesse have a sweet little girl named Cori. Her first birthday was this week. Hilary and Jesse have been living in South Korea for 2 years, as Jesse was stationed there with the U.S. Army. They got a new assignment and are now living in Louisiana... and luckily, we got to see them as they passed through town.

Hilary contacted us about 2 weeks before they flew back to the States with an awesome idea for Cori's birthday present. She wanted an 11x14" drawing of the four cousins in the family: Lakin (9 years old), Addah (7½ years old), Cori (1 year old) and little Abby (3 months old), as mermaids in the deep blue sea. I loved it... and had a blast working on it!

I used the older girls' favorite colors: purple and blue for Lakin and pink and orange for Addah. For the little ones, I has noticed that Abby's hair and features really stood out in the pink coral romper she had on, and likewise, Cori was beautiful in her little green dress. I was really able to capture the four girls' personalities in this drawing and I am very happy with it. Hilary and Jesse were ecstatic and couldn't wait to frame the piece for Cori's new bedroom!

Surrounded by Swirls

I've been working on these pieces for a few days now and having a lot of fun with them. Each one is an original ACEO art card and be reproduced as a 5x7" print, which would be lovely hanging in a foyer, kitchen, child's bedroom or even a bright and fun bathroom.

There are four prints in this "Swirls" series: a tangerine seahorse, a ruby red octopus, a deep green loggerhead sea turtle and a cheery striped clownfish. They swim through ripples and waves of the deep blue ocean, amidst anemones and sea grass.