After a brief hiatus, my Etsy shop is open again! I have added back all the most popular custom items including all monograms. The Scrollwork Cats will be available for a short period of time (order quick!). As well as my E-Kits.
Welcome to the second installment of my monthly artistic updates. Topics: Visby the Dog’s Portrait and Creation Video, Saturn V Rocket Monogram, Luna Moth Tutorial, Exploring Paper Art Group, Patreon Launch, Downeast Magazine Feature, and Upcoming Projects.
As promised, here is my monthly update for April 2022. Topics: Watercolor Exploration, Luna Moth, Betta Fish, Matboard Plus, Logo Changes, Tyson the Redbone Coonhound, and Upcoming Projects.
This is my very first blog post of 2022! I would definitely have made one earlier, but as many of you know, I caught COVID in January and have been down and out for many weeks. I am beginning to feel better and am trying…
2021 was perhaps my best year ever as a hobby artist. I made some some beautiful things. Many of which I am filled with pride over. It is hard to say “Farewell, 2021!” for so many reasons. But tomorrow is a new year. When I…
I’ve been sitting on this project for at least two months now, and the anticipation has been killing me. I’m not good at keeping things a secret, whether we’re talking birthdays, holidays, or in this case, the finished Glessner House Architectural Piece. The Glessner House…
While I was working on my most recent replica house (post coming soon), I was commissioned to create a Lestat’s Coffee House Replica. I’ve really enjoyed the paper architectural pieces I’ve made and with this one in particular, I felt my creativity unleashed. As always,…
As some of you know, we took a “staycation” this month. It was the first meaningful vacation we’ve had – well… ever. Or, the second one if you count the cross-country trip we took when we moved from California to Maine in 2008. I don’t…
Last summer I prepped to make a replica golf course for my boss’s birthday. I searched the internet high and low for layouts of his favorite courses and really didn’t have great luck. My original idea was to make a paper replica of the whole…
A month or so ago the President of the Guild of American Papercutters contacted me to create a monogram for their Director of Outreach. This was a gift being given to her at the annual conference. She provided me with a photograph of a wedding…
I finished up this incredible monogram today. I am calling it a Floral Gaelic Double Wedding Monogram, but in reality it’s just a double monogram that I incorporated specific themed concepts into. These include the two primary flowers and greenery from the wedding bouquet, the…
I got two orders back-to-back to create a nearly identical cat. Both cats were black with amazing amber eyes and a long brownish mane. Gorgeous cats and perfect subjects for my foray into pet portraiture as the colors were simplistic and it was more a…
One of my husband’s co-workers was interested in getting a custom piece made. My husband – being my biggest cheerleader – always shows the guys my artwork and most of the time I think they probably just “ooh” and “aah” out of respect for him.…
I made three quilled cat portraits back in like 2016 or 2017 and I haven’t attempted one since. The style I used at the time was an artsy, scrolly, kind of whimsical one that incorporated scrollwork and coils and other quilled shapes. The end result…
I recently had a customer ask me to make a specialty item. I often entertain these requests because you just never know if they’re going to be a good idea or not. Sometimes I discover quickly that I’ll never attempt it again, and others, like…