New Cat Art Print on Etsy

I recently listed this new kitty cat print in my Etsy Shop, Pictorialboom.  Take a look here!

Newest Greeting Cards for Trader Joe's

Here are my newest designs available now at your neighborhood Trader Joe's store!

I'm back to the blog!

Boy, have I been lazy about this blog lately!  I am doing new work constantly, but as I'm sure you understand, it's difficult to keep up with everything.  Thanks for hanging in there with me while I took a little break.

I thought I would post one of my recent designs.  Painted phrases are always popular and right now they seem to be everywhere again.  We all have favorite phrases that we use in our daily lives or some that bring back fond memories.  Do you have a favorite phrase?

Hibiscus

I have been busy in the studio painting some tropical flowers like this hibiscus. This week will be more florals and some sketches of ice cream cones for another project I am working on.

A Casual Bouquet

Working on some new designs for a greeting card company and this is one of them. I debated about making it more dense with leaves and blooms, but chose to keep it simple and fresh.

Graphic Flowers

Spring is here and it's all about flowers. I wanted this particular design to be graphic and spontaneous without looking messy and overworked.

Cosmos in a vase

I bought these flowers at a market in San Diego and decided to paint them. It ended up being one of the last illustrations I did there. I love the casual and unstructured feeling of the arrangement. I ended up cropping the painting four different ways to present it to a greeting card client of mine. As you have probably noticed, I also decided to use it as my blog banner.

New Pattern

This pattern was inspired by some of the early advertising work of Andy Warhol. The textural line work is a nice contrast to the softer colors and white background.

Flowers, birds and butterflies

This is a new collection of patterns and such I recently finished. It all started with the tulip design I did for a greeting card project. My agent, Mosaic Licensing, showed it to one of their fabric company clients and they were interested in seeing more. It features spring flowers with birds and butterflies. I also added a bit of a modern folk styling to it. It was a really enjoyable project!

Night Owl Art Print

I have created another color version of my patterned owl design. It is for sale in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom. You can purchase it here. Owls are such unique birds. There was an owl that lived near our first house here in California and I loved hearing him "hoot hoot" at night. I'm still waiting to encounter one here in San Diego other than at the zoo.

Polka Dot Bird

This is a new design I did for a recent greeting card project and it is now also available as an art print in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom. You can find it here.

Tote Bags

A tote bag manufacturer approached me recently to take a few of my existing designs that they liked and redesign them to fit onto their bags. It was a quick little project, but I always enjoy seeing how a design can be utilized onto different kinds of products. I am still waiting to hear whether they will be licensing them, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Butterfly

This butterfly is totally surrounded by a feast of flowers.  I designed it for a recent giftbag project.  Hopefully the saturated colors will make it irresistible to buyers!

Is Your Garden Growing?

Everyone's garden grows this time of year but you may need to water it once in a while.  These watering can designs will hopefully inspire you to grow a spectacular garden this year!

New Cards at Trader Joe's

The time has come once again for Trader Joe's to introduce their new line of cards.  Starting May first, I will have four new greeting cards in their stores.  The collection will be available until the end of August, then it's a whole new collection.  Best of all, they are priced right at only 99 cents each!  I say, collect them all!

Flowers and birds and such

This pattern is a bit older, but it does celebrate spring with all the flowers, birds and insects happily doing their thing.  I hope it looks just like this when you look outside your window today.

Bon appetit!

This dinnerware is blooming with soft spring color sprinkled around to make any meal enjoyable.

I designed it last year for a project and hope to find a manufacturer soon.

Now available at Kohls!

Flowers, flowers, flowers!  It is spring after all.  These two designs are now available on flags/ banners at your neighborhood Kohls store or buy them here.

Flowers for you!

It's always nice to get flowers and this little dog is sharing his bouquet.  He's such a thoughtful little guy.  This art is from a greeting card project I just finished up last week.