Vintage Race Cars Wall Art for Target

A while back Oopsy Daisy asked me to illustrate a scene of vintage race cars that would coordinate with a line of bedding for Target.  I did two pieces of art for them, one for a 21 inch square stretched canvas and the other for a growth chart.  They are both now available at target.com.  You can find them here and here.

Kitchen Demolition is under way!

We have lived in this 70 year old house for two years now and the original kitchen is not getting any easier to work in!  We bought this house mainly for the view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, but it also has some great period charm and wonderful light throughout the house.  The kitchen, however, was on the renovation list from day one.  That dream is now going to become a reality over the next two months or so.  Luckily, our house has a second kitchen we are now using that is in an area of the house that used to be a separate apartment.  The hammers were flying around here on Sunday and we certainly had aching backs, arms and hands to prove it on Monday and Tuesday!  Whew!  I wanted to post a few photos of the kitchen as it looked prior to all of the destruction, just so you can get an idea of what we are dealing with here.  The demo photos are a bit shocking, but this is what has to happen to get us from this hot mess of a kitchen to kitchen nirvana.  Stay tuned...  It's going to get loud and even more messy before it gets better.

New Peacock Pillow For Sale

I designed a new peacock recently and have had it made into a pillow.  It is now for sale in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom.  You can find it here.  It is also for sale as an art print here.

On my desk today: Seashells

Bold Florals Canvas Prints now for sale at Greenbox Art

My series of 4 bold floral paintings are now available for sale at Greenbox Art, a division of Oopsy Daisy.  The canvas prints are stretched on a wooden frame and the designs wrap around the edges, so they arrive ready to frame with no need for framing.  They are also made in the USA at the company's factory in San Diego, CA.  You can purchase them here, here, here, and here!

Vase of Flowers

Butterfly Art Prints Now for Sale on Etsy

I just listed these two new butterfly prints in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom.  You can see them here and here!

Office Renovation

Since we are finally finished with the renovation of my office, I wanted to show it to you!  The biggest transformation was removing most of the wall that enclosed the closet and turning it into a built-in desk alcove which we painted a light, bright coral color.  The alcove is the new home for my computer, scanner, printer, etc.  It makes the room feel so much bigger and I really like having my digital space separated from my painting and sketching space!!  I am really happy with the results and feel more productive and happy here already.  We attached sheet metal to the walls around my painting desk to create magnetic boards.  Now I can easily put up useful research and sketches and remove it when I am moving on to a new project.  My painting desk is a corner unit that came from IKEA.  The wall organizer rod that features the little white buckets I keep brushes in came from the kitchen section of IKEA and has been great.  It keeps a lot of the clutter off of my desktop!!  We used some vintage looking knobs in two styles to add a bit more of an eclectic look to the built in desk.

I already knew this, but it is amazing what a difference a little color and better organization can do for your daily life.

New Cat Art Print on Etsy

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

Scratch and Sniff Ice Cream Stickers

Due to the wildly popular Yum Scratch and Sniff Stickers I did for Peaceable Kingdom, they asked me to design some ice cream flavors to sell in cleverly designed packs.  The flavors are vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and mint.

New Cards with Great Arrow Graphics

I have a couple of new greeting cards that just debuted with Great Arrow Graphics.  Their hand silkscreened cards are made in Buffalo, NY and are always beautiful.  You can purchase these two designs on their website here and here as well as in various stores around the country.

Print & Pattern Blog

I was excited to see that I was featured today on the Print Pattern Blog!   Check it out HERE!  Thank you to Bowie Style for that!!  I have enjoyed reading and looking at all of the amazing design and illustration on Print Pattern for a long time and it is terrific to be featured.

Valentine Cards with Peaceable Kingdom at Target

My packets of Valentine Cards for Kids are currently for sale at your neighborhood Target store!  These packs of 30 cards are published by Peaceable Kingdom.  We sold packets with different designs last year and they were a big hit at Target.  Each packet sells for $2.99.

Owl Pillows

Here are some more pillows now available in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom.  As with my other pillows, I hired a fabric company to print the designs on cotton, and then my friend Nancy turned the fabric into finished pillows.  These owl designs are also available as canvas prints in my shop as well as art prints on paper.  You can find them for sale as pillows here and here.

Exclamation Point and Ampersand Pillows

I have two more pillows to show you.  As with my other pillows, I hired a fabric company to print the designs on cotton, and then my friend Nancy turned the fabric into finished pillows that I am selling in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom.  I did a greeting card last year for Trader Joe's that featured an exclamation point.  It was a striking design, so I thought it might be nice as a pillow.  I didn't want the exclamation point to be lonely, so I added an ampersand design as well.  Using the punctuation marks as design elements adds a clever conversational aspect to the pillows.  You can find them here and here in my Etsy shop.

Peacock Pillow

I hired a fabric company to print my peacock artwork onto cotton fabric and my friend Nancy has made pillows from it!  The fabric is a cotton linen blend and looks really nice.  The pillows are for sale here in my Etsy shop, Pictorialboom.