I'm a designer for Blick Art Materials, and one of my big projects last year was designing new paint sets for the Utrecht Brand. Three of the sets feature my paintings: Landscape, Color Theory and the Basic.

In case you missed it, I just posted a special announcement here. In 2023, I had the opportunity to make a lot of new art but most of it I can't post on Instagram or my website until it is officially announced or sent out into the world. That is how it goes with many creative projects. But I am excited to announce that Enchanting Plants will be published in 2024 - this is definitely a passion project that unites painting with a love of plants, and the time that I lived in New Mexico. All of the original paintings are gouache. Keep checking back for more updates and other projects as I am able to release them.

I'm taking a three-month class in character design and this is my first design for July! This was made with Procreate and I did all of the hand lettering myself with no font used. It was really fun to try something new.

An acrylic painting I made recently, for another job that I am working on:

In April, I took a class on Nonfiction Book Illustration and this is some of the pieces I put together for a book proposal. I chose the topic of ice-cream, because my husband has been making some recipes this year. I made this with a combination of Procreate and gouache painting.

My husband and I visited Ireland last September, and I finally did a larger landscape from one of my photos.
It was such a wonderful place to visit! And I'd love to go back again.

I've been doing some smaller paintings in January that combine handmade watercolors from Etsy, gouache and artPOP! Watercolors.

I decided to try out Utrecht gouache for the first time and was very happy with the results. This is from a photo I took in Ft. Lauderdale.

For the third year in a row I have tried Inktober, this time making drawings within Procreate. It was a great way to learn the software more and try new techniques and brushes. Unfortunately, I had too many things going on this month and was finishing my MATS Bootcamp class, so I only completed about half of the word prompts. Still, it is always fun.

Click on this link to view the entire Inktober 2022 drawings.