Peck'n'paw!

Comic Con is just around the corner, and the Visual Development Department at Disney has put together a beautiful book for the show called Pecknpaw and the Black Mirror. Each artist was encouraged to submit pieces based on that single-line theme, and the resulting book is lovely!

I was thrilled to be asked to contribute to the book, and this is my piece!

We have also been working on bookplates that will be sold with special editions of the book at the Con - Here is a little snapshot of a few that I was able to do:



Pecknpaw and the Black Mirror can be found at booth 4819 at Comic Con! We will have books, bookplates, and some prints from the book on hand. I will be bringing prints of my piece, and any left over after the show will go up in the shop! If you are going to the con, be sure to stop by the booth and say hello!

And don't worry, out-of-towners - the nice folks at Gallery Nucleus are currently taking pre-orders on the book. You can reserve a copy here.

Have a lovely week, everyone! I hope to see you all in San Diego!

Paper Banner

Life has been more busy than ever, and I look forward to updating on all of the things I've been working on recently very soon! For now, though, here is a piece I made a while back. Yes, another peacock piece. I promise I will give the peacocks a break for a while :) I was toying with the idea of a paper header for the blog - what do you think?


Also, I just updated the shop with the fountain piece ( titled "First Sight") from my last post. you can find it here!

I hope everyone had a lovely Memorial Day weekend, and here's to a great week ahead! More updates to come soon.

A Painting and Peckinpaw!

Its been quite busy around here! I haven't had much time to paint, but I did manage to work on this piece between projects. My apartment is just down the street from some beautiful fountains, so I thought I might pay homage to them here. Definitely love at first sight:)



And in other news, I'm really honored to be a part of a new anthology book called PecknPaw and the Black Mirror! The visual development artists at Disney have been working hard to complete an art book for Comic Con this year, and I was extremely lucky to be able to contribute a piece. More details will follow, but in the meantime you can check out the Pecknpaw blog for updates and process posts!

http://www.pecknpaw.blogspot.com/

Lots of exciting things are coming up, but in the meantime have a lovely week!

A Little Bit of History

Here is a little self- portrait of me circa 20 years ago.

I've spent months trying to come up with the right words to express myself in this post, but I still don't think I can do it justice. Simply put, life is wonderful. If you can dream it, you can do it.
20 years later, that little girl gets to stroll into the Walt Disney Animation Studios every day and walk among giants. It doesn't get much sweeter than that.
I sincerely thank everyone who has ever given me support, and if you are reading this, that includes you. Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I haven't quite gotten settled in the new job yet, so posts might be sparse for a while. I will do my best to keep up, but please forgive me if I am a little slow. I will still be heading out to conventions, including Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle next weekend! If you are in the area you should definitely stop by! And after that I will be back in the Bay for Wondercon! If you have a chance to come to either show, please do. Until then, ta ta for now!

Paper Cuts Gallery Show!

The ladies above are the three pieces I made for next weekend's "Paper Cuts" show at Terminal 22 Gallery in Oakland. These pieces were inspired by the lovely Carmen Miranda - her costumes and charm were just legendary, and I thought that they would be fun to go over-the-top with in paper:)

PAPER CUTS will show fine art and craft pieces that embrace the possibilities and strengths of paper as a primary media. The show's opening reception is this coming Friday, February 5th from 6-10pm at 2443 Telegraph Ave in Oakland. If you are in the Bay Area next weekend, please stop by! Refreshments and free cupcakes (!) will be provided. I hope to see you there!

Also, I just added the "Dinosaur Party" print and "Sleeping Dragon" paper sculpt to the ol' shop, so feel free to take a look if you are interested! Have a lovely week, everybody.

Colorful Creatures

Hey, everybody! Happy 2010!

I apologize for my absence from posting. Things have been quite busy around here since my last post at the end of November, but I should be able to get back on schedule now, at least for a while. Lots of exciting things are coming up, so I will have lots to share!

I have wanted to do a dinosaur piece for a very long time, so I decided there would be no better time to do it than to ring in the New Year. These dinosaurs are having a party, but the velociraptors were not invited. You might think that is mean, but they are bullies and have been giving me nightmares since I first saw Jurassic Park in 1993. Consider this payback.






And these photos are of another paper piece I did over the holidays. Peacocks are so much fun to sculpt!

That's all for now - have a lovely week everybody!

CTN-X!

This post is coming to you this morning from the floor of CTN-X! The convention is just a few hours away, so I thought I would put up some paper work that I made for the occasion! This guys will be on my table this weekend, so if you are in the area you should certainly stop by and say hello! It is going to be a great show!


And here are a few detail shots:



I will also have the Purrrcasso piece (from the previous post) with me at the show! Unfortunately it did not sell in the auction, but hopefully it will find a good home soon and all of the proceeds from it will be donated to the Berkeley East-Bay Humane Society! I hope to see some of you this weekend!

Purrcasso 2009

Purrcasso is a really great art auction/sale that is put on every year to benefit the Berkeley East-Bay Humane Society, and this year it is happening on Nov. 7th and 8th (this weekend!) in a brand new location on 4th St. in Berkeley. You can find more information on the Purrcasso site, as well as see a fantastic sampling of the artwork that has been donated this year.

As promised, here are a couple photos of my piece (that Billiam was kind enough to take pictures of because I completely forgot to do so myself.):


And just for kicks, here is the sketch that I worked off of to build the piece:

If you are in the area, stop by the auction on Saturday night! Say hello and bid on some artwork for a great cause!

Caged Birds Sing!

This will be my page in the upcoming CTN-X program/sketchbook. The book will be filled with artwork, bios, tips, and all sorts of other things from the artists who are participating in the expo. It will be a limited edition program and only available at the convention this year, so you should be there to snag one!

In other news, the Purrrcasso Art and Craft Gala is this coming weekend! In all the madness that was last week (with work, Halloween Prep, and more work) I was happy to be able to finish my piece for the show on time....and then I completely forgot to take any photos of it. Luckily, Billiam was kind enough to get some shots, so hopefully I will have those posted before the end of the week. In the meantime, have a great week everyone!

Pegasus Commission and Post-APE Update

A little while back I was commissioned to do a Pegasus paper sculpt, and here are the final photos. This piece was a blast to work on!






APE was great! Thanks to all who came out to say hello! I apologize to those of you who were waiting for a shop update - Monday was full of deadlines and thus the shop did not get updated until today. All new prints, buttons, and greeting cards are up, and at the time of this posting I still have one paper sculpt (this lovely lady) that is not spoken for. They were a blast to make, so I will certainly try to get more in the shop soon.

Next up for me is CTN-X! I can't wait to see everyone in Burbank!