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To offer you a quick look at the greeting card designs that were delivered just yesterday (woohoo!), I’m posting a few pages from my catalog, so you can see the kind of stuff I’ve been up to! I’m currently working on a new design for this site, complete with an online store, so soon you will be able to see all the designs in living color! Click the images below to see them larger. Note: the colors won’t be quite as neon in print. Enjoy!

Color visuals line - 1

Cartoons - 1

Sprout line - 1

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While I’ve been focusing most of my energies on my greeting card lines, I was delighted and privileged to be able to provide illustrations for an article published by Words of Peace Global.org, a site promoting Prem Rawat’s message of inner peace. His message has made a huge, indescribable impact in my life, and it was a fantastic experience for me to use a talent that I have and love to help in this effort. You can click here to view the article online, or you can click here to download the article and see the other articles available.

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22 designs going to print today! I’m so excited!

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As I’m getting all my designs ready for print, I’ve completed a greeting card for Gordon Durich, a local writer. Having grown up in Australia, he wanted a design with an Australian flavor. And while I’m not much of an Ozzie I gave it a shot – and here it is!

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Just copyrighted! Six more to complete, format and then… to print! I’m so excited!

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And here it is… my interpretation of the hummingbird for my card line! Now it’s time to hit the bricks! Wish me luck!

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This was a drawing I created specifically for my friend Carolyn’s birthday. She took the hummingbird as her symbol for her birthday, one of its meanings being “to move forward in life with joy.”  I liked that, so I drew this bird for her and made a one-off card for her birthday. I will use the general design for a different card, but this one is especially hers and will not be reprinted. Happy birthday Carolyn!

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Here is a new illustration from a line that I am creating for greeting cards. They will be in similar style to this and my Peace illustration - this is the second to be completed. I also have a line of cartoons intended for cards that you can view here. Enjoy!

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I have been trying to create a good image for my business card for almost nine months now - so it looks like it arrived just in time! I’d been toying with a few of these elements for quite some time, and then all of a sudden, just in time for a trade show next week, poof! It appeared! So you will likely be seeing more of these guys in the future!

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Announcing my first greeting card, for the New Year! In the spirit of finding as much humor as possible in the current situation, I offer the above visual interpretation, now available in a convenient greeting card form for easy distribution amongst those you might want to hand a laugh to! These are actual physical greeting cards, that you put stamps on and everything - remember those?? I am offering them for $1.20 each.

If you are interested in ordering some cards for your personal use, please contact me at [email protected].  And a wonderful, happy 2009 to everyone!

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I like this drawing even though it looks similar to a few other works I have seen. It’s the first draft of an idea that I need to do a lot more work on, but I still like the way this turned out!

It also occurs to me that people might feel this way during the holidays - too much to do!

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Whatever the original idea, it was not wise.

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Repair please!

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Just when you thought it was safe… there are always strings attached when you have pets. This is my first submission to IF for about a year and a half! It’s good to be back, and I hope I can manage to keep it up regularly, if not every week. Has anyone ever been on the receiving end of that “locked-on-prey” look that cats get? It’s pretty freaky!

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I know I’ve been talking about this book for months, and it looks like publishing is a little while off yet, so I’m posting a couple of the illustrations here for your perusal. You can click on the images to see them a little larger. I won’t give anything away about the book yet, since I don’t want to steal its thunder :), but I’m delighted to be able to share some of what I’ve been doing!

Hopefully more to come soon!

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This piece seems to say something different to everyone. Some think it’s scary, some think it’s inspiring. I have always felt that the closer you get to a goal, particularly an internal goal, the more you become aware of what takes you away from that which you are striving for. So it becomes a balancing act - your focus needs to be pinpoint sharp so that you are not distracted from what you want. Yet, when it’s something you really want, it’s not a chore - it becomes a labor of love. And the feeling of constant balancing, constantly adjusting yourself to your goal, becomes a joy.

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One of my favorites. Originally published January 1, 2007.

Shameless Plug Warning: This cartoon is also available on T-shirts, mugs, etc. at my CafePress shop! Check link in the blogroll!

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My take on a long-haired dachshund who just wants to put her nose in your face and wag herself into your lap. I don’t think you can find those particular markings in nature, but they were fun to play with.

Drawn in March 2005 for a class and an example for a potential client. Originally published December 10, 2006 on my first blog.

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This originally was just an exercise in colored pencil, but the image always gave me a feeling of hope, and as I have discovered, hope and peace are not very far apart. When you feel hope, peace is not far behind. And when you are in peace, how can there not be hope?

Originally published December 27, 2006.

I wasn’t sure, and they weren’t about to tell me!

Originally published March 5, 2007, also created for Illustration Friday.

This illustration I did for Illustration Friday, for the word “Might.” Below is the original text.

One day a merchant came into a small village and a crowd gathered to look at his wares. He demonstrated on one of the village women a powder that would clean even the most discolored teeth. It worked like a charm, and her teeth were white as snow. The villagers excitedly crowded around to buy the powder, which cost only two coins for a bottle. One man, however, stayed at the back of the crowd. He had very discolored teeth, and he had the two coins to buy the powder. But he hesitated, thinking, “Should I, or shouldn’t I?” while rubbing the coins together in his hand. Then there was only one bottle left. The man ran forward, thrusting the coins toward the merchant to buy the bottle. The merchant took the coins, and said to the man, “I have been watching you, at the back, going back and forth. In your indecision, you have rubbed the faces off these coins, and they are worthless.” And the merchant sold the last bottle to someone who had good coins.

Sitting on the fence is a painful place to be. Not recommended. It’s important to know what you want.

Here’s an illustration originally published on January 8, 2007. I gave it the caption a little later, and it remains one of my most popular pictures. I think most people can relate to this in some way or other!

 Here he is again! saying hello to the world from a new blog! Will update soon and begin posting in earnest. (Sprout is very earnest, you know…)

Image originally published Feb. 4, 2007