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A Multicultural Artist Blog - Lived in Switzerland, Singapore, Manila and New York City. Children's book illustrator and graphic designer.
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My colored illustration and as a member and
former officer of CBIG (Childrens Book Illustrators Group) based in New York City,
I am included in the CBIG Illustration directory.
Here is my colored Promo page:
It can be viewed at the CBIG ( Childrens Book Illustrators Group) website below:
(Madonna Davidoff on page 30)
As a member & former officer of CBIG (Childrens Book Illustrators Group) based in New York City, I am included in the CBIG Illustration directory.
Here is my Black and white Promo page:
It can also be viewed at the CBIG ( Childrens Book Illustrator Group ) website below:
(Madonna Davidoff on page 29)
A sample of my illustration with an image of a car that resembles a Citroen 2CV
This is also based on a fable story called Country Mouse City Mouse
© Madonna Davidoff
I am one of the 20 artists from CBIG (Childrens Book Illustrators Group)
exhibiting at the Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) for the Fairy Tales Exhibition .
The exhibit will be at the Youth Wing of the Brooklyn Central Library from
June 11- Sept.25, 2015 located at Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238.
Here are the two original artworks I created for the show entitled:
1) Pele,the Hawaiian Goddess of Fire
Balinese Hansel & Gretel
Here is the book cover illustration and design I created which will be included at the
ABFE Art Auction to Benefit Free Speech in Children's Books at
the Grand Hyatt New York, Manhattan Ballroom
on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
If you're going to Book Expo this year, please join The American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE) on May 26th from 5:30 to 7:30 at The Grand Hyatt Hotel to celebrate children's book art with Judy Blume and leading artists! More than 100 pieces of original art by luminaries such as Rosemary Wells, Jon Agee, LeUyen Pham and Chris Raschka will be auctioned to support the free speech rights of kids. This year ABFE is honoring Judy Blume for her anti-censorship work and is asking artists to create a piece inspired by one of her books
I am traveling again:
This time to Hongkong, Bali and Australia
below, my travel checklist:
illustrated by Maria Madonna Davidoff
As a member of the CBIG Childrens' Book Illustrators Group, based in NYC, I will be one of the artists to paint the gallery walls (today, Feb. 16, 2014) in a Collective Participatory Artwork at the New Museum in New York City. This is part of the New Museums's first US Exhibition for Pawel Althamer which features the Artist's Iconic Portraits and Sculpture Workshop.
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| Cover Image: Paweł Althamer, Draftsmen’s Congress, 2010. Exhibition view: 7th Berlin Biennial, 2010.
Courtesy the artist, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, and neugerriemschneider, Berlin |
The exhibition will include a new presentation of the artist’s work, Draftsmen’s Congress, originally presented at the 7th Berlin Biennial. During the course of the exhibition, the blank white space of the New Museum’s Fourth Floor gallery will be transformed through the gradual accumulation of drawings and paintings by invited Art organizations, including the CBIG.
About the New Museum
The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art.
Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world. the New Museum continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
The New Museum is located at 235 Bowery New York, NY 10002
Below are three of the latest samples of my illustrations :
Colored illustrations
SPOT illustrations
Black and white illustrations
There's nothing like seeing one of the books I illustrated featured
Today, I had my picture taken behind the book entitled " Momsie's Book"
written by my hubby Bart Davidoff, published by Bali Bliss Press.
Momsies’ book includes a memoir entitled "Natie and Me"
originally written and illustrated by Muriel Shutan-Davidoff in which
she describes her childhood adventures growing up in New Haven
in the late 1920's with her younger brother Nate.
28 Bridge Street Frenchtown, NJ 08825
Here's a picture of myself with " Momsie's Book" at the Book Garden
One of my original illustrations will be auctioned off at the
on May 29, 2013 from 5:30 -9:30 PM
during the Book Expo America at the Javits Center in New York City
The proceeds of this auction will support
freedom of speech for everyone in the children’s books industry.
The Book Expo America runs from May 29 - June 1,2013
My illustration and design for the Picture book entitled:
At Home Around the World
Written and illustrated by Madonna Davidoff
© 2012 Madonna Davidoff
publication date: Sept.2013 published by BaliBliss Press
We are happy to Announce that " Momsie's Book"
is now available
This is a picture book I wrote and illustrated based on a mythological
little Balinese fairy living in Bali and a girl, named Wardani who found her.
I started this book while living in the Island of Bali, Indonesia.
Whenever I am in Bali, I try to stay in the same town called Ubud
This is the view from the porch in front of my bungalow:
I got the inspiration from one of the sketches of a particular Balinese lantern in
front of my porch which looks like this:
I imagined the little fairy living in this lantern that looks like a small Balinese temple.
The setting for my story started with this image:
Below is the porch where I sometimes wake up just before dawn ( yes--that early!)
and I start to sketch the Balinese lantern below in the dark :
I love to wake up very early and sketch or write in my journal until
I hear the cock crows.
In Bali, you will always hear them crow when the sun rises.
They are actually music to my ears.
Here you can see one of my sketches while drinking coffee.
Another illustration of my fairy character living in the lantern house:
More on my Little Girl in Bali story next time--to be continued....
YOU ARE INVITED TO A BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT:
Event:Children's Book Event & Launching of Momsie's Book
by the writer/illustrator team of Bart and Madonna Davidoff
When: April 14, 2013 ( Sunday) from 2 -3 pm
Where: Mercer County Library System's -Ewing Branch
61 Scotch Road Ewing, NJ 08628.
In Honor of the National Library week beginning on April 14th and running through the 20th, the writer/illustrator team of Bart and Madonna Davidoff will be presenting their children's picture book entitled Momsies’ Book on Sunday, April 14th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at the Mercer County Library System's - Ewing branch.
Momsies’ book includes a memoir entitled "Natie and Me" written and illustrated by Muriel Shutan-Davidoff in which she describes her childhood adventures growing up in New Haven in the late 1920's with her younger brother Nate.
Muriel has been living with Alzheimer's disease for the past 5 years and since she is unable to publish her work, Bart and Madonna decided to make it a part of Muriel's legacy.
During the book launching, Madonna will demonstrate how she created the illustrations and Bart will read passages from the book. The Davidoff’s will donate a copy of the book to the Ewing library's collection and another copy will be awarded as a door prize.
Advance purchasing of Momsie’s Book may be ordered online here at Lulu.com
Also available soon at Amazon & Barnes & Noble.
I have been commissioned to paint a mural for my favorite Yoga Studio called
The mural is located in the entrance of the Studio.
I am really happy about this project because am I creating
something that is close to my heart which is Yoga and Meditation.
Also,
Firefly Yoga & Wellness is a great place not only to learn Yoga but also
a place for meditation, tai chi, tea ceremony workshops, massage therapy,
crystal and sound healing classes.
Below is the color study for the mural:
I already finished the drawing on the wall which is colored light lavender.
Today, I will start to paint and put textures on the trunk
and the leaves by using patterned paper ( collage style) and
overlaying it with paint again.
This is so different from what I normally do (small size children's illustrations)
and I find mural painting challenging and exciting.
I look forward to finishing this soon.
I wish you all a happy day today.
Namaste...
First, I try to get some inspirations from some of my vintage greeting card collection :
I just love the way these greeting cards look. I try to imagine the sender and the receiver of these cards, what their relationships were with each other, where do they live? What are their favorite food, what do they wear? What books do they like, etc. My imagination takes me far and different characters start to build up in my mind until finally, I start to draw them. And from there, other images appear until I choose one that I will finally work on.
A greeting card I illustrated for The Year of the Snake 2013:
I just started a new line of greeting card illustration for
The Greeting Card Universe.It was fun creating this card for the year of the snake 2013.
My Process in creating the Card:
2. I colored the girl and designed the pattern of her dress digitally.
3. I painted the snake in Photoshop using the paintbrush tool.
I am exhibiting 2 of my paintings which is part of my " Little Girls and Boys " series
depicting children in different surroundings and their daily activities.
This series is made up of small acrylic canvas paintings, size 8" x 8".
I enjoy making them and my source of inspiration are vintage children's books.
Below are paintings at the gallery:
Happy Holidays to Everyone:
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa!!
This is an illustration I did inspired by my daughter growing up in Switzerland
where she learnt how to ski and snow board.
Below is La Vielle Ville or the Old Town in Fribourg where my daughter was born
where we used to live in a street called Rue de la Samaritaine:
Happy Thanksgiving!
© 2012 Maria Madonna Davidoff
Barack the Anointed One: Children's Book I Illustrated
Just in time for Kwanza, Christmas and the Holiday Season,
Barack the Anointed One ( Book Description from Amazon)
"Barack Obama elected President of the United States fulfills the wishes of people all over the world, who would like to see a new global direction. This book explores the magical nature of his journey from birth to the presidency and will inspire children to seek broader ideals other than for only themselves."
10/29/2012- Today with Little Mado
Rainy Days are here again
I hope this umbrella is strong enough
This is an announcement for the launching of my cartoon strip:
Little Mado, A Schoolgirl Adventure
OSM Magazine ( an online magazine for awesome global citizens)
will be featuring Little Mado weekly soon.
I created this comic strip character Little Mado based on my childhood experiences
in the Philippines during the 60's while attending an all-girls catholic school run by nuns.
Little Mado and her classmates had to follow strict rules, go to confession, and obey their teachers.
Always restless and hyper, Little Mado's curiosity lands her into lots of trouble.
Her mother often gets called in by the school principal ( also a nun) for Little Mado's bad conduct.
She is always bored with her classes and comes up with creative ways to entertain herself which did not amuse her teachers at all. The only thing she enjoys and love is her Art Class.
Below is the first cartoon strip entitled: I love Art Class
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By: Maria Madonna Davidoff,
on 9/29/2015
this is awesome! great colors!