Moving and Sleeping and Sleeping More

My little family just moved back to Utah after a lovely 2 years living in Arizona. The move was exhausting. And exhausting. And wow, I'm tired.

But it's over now, we're settled in and getting back into a routine. Haven't set up my painting equipment yet, but I have cracked open my sketchbook once or twice.

Painting idea. Parchment texture, rose gold color scheme. It's gonna be great.

Any other Legend of Zelda fans here?

Doodling while watching Spirited Away. Any other Miyazaki fans around?

Vita brevis, ars longa!

Birthday Art is the Best

Painted this for a friend's birthday. She treated me to a trip to Utah's Living Planet Aquarium a while back. We took our sketchbooks and made an "art day" of it.

We settled in the Shark Tunnel and drew the Nurse Shark (vain, beautiful creature; I'm sure he was flirting with us) and Manta Rays (one in particular, jealous of our fraternizing with the nurse shark), and these strange unicorn fish whose name I neglected to learn.

It's so fun to give original art as a birthday gift. I love making it and it's personal and meaningful to the recipient. Way more special than anything I could pick out at the mall.

Would you like to give someone a personalized gift of original artwork? You can ask me about commissions and see more of my work on my Facebook page by clicking here.

Love you all. Stay beautiful.