The wide, wider sea

Here's a wider version of my "All at Sea" print now available in the shop. Sometimes you gotta see more sea. All prints, cards & paintings are 20% off this weekend! Have a great Labor Day!

All at Sea No. 2

Florian is ticklish

Florian meets some curious new friends.

Ticklish

Psychedelic Kitty for Spoonflower

This week's groovy theme for the Spoonflower Design Challenge was the 1960s. I came up with a few, but these are the main two. If you hurry, you can see all the designs and vote here.

Psychedelic kitty

Psychedelic daisy

Kitty Seance Halloween greeting cards

Just added these to my Etsy shop. Three kitties dabble in the occult. I wonder if they've bitten off more than they can chew... These guys were originally part of the Black-Cat-A-Day challenge I did a couple of Halloweens ago. MEEEOOOW!

Halloween will come again, you know

So I've been wanting to add more greeting cards to my Etsy shop. Do people send halloween cards? Here's my first one, along with a second version where I adapted the card into a fake book jacket. Killing 2 birds with one stone is very Halloweenish, I think. Don't you? Ironically, a tiny spider dangled down from above my computer as I was adding the final touches. Please try not to notice the fact that I misspelled "Psychedelic" about five times in my file names...

Here Comes the Bride Halloween card    

DIVORCED, Book jacket for a A Non-existent Novel

Ironically, a tiny spider dangled down from above my computer as I was finishing this. See top!

VHF fabric on Spoonflower

Another fabric for the Spoonflower Design Challenge. This week's theme is the 1950s, which makes me think of the dawn of the television age. You can vote for your favorites here starting today.

"VHF" the dawn of TV!

Ghost ship

Here's something I painted while pondering ghosts, the ocean, icebergs and the Titanic. Though I never much cared for ghosts, I've grown quite sentimental about them of late.

And by the way, it's time for another sale in my Etsy shop. Until Friday, all prints and original paintings are 15% off plus free domestic shipping.

Ghost ship, where are you going?

Twentysomething

In which I riff on the roaring twenties with more gestural drawings of some stylish dames for this week's Spoonflower Design Challenge. You can see all of the designs and vote for your favorites here.

Twentysomething fabric on Spoonflower

Bat rink

I was wondering if bats ever roller-skated...

At the bat rink

Swamp song fabric

Here are my fabric designs for the recent Spoonflower Design Challenge on the theme of "Emerald Forest."

Swamp song on Spoonflower

A family from New Jersey

Here's something I forgot to post. It's another family portrait commissioned through my Etsy shop this Spring as an anniversary present from a hubby to his wife. The Steen family love to picnic in the park and dad is known to play his ukulele on occasion.  Thank you Andy, it was amazing working with you on this!

A family picnic