Clownfish

Just finished my Clownfish for the GP Fish charity event.  After a kick off party at the Ford House all fish will be displayed over the summer and auctioned off in October.

SELF art by guests of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Wrapped up our 10 week painting workshop at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen with the theme of SELF. Opening will be this week at the Grosse Pointe Art Center April 27th, 6.30 pm. All sales will go 100% to the artists. Participants could try out different media and all ended up with a great selfportrait. Two print sessions were taught by Pam Delaura at Wayne State University.

"SELF" a painting workshop

I am teaching a 10 week painting workshop to guests at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. We all have a lot of fun. The results will be shown as part of the “Faces and Portraits” exhibition at the Grosse Pointe Art Center. Opening April 27.

The Sketchbook Project 2012

Participated in the 2012 Sketchbook project.  All the sketchbooks go on a world tour starting April 14th. I did everything last minute again so it’s really short this time but therefore people can participate and write what they are thinking about my theme “Ask me how I can help”. You can see the entire sketchbook at

http://www.arthousecoop.com/submission_images/38798

Tomie dePaola Award Submission

  
Here is my little illustration for 2012 Tomie dePaola award. The theme was a paragraph from “Chicken Licken,” by P.C. Asbjörnsen. I thouhgt I bring in the fox as a harbinger of bad things to come. Done with corel painter on a wacom tablet.

Illustration Friday - silent

Played around with the wacom tablet ...

Clock for Grosse Pointe Art Center Fundraiser

TIME-LESS

This clock was inspired by Devin Scillian's poem “The Box of Time” which is published for the first time and in his own handwriting on this clock. The poem is part of his upcoming children's book of the same title and talks about the most important use of time: spending it with each other. The painting on my clock is a loose interpretation of the pictures used in Devin's poem. The clock has only a second hand because time spent with each other has no time. Five minutes can be as much as five hours. The little red people symbolize the business and constant running around we use most of our time with. This clock is a reminder to spend our time in a meaningful way.

A box of Time

Silver and gold, rubies and pearls, treasures so sublime. 

But none are so rich, none are so rare as the precious gift of time. 

A sea to swim, a star to reach, the tallest hill to climb. 

Fine and well, but nothing as sweet as the precious gift of time. 

Time can fly, time stands still, time heals all wounds, ‘tis true. 

Can any gift mean as much as the time I give to you?