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Celebrate National Dance Day!!

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul. "

~Martha Graham

 

Today is the 2nd annual National Dance Day!! Created to encourage a healthy lifestyle; promote dance education and physical fitness across the U.S. This day inspires,"the nation, young and old, to move!" So wherever you are put on some music, have a good time, and Just Dance !! :)

Historic Chester, NJ

Brick Tavern 

Historic Chester, NJ

watercolor and prismacolor fine line marker

3.5" x 11"

 

  

A watercolor of the Brick Tavern building in Chester, NJ. "Built in 1810 by Zephaniah Drake, this beautiful brick structure served as a hotel and tavern in the heart of Chester. Mr. Drake was a proprietor of the first line of stage coaches, making the tavern a famous Publick House and stagecoach stop between New York and west to Pennsylvania."

Bun in the Oven

 A Bun in the Oven

watercolor and colored pencils

8" x 10"

 A little illustration inspired by my brother and his wife, who are expecting their first baby!! The baby is due any day now and the entire family could not be more excited!!!! We are all thinking of you and sending you wishes for a healthy baby and a safe delivery! Love you tons and can't wait to meet this little munchkin'!!

Independence Day Watercolor

Frelinghuysens' Colonial Revival Mansion

watercolor and dark grey LePen

4" x 6"

A watercolor of a small section from the Frelinghuysens' Colonial Revival Mansion located at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown, NJ. Also known as, "New Jersey's premier public garden. The 127 acre tract is well known for its many beautiful gardens and is a center for horticultural education." It is such a serene place to visit! I wish I could've spent all day there and drawn the wonderful colonial architecture of the entire mansion.

NJ SCBWI Illustrator Intensive

 Below is a piece that I painted for an Illustrator Intensive at a recent 

NJSCBWI annual conference. We were given the chance to work with an art director who

gave us two manuscript to read through. We then chose a passage from one of those manuscripts to illustrate. The text that I chose was from a book entitled When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic. 

A wonderful book that is already published by Harper Collins.

Below are some stages of sketches as well as the finished double page spread.  The part of the manuscript that I chose to illustrate read as follows: 

"'Cause maybe I'll be a gorilla masseuse 

Or an artist who sculpts out of chocolate mousse

Or a rodeo clown or a great film director

Or maybe professional pickle inspector

Or big sumo wrestler or hedge fund investor 

Or smelly pit-sniffing deodorant tester."

Detail

Initial sketch

Sketch with corrections

 

Final Double Page Spread

watercolor, acrylic, and colored pencil

9 1/2 x 22 3/4

New Illustration and Self-Promotion Postcards

 Front

 Back

Above are some new self-promotion postcards that I designed, featuring a new illustration of my little odd-sock monster. Below is a closer look at the painting.

If you've ever wondered where those missing socks go, perhaps one of these little creepy guys is taking them :)

 

The Odd-Sock Monster

11"x 23"

 watercolor, acrylic, and colored pencil

2011