Chase's portrait!

I painted this dog portrait as a Christmas gift for a family friend. It's a surprise, but I know he and his family are going to love it! (It was painted in acryla gouache.)

Holidaze...

We put the last of the decorations up this past weekend. Now all I need is more Seattle snow!

It's December already!?!

I'm not sure what exactly happened to November other than snow here in the Seattle area, Thanksgiving feasting as well as a busy full-time job schedule. Even with the hectic pace of the month, I did manage to create and submit another recipe to They Draw & Cook. This time it was for the Holiday contest. My previous one made it to the blog on November 10th (this one), so we'll see if my little snowman makes it as well! It's not "traditional holiday", as in directly Christmas related, but it means holiday to me with the bright colors of all the Christmas lights and the snowman reminding me of cold days spent playing outside in the snow and then coming inside to warm up with a hot drink. Good times...

Happy Halloween!!!

It's my favorite holiday today! Here's one of the many spooky scenes I set up in my yard this year!

My boys...

Pics of Gryphon and Buzz taken on the iPhone 4 Hipstamatic App.

Oldie but goodie...

Here's on old art school project I painted in oils. The assignment was "create a painting that incorporates at least three eggs somehow". I've always liked this piece. Maybe this is when my obsession with chickens started?

My "They Draw & Cook" blog recipe submission...

I've been a fan of the They Draw & Cook blog for some time now and so I decided to send a submission to them. It turns out some recipes from the blog will actually be published in an upcoming book, so hopefully mine makes it to the blog AND the book! Fingers crossed!

Check out the blog here.