Writing and illustrating my first picture book has got me in a dizzy. Did you know a group of zebras is called a dazzle? It took me 3 tries to get this scene right. I loved painting every one of them until I realized it wasn’t gonna work out anymore.. the tragedy of starting allContinue reading “A Group Of Zebras Is Called A Dazzle”
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Plumbing disaster at the Art Gallery of Hamilton this April, there’s a snake in the pipes ! 🐍
Plumbing disaster at the Art Gallery of Hamilton this April, there’s a snake in the pipes! Do u know any well-to-do plumber/snake charmers ?? 🪠🐍 Painted in 2019, just before the pandemic, this will be the snake’s first public debut. Alongside the Chinese New Year of the snake and more specifically the wood snake, characterizedContinue reading “Plumbing disaster at the Art Gallery of Hamilton this April, there’s a snake in the pipes ! 🐍”
All I have to do is not give up.
Working on my first children’s book I am both writing and illustrating. The ideas are all there I just need to organize them in a coherent manner that’s not terrible. I contacted about 5 publishers so far, so I figure I’ll just keep at it, trying to space them out a bit so I canContinue reading “All I have to do is not give up.”
Welcome to my journey.
Would this make a good illustration for a Children’s picture book? Currently writing and illustrating my first picture book. Everyone says I’d be really good at this but I’ve never done it before so I’m just stumbling my way into it. It’s a different way of working, worrying about feedback from editors, how I’m goingContinue reading “Welcome to my journey.”
Mega Update
I finished illustrating the book for the Canadian Constitution Foundation! The publisher “loved the work and is excited.” Slotted to come out this Autumn, more on that later. In the meantime I’ve decided it’s time I write and illustrate my own children’s book. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do and everyone thinks I’d beContinue reading “Mega Update”
Buy Canadian Buy Local 🇨🇦
I’m not gonna pretend I understand what’s going on with the American Tariffs but we’ve always known it’s best to buy Canadian, buy local. Re-introducing Canada’s solution to buying local, is my portrait of Gordon Ghons! Canadian cousin and brother from another mother to America’s most beloved contemporary Artist Jasper Johns! Half majority and halfContinue reading “Buy Canadian Buy Local 🇨🇦”
I Love You, I’m Not Perfect but I’m Trying My Absolute Best
If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? Let me start by saying I have 0 pets, but I got 2 toddlers who are just as messy! In the midst of the screaming, crying chaos, all I want them to know when things get crazy is that I love them,Continue reading “I Love You, I’m Not Perfect but I’m Trying My Absolute Best”
5 Things I Do For Fun
List five things you do for fun. Nobody ever talks about the importance of fun, but I can’t paint enough of it. Don’t underestimate the importance of Fun. It helps you learn, it makes things enjoyable, and it helps all of us to get along. I grew up under strict conditions, fun was not toContinue reading “5 Things I Do For Fun”
Soup Season
What snack would you eat right now? It’s winter and it is soup season. Everybody knows about Andy Warhol’s soup cans but do they know about my alias from 2016, Sandy Warhol who does paintings of soup? My new favourite soup is Costco chicken noodle where I shred up a Costco chicken and add mushyContinue reading “Soup Season”
To be an Artist!
What’s your dream job? I’ve loved art since I could hold a crayon 🖍️. I had to struggle to be one and I still do, not the art making part, but the career part. As a little girl my parents discouraged it, it’s not very practical for putting food on the table, it’s true, butContinue reading “To be an Artist!”