In early 2017 I painted a mural for a boy who loves hunting and the outdoors. His bedroom was already in a camouflage theme. He wanted it to look like he was deep in the woods – his request was a big old tree, vines, and plants. This mural took me about 14 hours, and […]
As I’ve been thinking about the new year and where I want my art to go, the one big thing I can’t get out of my mind is creating a children’s book. I’ve been wanting to do one for quite some time and it’s been just sitting there in the back of my mind. So […]
The mural I illustrated for the Erie Zoo is finally up! There are still finishing touches to be added (frame, plants, leaf benches) so it is currently closed off to the public, but the panels are up and it is so amazing to see my art at such a huge scale! I started out drawing […]
Last year, I sent 50 tiny paintings to Artomat. In case you’ve never heard of Artomat, they convert old cigarette machines into art vending machines! There are over 100 machines all over the world. I recently got my report which lists all of the artomat locations that host my paintings! I didn’t realize there would […]
I found out about the St Vincent Festival of Trees from my friends at Claytopia, the pottery studio where I teach my painting on canvas classes. Gretchen (the owner) mentioned that Claytopia was going to have their very own tree with painted pottery pieces all over it! Immediately I had visions of a tree covered […]
I’m submitting my artwork to Artomat! They take old cigarette vending machines and turn them into art vending machines. There are over 90 machines in existence today! (Find one near you!) In order to get your art into Artomat, you have to submit a prototype to get their approval. I just finished making my prototype […]