She’s done! This has to be one of the funniest and spot on portraits I have done. My dear friend Joy is colorful, energetic and larger than life. A former beauty queen who believes in bright colors, feathery hats and funky glasses, she is better known to the public as Dr. B.  As a professor…

This week I am working on a fun portrait for another colorful friend. This is the initial color sketch for the portrait. The final product will have some fun surprises that she and I decided on as I was working on the color sketch. Don’t forget these babies can have a digital and paper life…

My dear friend Ana is a fun, energetic, fashion forward business girl. Later this summer Ana is launching her new blog and wanted something special as her profile picture/ logo and that’s where I came in. She asked me to paint a portrait of her and this is what we came up with. As soon…

Recently I was commissioned to paint another Star Wars grouping for someone. When going through the characters with my client they were sure about not wanting any of the “new” characters. I reminded them how cute BB8 was, and won them over to add him too. Here is the end result! This piece is being…

Anyone who knows me knows that I love my baubles… but I am not alone. A dear friend of mine is a Chloe and Isabel rep and has commissioned me to paint a few of her favorite pieces. Yesterday while at lunch with her I got so excited that I started painting one right away….

It’s National Donut Day… so “Donut Worry”! Have a great weekend. XOXO

I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for flamingos. Last night at a meeting, I learned that an historic home I am doing some work for use to have flamingos. That inspired me to paint some flamingos today. I can think of three places today that have flamingos in Miami, The Zoo,…

This weekend I was cleaning up my shelf and I found an old sketchbook from a couple of years ago which still has tons of space. I’ve decided to use it to draw my more informal things, nothing that might end up as a watercolor or a commission. Here is my first entry from it. …

It’s almost summer, and nothing says summer like ice cream. I was thinking about what our long summer days might be like this year, and all I could think about was ice cream. Here is what those thoughts led to in my sketchbook. Have a great weekend! XOXO

Last night at the Annual Junior League of Miami meeting, my friend Deidre shared with me which of the two whales she was going with. Her pick? Moby 1. I went ahead and finished Moby 2 anyhow. Here are the final whales. I want to thank D again for bestowing this honor on me. XOXO