a little update

Just a few photos from my phone and instagram. 

New paintings, illustrations, cards, prints and my little desk!

New Floral Prints

A few colorways of a new floral print I painted recently.

Tiny Branches Floral, Gouache, 2013

New AEO designs

A few new AEO designs I worked on for Holiday and Back to School 2012.

All are original artwork except for the tank embroidery, which was inspired by a vintage swatch.

As you can see I’ve been busy at work!

new floral prints

Just wanted to share some new floral prints I worked on!

These were all hand painted by me using gouache and watercolor paints. 

I then scanned them in, put into repeat and made a few colorways. 

digital painting

I installed the CS5 suite on my computer today and was having fun experimenting with digital painting. Painting on the computer is great because there is no clean up! This year,  my goal is to teach myself Adobe Illustrator (yeah it's kind of pathetic I don’t know it yet).  I’m hoping once I learn it, I will be able to submit to more Minted challenges and build up the stationary side of my portfolio. wish me luck!

black and white roses

black and white rose print.  2012

new bird pattern

                                               A cute bird pattern I drew, should be fun to color!

tiny floral print

Tiny Floral, Gouache 2011

birds pattern

for the birds pattern, 2011

melli & graham collab

Graham and I have been collaborating on creating some cool 3D patterns.

Here’s one we created on this rainy day in Brooklyn. 

What do you think?

Happy New Prints!

Three brand new prints I created just for fun! 

These are all hand painted by me, then I scan the artwork and 

create a seamless pattern in photoshop.  If you are wondering how

to make a seamless pattern, check out the Pattern People e-book. 

Happy Friday everyone!

watercolor & ink 2011 

Happy Easter!

april showers bring may flowers

A couple new floral prints I created. 

I love this time of year, mother nature

 provides the most beautiful inspiration.  

Hope you are all having a lovely day!

Rosie Floral - Watercolor & Ink, 2011 

Black & White Floral - Ink, 2011

Daisy Chain Floral - Watercolor & Pencil, 2011

Candy Stripe Floral

Working on a candy stripe floral pattern today. 

I still need to work on a background, but thought I 

would share some work in progress images.  

Watercolor & Gouache 2011

Free People Prints

Thought I would share some current Free People prints (& embroideries) I worked on!

pattern people design contest

I am so very happy and proud to announce that I have won the Pattern People Surface Design Competition for Best Floral Design. I will be published in their e-book! I am beyond excited and grateful to be part of this wonderful collection of designers. Thank you Pattern People!

Check out their blog and website! http://www.patternpeople.com/

http://www.patternpeople.com/submission-winners/

purple print

Watercolor, acrylic ink, pen

October 2010

dottie print

I made this fun print last night. It might be cute for children’s wear or stationary? Click the image to see it at full scale.

Watercolor Paisley

A recent print I created using watercolors. Please note all of my work is copyrighted.