July Update

A few new necklace designs available in my shop this summer! 

Finally have a moment to sit and write a proper entry! The past few months have been...exhausting. Between work, convention prep and attending the actual conventions, I'm really looking forward to a nice quiet summer working at home! This was the first year I decided to attend three conventions in a row and to be honest, not too sure I'll be doing that again anytime soon! 

More items available in my shop!

Last show was Heroes Con, in NC. Fun show this year! below are a few of the pre-con commissions painted for pick-up at the show. I've been getting a ton of e-mails about commissions lately, I hate to say it, but I'm really pulling back on the number of commissions I'm taking from now on. While I love painting them, I'm going to be focusing on painting a bit more for myself, gallery shows and personal projects in my free time (plus work assignments!). I do have a small list for the fall-winter months, but am not taking on nearly as many paintings as I was. 

On that note, I finally got some time to reopen my Etsy shop! I will be updating it often and selling a few originals, prints, jewelry, tote bags, (possibly some custom vinyl toys!), etc. I'm going to try and have new collections of jewelry and prints in the shop each season. I'm getting really excited for the coming fall months, especially planning out Halloween jewelry and art! 

*ALSO*, The release date for My First Ghost is right around the corner! I'll update before the release with any signing/launch events coming up in the NYC area :)

January commissions, a quick update & stuff!

So far 2011 has been awesome (let's keep this up!), the year started off on the right foot with some fun work, participating in a great art show out in LA (pieces are up for sale here) and a ton of new commissions. It's been fun taking on some extra commissions this winter, I think I'll continue to do so until convention season starts for us (we'll be at Boston con and Heroes con this year and we'll have a TABLE! Woo!)! Doing these personal pieces reminds me how much I love my job-I'm posting three of my favorites above and below (Vampirella, WW and Bettie Page). Perhaps someday someone will let me paint Vampi or WW in sequential form? A girl can dream, right??!

Back about eight months ago, I was asked by Fantasy Art Magazine in Asia, if I'd like to be featured in their magazine for a big article. Of course I said yes, I was beyond honored that they thought so highly of my work. I happily did an interview and bio, as well as provided them with a ton of art. Well, I was head over heels when the magazine arrived last week-holy cow! They did a gorgeous job-I'm so blown away

So as of right now, I'm working on some new collaborative projects I can't quite talk about just yet-it's insanely exciting (I don't think I've ever been this excited about a project before)-it's going to rock so much. What I CAN say is, something really special is going to go down at Boston con...I will post more as I can and I'll be posting more about the upcoming cons I'm going to in the next few months, too. I'm still indecisive about bringing my paints along to the cons-so I may take a commission list before the show and bring the finishes with me. More soon! xo