The Games Table is done!

After many late nights and googling of old game board pieces, I have finally completed the Games Table. Yahoo! Games have so many memories attached to them, and they can bring you right back to your childhood. The laughing, the fun and sometimes the flipping of the game board. Games are a big part of

I am finally back at the easel with … Marble Marble

After my adventures down the inktober road in the fall my creative endeavours slowed to almost a halt. I have been struggling with some chronic bursitis in my shoulder and healing at that time was taking all my energy. Finally with the new year well underway I am feeling strong and ready to take the

#inktober my journey so far… day 9

I have never taken the inktober challenge as I have this year. A target for each day and a theme to help guide me through 31 days. I am almost 1/3 of the way in and so far so good! I know the days will come when it’s going to be hard, but I am

The Power of Greyskull!

Late last night I was able to complete He-man & Battle-Cat. My little brother was a serious fan of He-man. I clearly remember him wheeling his giant plastic sword around inciting the power of greyskull. Having a 4 year old around re enacting similar scenes shakes of the cobwebs off of old memories and they

Green Army Men

I don’t know if you can get more classic than the green army men.  These gentlemen have been on my to do list for awhile, so when the season of sickness past they were the first to hit the canvas.  The green army man has probably seen more than his share of battles, more than

Sketching for my son

The new year brought in the cold and a series of colds that plagued my family for weeks. I have been too busy battling the runny nose to have the chance to put the brush to the canvas. This week I got that chance and boy did that feel good. During this forced down time

A studio date with my son

This Wednesday afternoon my son asked me to paint with him in the studio. He has a painting easel set up next to mine in my studio. So down we went into the painting studio, we adorned our smocks, put some tunes on and began the painting adventure. For about 30 minutes we painted and

New year, new medium

If you have seen my other social media accounts you will have seen the newest pieces of mine have been drawn in pencil crayon. You would also have seen the addition of candy to my subject matter. I am nothing but inspired by these things. The ‘mom of two year old’ factor plays well into

The View Master, the first virtual reality toy

I love this new piece, The View Master. I can clearly remember sliding the little white disks with tiny cells into the slot atop the red View Master, pressing my eager eyes to it revealing a 3D image and the beginning of a story. A toy that many generations have had, and as I recently

The vintage toy journey begins with Fisher Price

After the art-walk hangover passed and I got over my tent loss…. yes tent loss. My big tent busted on takedown Saturday. A sad loss indeed, and a bit expensive too. That aside, I couldn't wait to get back to the studio and start painting more of those vintage toys. The response to my first