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A Mother is a Story is a week old!

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I can’t believe a whole week has passed since A Mother is a Story and Stories for my Child were born. The launch party at Story was so much fun. I was honored to see so many friends and clients and fans of the book come by to say hello. Below is a snap my best friend’s mom took of us. Sweet. Above are photos by Oh Joy! and Rubi Jones. I love seeing your photos pop up on Instagram. Please share your favorite spreads or a fun snap of the covers in your place and use the #amotherisastory and #storiesformychild. Thank you so much for your support! Of course if you’d like to leave a review on Amazon that would be so awesome of you.
Me and Vi BFFAE

Daily Paintings

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daily drawing3In my dream world I’d have the perfect amount of work at all times. I’d work on one thing at a time followed by a brief pause and then another. Reality is different. I’m very very grateful and lucky to have a lot of work on my plate. I stacked the deck that way actually, by giving myself personal projects that often lead to a commercial end like my books. I love my work and believe that I’m always growing and learning from it. However I do think it’s important to do work without a commercial end. It leaves some room for experimentation or at least a lack of self-consciousness about everything being perfect for the client. Sometimes I only have a few minutes of free time during the work day and I allow myself to do some abstractions or cut paper. Other times I feel like portraying the figure but perhaps using some unusual color palettes and loose brushstrokes. I share some of these paintings on instagram in their naked, un-edited form and there’s something cathartic and honest about that experience for me.

Vital Magazine: March issue

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I love having a monthly spread in Vital Magazine (Germany). It’s about health, fitness and well-being. This issue the topic was what you can do in your everyday life to make exercise more fun. So the large illo depicts a woman dancing and the smaller one features two friends doing stretching and yoga together.

Illustrated View of NYFW for The CFDA: Paul Andrew

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How gorgeous is this Paul Andrew shoe? The details took a while to paint and I was wearing duck boots while painting it…but I’m still swooning.

Here’s everything I’ve done so far. I have a show to paint tonight and one tomorrow. I may squeeze in some I missed as well…stay tuned.

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