New big portrait

  I just finished this custom portrait. It’s another large one, like the one I did back in the summer.  The house in the back is the house where the girls were born, in Ottawa. They now live here in P.E.I, which is symbolized by the big tree on the right and the 3 little [...]

recent work and some other stuff

Some recent custom pieces… I feel so lucky that people ask me to do these for them. They are always so much fun! The top one is of a cute family from White Rock, B.C, the bottom one is of a girl and her pirate kitty. They travel the world together. Some illustrators I’ve recently [...]

mail from berlin

At the beginning of the summer I subscribed to Peter’s “Mail me something” project. I made a small donation (I wish I had paid more!), and then proceeded to get lovely things sent to me all summer long. Here they are:   A tiny alphabet book, We got to assemble it and make a tiny [...]

Last 2 barns

  Here are the last 2 barns. All together I painted 6 barns this summer in Catherine’s Studio. I’m so happy she chose  me to watch her space. These barns would never have been painted if she hadn’t. She’s back now and it’s time to hand back the keys, and I feel a little heart [...]

these days

These days have been full, very full. A lot of going back and forth… from things like this, and this, to this, and this. In July my attempt to get more childcare backfired…and I ended up with no childcare. My children were both miserable in the new places I put them and begged to stay [...]