Sutter Children's Center

this march i had the privilege of doing

a series of illustrations for the brand new

Sutter Children's Center, in Sacramento.

the space is designed specifically for small

children and allows them a visual way to find

their own way to their exam rooms.

how cool is that?

follow the turtle kiddo...

and you will be there!

they can do this all on their own!

if you click this

it will take you to a video clip

where a little dude will tell you

all about it.

(he is so cute).

enjoy!

OOx  c.

STAPLETON gig!

So...

these photos came to me on friday last week,

so i thought i would share them!  

what you are looking at is an illustration i

did for STAPLETON, a lovely neighborhood in Denver, CO

(my stomping grounds for nine years).

I have never done an illustration that became so big

(literally).

my fave is the train.  how cool is that?  a train, (a train)!

truly a career highlight for me!

hope you are all well... spring feels like it has not

arrived here on the palouse, although the flowers seem 

to feel that it is here (which is nice).  i just wish the snow,

rain, hail, slush, would stop and the sun would shine.  

oh... mr. sun please come shine on me.

on a side note, i am in the throws of a month of art/craft shows.

i have done two in the past three weekends, and i have another

next weekend.  THEN- i plan on painting for the following 7 weeks

to prepare for the cherry creek art festival (Denver), and the 

BAM art fair (Bellevue, WA) show.

I can hardly wait to get dirty again.  it feels like ages

since i have played with my paints.

okay everybody...  have a great week.  work hard and

make time for some fun. 

OOx  c.

where does one begin?

i suppose i will start with today.

today...

today i am posting my favorite (recent) painting , doris wright liked to borrow nancy's clothes.

i should begin by saying i never (that is right... never) have a plan when i start a piece. they just happen. * the funny thing about this painting is that it has both my grandmothers name (doris), and my mom's name (nancy) in it. i didn't know this until i was virtually done with the piece. and because of this... i couldn't sell it. so it now hangs on my mother's bedroom wall. it seemed only fitting.