"What do immense meerkats fear?"

Some mail art I just recently finished.  This one just had to have a poem to go along with it.

Where have I been? (Part 3)

...making a mess...

My desk as of this morning.

Where have I been? (Part 2)

...making mail art...

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For more examples, visit the mail art gallery on my web-site!

Where have I been?

Buying art supplies in Paris...

South Skyline Region Open Space Preserve

A breakfast surprise!

The following illustration was part of a children's book illustration exercise from last year.  However, I only recently finished it to my satisfaction and wrote the poem so I thought I would share.

watercolor and color pencil on paper - 8" x 16"

(Click image in order to read poem)

Evening Primrose from Alcatraz Island

This year for the first time, the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists is collaborating with the Gardens of Alcatraz to build a florilegium, or collection of botanical paintings, to document the species of the island.  Many of the botanical subjects survived years of neglect to persist from the island's prison past.

As a NCalSBA member, I toured the gardens in March and chose the 'Pink Evening Primrose' (Oenothera speciosa) for my subject.  It was located on the windy side of the island in the 'Prisoner Gardens.'  I completed the color pencil painting below earlier this summer and was recently informed my piece was accepted for the florilegium. A giclée print of the drawing will be on display this fall and will also remain permanently in Alcatraz's collection.

11" x 14" - color pencil on Stonehenge paper

"The initial exhibition of Alcatraz Florilegium images will be in the Alcatraz Prison Band Rehearsal Room, September 1 – December 31, 2013 and will be open to all island visitors."