My little adventurer Lauren went up north to help a friend with the interior remodel of a cabin; floors, walls, ceiling, etc.  In her free time she learned how to use a weed whacker, riding lawn mower, and a rototiller, which I used to incorporate into this year's birthday card for her.  She does everything in her bare feet, which are more leathery on the bottom than most shoes.  If she ran over them with the mower or tiller, I'm sure her feet would do more harm to the machines than they to her feet!!!

My caricatures featured on the cover of the program and banner on the wall of the Norris Theater, Palos Verdes, for the play Arsenic and Old Lace.  Kind of fun!

This week I was commissioned by The Norris Center for the Performing Arts to do nine caricatures for their poster of the production of Arsenic and Old Lace. They wanted my sketchy style and loved the final drawings. I had an absolute blast doing them!!! Hopefully they will give me a finished poster and I will publish that when it comes.

Commission for a father's retirement present. My client originally asked that I make sure to exaggerate his chin as it is the family trademark. Given that license, I went for it. Luckily I sent a rough sketch first, because both she and her mother asked that I not exaggerate it SO much. They also wanted me to make him look younger. Women seem to want everyone to look better, not just themselves!!

Birthdays seem to come around extremely often, and here it is, time for the annual card to my sister Karen. We both read the Hunger Games trilogy recently, so this is a little play on that idea, with reaching the half century mark playing center stage.

Heather spent this last summer in Italy as a nanny, so I incorporated a well known tourist attraction into the holiday theme. Funny that the tower leans in the candle holder as well...art imitating life!

Kristi loves working at the Cloverleaf bakery where she is a barista creating artwork in customers lattes, so I decided it would be applicable to paint her a holiday cup of joe to soothe her for those occasions when a grinch comes through the door.

Lauren is spending her Christmas in Brazil this year. The family she stays with have ranches and farms which she thrives on because of her love for animals and getting down and dirty...so she gets a jingle bell calf this year!

Since I abhor shopping and can never figure out what to get that my girls would appreciate, I resort to a hand painted card with money...then they can go out and get something they like. Here are this years additions.