Christmas Postcard 2013- Tower Grove feature

I created my Christmas postcard this year based on a wonderful park in St. Louis- Tower Grove Park. My parents had some wedding pictures taken here, my college roommate and my brother got married here... its a pretty cool park. The pavilions in it have rich history and one of my favorites is the Turkish Pavilion- featured below.

 

Lafayette Square Street Banners

I designed holiday street banners for Lafayette Square.

Plumbing Postcard Sketch

a plumbing postcard sketch for Mike

Comfort Food Book Club Sketch

Megan picked Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs for our July book. Here's the sketch for her!

Words: new art in the making

A new one I am trying that Anna showed me from Pinterest. Acrylic paint over vinyl lettering over an old painting. We'll see how it turns out soon.

A modge podge lettering art piece for AK. 

A new piece for Baby Rayleigh's room.

Geography of Bliss

Book Club Sketch from a few months ago was Geography of Bliss for Amanda. 

Life of Pi Book Club Sketch

In March my book club read Life of Pi. We met on March 14th to discuss, eat pizza and watch the movie. Cheers to Rinnah for a fun book club and picking a good book!

The Elevated Envelope: Trees, Seasons and the World

We are all apart of something greater.

My participation in the Elevated Envelope again. Doodling and connecting all my envelopes together as they are now sent around the world to Ohio, Washington, the UK and Australia. 

Book Club Sketch: Room by Emma Donoghue

Megan's book club pick: Room by Emma Donoghue. Seemed very real, great group discussion! Enjoy the sketch.

Book Sketch: Ask the Dust by John Fante

Meg's book pick. A tough book to get into but interestingly appreciated.

MaddFlowers: Centerpieces for St. Andrew's Derby Brunch at Magic Chef Mansion

Sketches of floral arrangements I did for a Derby Day Brunch event while serving on their committee.

Then we took the sketch from Concept to Reality and made centerpieces for the St. Andrew's Derby Brunch at the Magic Chef Mansion. The event benefited low income seniors in St. Louis.

Valentine's Day Postcard

Megan hired me to create Valentine's Day postcards for her. She is a nurse on a cardiac step down floor so she deals with hearts daily. She also has a love for biking and biked in her first race this past October in the Pedal the Cause. The elements of the card were all inspired by her and for her. Enjoy and share the love!

its all in the details...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said: "God is in the details"

50 States 50 Sketch Postcard Project.

Last one and I'm done with this little project! Onto the next one....


Connecticut 

Recipient: M. Iezzi

50 States 50 Sketches Postcard Project

North Dakota

50 States 50 Sketches Postcard Project

Talking with friends and half strangers about my project has taught me about the states, found people to
send mail to and helped me become a better sketcher. Its been fun making up and looking up new fonts to try out and thinking of what to sketch. I've learned I should make a possible list of things I want to sketch before I start. For New Hampshire, I now look at it and think it could be so much cooler if I would have planned my sketches better but that's okay, onto the next one! 2 left!

South Dakota:

New Hampshire

Recipient: NH- Mosers

50 States. 50 Sketches. Postcard Projecet.

North Carolina:

Utah:

Recipients: Utah- J. Smith, North Carolina-  S Powell

50 states 50 sketches Postcard Project

Getting near done 3 or 4 left... I've learned that I shouldn't necessarily go freehand at it. I should plan more- make a list of things I want to draw before I just draw it. My 11 year old cousin did a school report on Vermont and that inspired most of the postcard below. 

West Virginia was another state I knew little about so the words made up most of the card. We sang along to dueling pianos on NYE and John Denver's Country Roads was a fun one- so he made it onto the postcard. 

Oregon

 

 Vermont

 West Virginia

Recipients: Oregon- L. Flores, Vermont- J. Petti, West Virginia- K. Phillips Burnett