February Gallery Show and New Website!

Ok, ok, I am a very lame blogger up to this point... two posts in the last 3 or 4 months just does not cut it. Work has been very busy for me but that's not really an excuse. The good news is that I've made a commitment to really start working on my art this new year.

Today I hung several of my photos at a gallery at St. Luke's, a local hospital in Eagle, ID. The gallery is an "Artist of the Month" gallery, and the Eagle Camera Club has it for the whole month of February. I'm really excited about that. I also built my new website today, and though it is far from finished, you can view my photo gallery and link back to this blog. One step at a time for me!

My new website is www.girlingearstudio.com and you can also check out the Eagle Camera Club at www.eaglecameraclub.com. The club is great, and it has really been a great creative outlet for me... and it's helped me set deadlines for myself and get some things done that really needed to be done.

Ciao for now!

Inspiration comes from strange places...

So I was kicking back, watching some TV and a mini-marathon of The Rachel Zoe Project was on. I am not a big docudrama/reality show fan, but was fascinated nonetheless... and here's what I came up with. Sorry for the crudeness... I am going to clean it up and probably color in Illustrator later on. But it's getting late and I really need to go to bed since it's a workday tomorrow (for my real job, LOL).

Illustration Friday: Sugary

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This is my first post for Illustration Friday. The topic this week is "Sugary." The first thing I thought of was Froot Loops, a staple of my childhood. It was the only sugared cereal my mom would allow in our house. Ahh, the memories of getting a brand new box, fighting with my little sister over who got to reach to the bottom of the full box to get the free toy... and spilling it all over... then how the milk would turn this purple color after about 5 minutes of soaking.

I sketched this up and colored it with gouache. It was a really nice way to spend a rainy afternoon! Now go enjoy some sugary goodness.