Creative Dreams Do Come True

Friends - I created this piece in 1997 for the Dallas Society of Visual Communicators. They were hosting a red carpet awards show, and I was asked to design the invitation. It was so much fun to draw this festive couple and an honor to have…

Creating Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Friends - I created this piece right out of college in 1996 for a prominent Dallas businessman's 50th birthday surprise. His wife had some very definite ideas that she wanted in the painting. She requested to show two figures in the eyes, a…

Coloring Outside The Lines

Friends - I created this banner for the City of Dallas in 1996 for their Deep Ellum Arts District. It was such a joy to make and challenged me to grow as an artist. This piece reminds me to embrace creative endeavors that force us to work outside…

Overcoming Creative Rejection

Friends - I could barely contain the excitement when I was asked to create this fashion illustration for JCPenny in 1996. Their "regular" illustrator was not available, and I was called in to be the substitute artist. This was definitely one…

A Journey In Collaborating With Another Creative

Friends - This illustration was created for a lovely lady named Barbara Macchia. Barbara commissioned me and my husband, Casey, to design a playbill she had written for a dinner theater. I so enjoyed making the art for this piece and learning…

Announcing The Launch Of Pet-Traits

Hello friends- 2020 brought many unexpected changes for many of us. One of the things that dramatically shifted for me was to go from teaching fitness for eighteen years back to working as a professional artist. I decided to give it a go and…

A New Illustration Style With Sambuca

Hello Friends - Creating this piece for the Dallas restaurant, Sambuca, 28 years ago was such a great exploration of a new illustration style. The owner, Holy Forsythe, had the "scratch-board" illustrations printed on a gold-colored paper which…

Illustrating Food And Fun

Friends - Illustrating food and fun have always been two of my favorite subject matters. Thus, I was thrilled when Jeff Sweany, a Dallas restauranteur, hired me 27 years ago to illustrate this menu for his new restaurant and it was a joy to…

Coffee House

This fun design was created for a small cafe' in Dallas called "The Cafe' Society" and it was later used for t-shirts. I enjoyed creating this piece very much! It still makes me smile! D

Cute Couple Custom Painting

I created this very large painting for a wonderful couple who asked me to illustrate and paint several items that were meaningful to them. I was thrilled with how it turned out and thought the colors were so cheery!