New Logo! BTW Narwhals are real.

Sam has done it again! It's the perfect logo for my Toy Company, "Play Nice Toys" www.playnicetoys.com

The Analogous Project

I have just started soliciting talented (and I mean TALENTED) artists from my local community and from around the world to join me on a collaborative book adventure. Here are my first three artists. I promise, just one visit to their shops and you will see why I chose them!

The Analogous Project artists will choose one from the collection of short "poems" (think Edward Gorey and Shel Silverstein) I have written and create an image (or allow the use of their existing image) to tell the story of the little rhyme.

Introducing the first three artists:

Evan B. Harris "Helm and the Harpsichord" Shop link:http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6588568


Kelly Louise Judd "Two Canaries Original Oil Painting" Shop link:http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5170357



Lisa Hurwitz "Mother and Son" Shop link: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5173417


More coming soon!

Enjoy!

Devastated. Goodbye Claudia.

One of my absolute favorite artists in the world has died. I went to her site because I am ready to solicit artists for my completed series of children's books and of course I thought of her... her work inspired my own "Peculiar Girl" and "Peculiar Boy" drawings. I imagined her talent bringing my books to life and children everywhere losing themselves in her artwork. I am devastated.

Here is the excerpt from her Etsy shop:

MundoGominola's Shop Announcement
Chucherias y Caprichos
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**Thanks for your visit to MundGominola!!
I'm a spanish illustrator.
I hope you enjoy my artwork!
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Artist, friend, and Etsy seller Claudia Moya aka Mundogominola recently passed away from a rare heart condition. She was a young and talented illustrator living in Madrid, Spain.

Here You can find a Tribute to Claudia:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/etc/tribute-to-mundogominola-3195/

Claudia´s mother África and brother Manolo wants to Thank You all for the beautiful words and messages to Claudia.

Claudia´s Blog: www.mundogominola.blogspot.com, www.tiendagominola.blogspot.com

**All artwork is under copyright licenses. ©Claudia Moya

Swiss Roo+s

I found an amazing local restaurant that serves authentic Swiss Cuisine called "Chef Hans" located in Winter Park, FL. On the way there, I had a very interesting conversation with my Grandma Judy about our Swiss roots. She said our family was one of five families that founded Gresso (we are also from Zurich and Chur)... she said much more than I can write here. I was inspired to call because I wanted an outfit for Enso that reflected his Swiss heritage (yes for this year's Christmas card). I wanted to know if we had family that wouldn't mind buying him an authentic Lederhosen. Last year he wore a traditional Bolivian parka (in addition to the baby Mozart outfit). Anyway I found Lederhosen on eBay and also found several of the sites and treasures shown here.
Links:
http://www.shopswiss.com/index.html
http://www.swissroots.org/swissroots/en/stories.html

Cry Wolf

This is my first official Wacom Pad picture...

Peculiar Girl & Friend

Bracelet Femme

....Have plans to make this into a silver bracelet...