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Believe, my 2007 Christmas design, is inspired by vintage photography provided by lorivintage55stock and the Lumos font.
Tell me what you think.  I’d love to hear your comments!

Mystikal Scents is a most excellent metaphysical shop run by a very good friend of ours, Pearl Prather. On Saturday, October 27th, from 11am to 7pm, the store will be celebrating its one year anniversary and hosting a Psychic Festival.
The shop also carries Natalie’s prints, handmade cards, and original art. Many of the items available [...]

When it comes to living a creative lifestyle, we often know deep down what keeps us going. For me, it’s a myriad of regular activities:

Walking
Keeping lists
Daily Affirmations
Sketching in my pastel journal
Connecting with fellow artists
Keeping an image folder
Treating myself occasionally to new art supplies or books/mags on art
Checking out local art events
Experimenting with new methods [...]

Check it out! In just a couple of hours, I created my own profile in the TalentDatabase that features 18 selections from my soft pastel portrait portfolio, a couple videos, even some photography. In addition to offering a free online portfolio, there is a section for my bio, artist statement, and exhibition history.
The [...]

Here is the finished piece of artwork I created at the Art after Dark event at the Tampa Museum of Art. It’s part of my recent series in exploring abstract designs. Since I’m working with larger works of art now, it’s taking longer to scan them in. I’ve actually got a stack of new work [...]

My latest soft pastel creation…a tribute to high heel boots! they can be a woman’s idea of paradise if you know what I mean…which is also the reason for submitting to this week’s theme at Illustration Friday - Paradise.

Tomorrow night I’ll be at Pre-party mixer at Whiskey SoHo in Tampa from 6pm - 8pm. Come out if you’re in the area. It’s to promote my upcoming group exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art!

One of my readers, Steph Palallos, writes in her online blog, “Steph Disturbs the Universe“:

I’ve never done anything like this before. A couple of months ago, the ingenious Filipino fashion designer Vic Barba asked me to make a handful of wire sculptures for the preview/exhibit of his new boutique at Greenbelt 5. The building [...]

I couldn’t resist being a bit devious with the title of this post to announce my upcoming art show this Sunday at Crimson Anchor Tattoo. It’s going to be a total blast with live music from a ton of local bands as well as quite a collection of artwork from some of Tampa’s best [...]

As a self-taught artist, there are a couple concepts I live by in order to grow as an artist. The first one is to study the work of the masters. And while you could leave it at simply exposing yourself to their artwork, I have found that I learn best by putting what I [...]