Five Silly Pumpkins Say "Happy Halloween!"

I love Halloween and all the ghosts, pumpkins and creepy critters that come with it! And I also love a spooktacularly adorable pop-up Halloween counting book that I illustrated and so I am sharing with you today in the Halloween spirit! You can purchase my book on either Amazon or find a local independent bookseller at indiebound.org. Happy Halloween!!!

Illustrated by me! Jane Smith!

One black cat by moonlight.

Two ghosts flying around and around. Boo!

Five super silly pumpkins.

Nightmares & Lullabies: Process & Progress

I'm excited to announce that I have been invited to contribute an piece of artwork to an upcoming show, titled "Nightmares & Lullabies," at the Hive Gallery in downtown Los Angeles. I am hard at work on a new piece for the show and am delighted to share my process & progress with you!

I always begin with a sketch (on the right).
And in this case, since I am creating a dimensional mixed media collage,
I've translated the sketch into pieces of 1/8 inch foam.

Here is the prepared canvas with the foam gessoed into place.

And here is a sneak peek at the color-in-progress!

The Adventure Continues!

Sketches & Works-In-Progress

Car goes zoom! Zoom!

This is the process!

Helicopter flies! Chop, chop! 

This is more of the process!

Submarine Adventure

Dazzling color!

Submarine & fish sketch!