I recently participated in a collaborative illustration project called “If I Was You.” Each week, an illustrator creates an image based on the artist from the previous week, answering the prompt, “If I was you, I would…”.  Hannah Warren was my inspiration, and it was great to dig through her work! I read that her favorite things are “Family, friends, my boyfriend and all you can eat buffet.” So here it is, Hannah! If I was you, I would invite all my family and friends over for a homemade all you can eat buffet.

See the rest of the entries to the If I Was You Project, and check back in a couple days to see what another illustrator would do if they were me!

Happy July! This is an illustration for the cover of the July issue of Providence Monthly. The idea was to combine the Providence skyline with a growing garden. I spent a lot of time drawing out the vines and leaves; it’s great to get to illustrate for the cover because it is printed so large that details translate really well. Here’s a slightly different version than was used:

…and a snapshot of the cover:

It’s no secret, I have a definite obsession with patchwork. There are some images that instantly hit me as a perfect opportunity to show off some mixed-and-matched fabrics. This was one of them! I loved piecing together flowery fabric to make this tortoise’s shell.

Want a Slow & Steady print for yourself? It’s available in 5″x7″ and 8″x10“!

I found this the other day when I was looking for something else, and I don’t think I’ve ever shown it before! An applique/embroidery illustration of a girl in a mint green dress.

I have been spending a lot of time lately searching through old photographs, digging through my family’s collections and diving even deeper into vast online archives. While I’m not sure exactly what has prompted this recent binge, it reminds me of the hours I spent as a child engrossed in the stories of how life used to be. Now, I’m enjoying taking these snapshots and giving them a new life.

For this piece I started with a pencil drawing of the boy carrying a wheelbarrow. After experimenting with a few colors digitally, I mixed a perfect shade of mint and painted a background directly onto some linen. Over the weekend I stitched some fabric clouds over the paint, and when everything was finished I combined all the separate elements digitally. I am so glad to live in a time when technology allows me to combine my favorite mediums this way!

I hope you like my newest experiment; I’d love to hear what you think! And if you have a spot on your wall just waiting for this fellow, you can find him in my store.