Angels and snowdrops

The angel book illustrations are virtually finished - I only have one more to complete. That's 10 canvases, two sides so there are a total of 20 images, plus some extra stuff for the front, back etc -- whew! Here's one illustrating a moonlight/star/night time theme.

And the accompanying angel.

And just because, here are some snowdrops. The first flowers of spring. They're a little late, because we had so much snow, but as long as we're talking about angels...these have a bit of a hopeful message I think.

A couple more

I am sick right now but here is a little sneak preview of some of the things I am working on for the book we are doing right now...I won't give away too much but this is the kind of theme as far as colors and subject matter.

The 100 inches of snow we've had this year might have something to do with this subject matter coming to mind easily.

Anyway, like I said...sick. So, that's all for now!

Just a sample

Over the next couple weeks I'll be finishing up quite a lot of illustrations for a project of illustrating a children's book about angels. There will be 10 canvases I'm painting for the inside (not counting the cover, back, etc.) and each canvas has two sides, so there are 20 individual images. I'm done with three canvases now and hope to complete three more by March 1 so I will be almost done for our March 15 deadline. They are fun to do, with similar color palettes and themes -- it's really quite a wonderful idea! It wasn't my idea, but I am happy to be illustrating it. :)

This is why I haven't had a chance to post other new art lately, because I've been very involved with this, but I have other stuff brewing as well...and with winter on the way out, the great outdoors beckon soon!...

Just a sneak peek

This is just a rough beginning for something that will be on a page in the new book I am illustrating, "Angels at my Side." It will be a lovely little book for children. The artwork will be lighter than most of my work, with pastel shades and gentle images. It will be out this spring! It will be great for Mother's Day, we think, with a special poem for mothers and lovely springlike imagery and colors. I hope everyone enjoys it! I enjoy the chance to try some different colors and images, but I've always had a few angels in my paintings.

This was a large-ish painting based on an image I saw in an old, old book.


One of my earliest paintings was an angel holding a little dragon.

I'm sure there are more but that's all I can find for now!