8.12.2011

I'm Carrying Something For You



My submission for Lisa Barker's group show at Owl House.

Hope Mountain Pages (Issues One and Two)




Illustrations for the Rochester-based art magazine, Hope Mountain, founded by Peter Lazarski and Mike Turzanski (aka Larzanski).

Updates can be found at hopemountainnews.com.

11.07.2010

cedar waxwings


my roc derby bust at the memorial art gallery



roc derby auction



the roc derby bust casts will be given to their highest bidders in less than a week! i am so happy that toxin dioxin (evinn neadow) asked me to participate in this unique event to raise funds for breast cancer research. i was fortunate enough to be paired up with the little jewpowski and was given free rein over what the finished piece would look like. i chose to focus on "the old woman in the woods", my all-time favorite grimms fairy tale.

11.30.2009

<3


photograph by brian boucheron
boucheron.org

second storie was so lovely. while i felt rusty in getting back into shows, i had a fabulous time and spent time with lots of fantastically creative people. i am feeling so inspired, with plenty of ideas for new zines swimming through my consciousness. i can't wait to get started!

11.25.2009

crunch time!


ah, procrastination. i stick my tongue out at you. i am ready to jump back into a creation frame of mind and get all my business together for the show this weekend. printing gocco is the name of the game this time around. once life is a little quieter (read: december), i am looking to explore my illustration style through embroidery. i must say, i am very excited about trying this out!
i hope you can make it to second storie this weekend!

10.25.2009

please join us!



november 28th 11am-6pm
november 29th 11am-4pm
visual studies workshop auditorium (university avenue entrance)
31 prince street
rochester ny 14620

the perfect place to find your holiday gifts!

for more information:
secondstorie.net
secondstorie.blogspot.com

10.22.2009

brunch, big band & babies!






a new card design for my friend's baby shower brunch and a limited edition gocco print that will be available for second storie!

9.15.2009

worms



i'm beginning to notice a bug theme.

7.29.2009

terrarium-time


i am so excited by terrariums, with this being my first attempt. i bought the beaker at antiques and old lace, while the stones are from my street, the dirt is from my yard, and the moss is from a local church. tillandsia and faux buggies are from arena's.

making private little worlds just feels so wonderful. time to make some more!

6.29.2009

summer nights

2009 master of teaching art show


the art show was a hit! the work shown was comprised of the thirty placements that my classmates and i taught. i chose work from both of my city placements (grades 1-8), and it was so wonderful to get to see my students again at the opening. art shows rule!

6.19.2009

community garden

star alley is the community garden where pete and i care for a garden bed. today we are planting (though slightly behind schedule) basil, peppers and beans. i was asked to paint one of the tables that sits at the entrance to the garden, to which i happily obliged. summer is here!

2.21.2009

memories of summer



inspiration for the paisley picnic table i painted last summer.

happy WAY-belated valentine's day



i took a little break from lesson planning to gocco print these stickers as my valentines to everyone. fun!

lesson plan - high school art club






collaborative zine on peace.

lesson plan - grades 1 & 2



patterned profile portraits!

lesson plan - grade 5



gee's bend mixed media collage quilt squares

2.06.2009






collaboration between me and peter lazarski.

1.25.2009

zine bulletin board

collaboration between me and my classmate, patrick ander. i love zines and i love making bulletin boards!

1.14.2009

vegan sugar cookies


funny to think that last christmas i used this cookie cutter to make vegan doggie treats.

pete's 26...


so i made him vegan pacman cookies. a pacman cake will soon follow!

1.09.2009

cavern club


freddy knows how to rock.

1.06.2009

11.13.2008

intro to casting - memory box




my memory: iron, plastic, copper, paper, acrylic.

11.10.2008

early childhood development - research



the title slide from my presentation on a child's visual interpretation of gender.

10.28.2008

botanical and zoological illustration - barred owl rendering



most definitely not my thing.

illustration timeline - history of art education

so, for my history class, we were asked to create a visual timeline of our respective field. mine being illustration, i made a "library bag" filled with tiny homages of the picture books most influential to me as a child. in each book, i left a library card with the last date stamped being approximately the time i personally discovered it.

(Books, from left to right: J. Otto Seibold's Alice in Pop-Up Wonderland, Betsy Lewin and Doreen Cronin's Click, Clack, Moo, Edward Lear and Ruth Sanderson's The Owl and the Pussycat, Kit Williams's Masquerade, Eulalie Osgood Grover's The Sunbonnet Babies in Holland, Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James's Serendipity, Wanda G'ag's Millions of Cats, and Clinton Hatchett and Stephen Marchesi's The Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book.)