Palm Springs Beauty

Boy, if I never make another date palm again, I don't think I would lose sleep over it.  But seriously, this project was really enjoyable to complete (okay, even the clipping of individual palm fronds was therapeutic).  My client was from a property management firm congratulating their clients on the purchase of an old resort in Palm Springs that is to be remodeled.  My client was able to find a vintage photo with the resort name, and asked for desert elements like date palm, mountains, and bamboo.

Three individual pieces were completed on 5x7 canvas board, designed to sit on a stand.  I inked the background of mountains, a golf course, and lake, and fashioned the bamboo with inking as well.  Those palm fronds?  Yup.  They started with blank paper, which I inked, coated, and snipped.  And snipped.  (Did I mention I made three of these?)  The other embellishments include pearls, shells, and a metal coin which says appropriately enough, "Imagine."

My client was thrilled with the pieces, as were her clients.  With presentation a priority, I packaged each in decorator boxes nestled in crimped kraft paper, tied with a fabric ribbon.  Perhaps one day I'll stop by the newly remodeled resort and see what was imagined.

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Gala Artwork

These are two of the package of six cards I made for auction at the school gala.  It's funny, I look at artwork that I did even just a few months before and I think of all the things that I would do differently.  Either I am getting better, or my tastes are changing weekly.  (I also need to research how to add a Texture button in HTML, so the texture of the artwork can be experienced firsthand.)  I am excited to see these in a basket at the gala in March.  (Later note:  They sold for a good donation!)

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A (Brief) Lego Period

Well, here's a medium I don't usually use.  It is admittedly a departure.  It was actually a collaborative piece with my husband, a Lego freak.  (His stuff is really cool.  He just designed a Dr. Who Tardis that won a Picture Perfect award at the Bricks by the Bay Lego convention in Santa Clara.)  Anyway, this card was created to showcase Legoland passes to be auctioned off at the school gala.  The pieces are glue-dot removable, so no sacriLego was committed.  I'm pretty proud of it.  I can rock with primary colors too, just sayin'.

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Catching Attention

What better way to draw attention to a poster displayed at an event booth than to include original artwork.  That was the idea behind adding some art cards and bling to this pre-printed poster.  And it was lots of fun to assemble too, since I worked with my client to position everything one afternoon, after all the cards were made up.  Now she can say she helped create it. :)

My client had some great feedback at the event where she first displayed this poster.  She said people were drawn to it because it had 3D embellishments and artwork, rather than just being a computer generated poster.  Our next project will be to collaborate on a kid-created poster with the same art card idea, which would certainly be an attention-getter as well.

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