Expand your Artists In Cellophane experience with a colorful, limited edition print. This playful serigraph displays all nine of the drawings in my current Wood|Play art block print series created for the Art*O*mat together in one un-cut print. Full of fun details and packed with personality. Hand-pulled from the same screens used to print the wood block series. Only 12 were printed! You can purchase a print at the DeftGurl Esty shop

Sneak peek at the HankiePankie Series #2 box art. I know, I know... it's a little sophomoric, but how could I resist given the subject matter?

My new HankiePankie series of art handkerchiefs designed for the Art*O*Mat and individual sale on Etsy is printed at last! This is hankie series #2 for the Art*O*Mat and includes 4 unique hand-drawn hankie designs inspired by vintage hankies (You can see some of the inspiration here). With two colors per design, these took a little longer to print than the last Hankie series. They go in the Art*O boxes as is, but the hankies from this series soon-to-go-on ETSY will be pre-heatset, washed and hemmed so you - the end-user - can get to sneezing even sooner. I better get cracking! (you can see some more pix on my flickr set - just click the images above.

Wood|Play series, my first wood block series for the Art*o*mat is ready to be wrapped up in cellophane and shipped off to the AIC HQ. Don't forget to support your local arts community - check out an Art*o*Mat machine near you for fun, affordable pocket-sized art.

Another sneak peek for the blog. More sketches posted on flickr, in keeping with the art*o*mat theme. I'm also working on a 2nd art*o*mat series that will be my first time printing on wood blocks. Learning a new process (printing on a new substrate) is turning into a great way to challenge myself. If it goes well I may explore printing larger pieces on wood.

Working now on four new Hankie Pankie prints for the Art*o*mat Hankie Pankie art Hankie series. Here are some sketches of the prints in progress.

More fun with watercolor, glue and old magazines, working on a group of mini cards to use as gift tags, just playing around and having fun.

Puttering around in the garden, early morning to beat the heat, kept finding lovely shapes and colors to inspire me.

There's nothing I find better at opening up my head than travel and the freedom and energy it gives. Just got back from a trip that was wonderful, varied and full of inspiring people, places and tastes. Maintaining that sense of wonder now that I am home is a major goal of mine for this summer.

Spent a wonderful Sunday with my mom, making art and hanging out talking. She was teaching me how to paint with Egg tempera, which I had never donw before. I really loved the process and the colors. Can't wait to play with it some more very soon.