ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

THEATER

This drawing could illustrate a number of ideas, but, while working on it, I was thinking about how much of politics is really nothing more than theater.

Please click on the image above to see a larger version of this illustration.

pen and ink, color added in Photoshop

OUR RESCUE PUP

MONTY

Three days before Christmas, my husband and I, and our four dogs, adopted a three-pound, four-month-old blind toy poodle from a local rescue group. We named him Monty—after Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks—because he certainly had a funny one. He is now eight months old and doing wonderfully. But he has a strange habit of following with his eyes something only he can see up near the ceiling. I always say he is watching the angels—who almost certainly brought us all together.

Please click on the image above to see a larger version of this illustration.

pen and ink, color added in Photoshop

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

IMPOSSIBILITY

When I bought my clivia plant about 10 years ago, I expected to see flowers fairly quickly since my book on houseplants rated it as an easy plant to grow. But after about 5 years, I finally gave up all hope of it ever flowering. And then last week it bloomed!

Please click on the image above to see a larger version of this illustration.

pen and ink, color added in Photoshop

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

FLEETING

“Nothing is more fleeting than external form, which withers and alters like the flowers of the field at the appearance of autumn”

— Umberto Eco

This quote reminded me of the dried poppy seed pods I saved from our garden several years ago and have been meaning to draw ever since. The design in the background is a top view of the seed pod.

pen and ink, color added in Photoshop

Blackbird Backyard Brew label

My husband is brewing his first batch of beer and asked me to design a label.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY

TALISMAN

It's not always lucky for everyone involved.

Just a quick one this week. In memory of Violette, the rabbit, and her sister Emily.

pen and ink, color added in Photoshop