Pictures from 'Take a Walk in Her Shoes!'

This past Thursday I had the honor of participating in the second annual 'Take a Walk in Her Shoes' fashion event. I created 4 large paintings of women as 'guardians' of our world and was pleased with the result.

With just about 2 weeks of working time, I spent nearly every day furiously painting, blasting Florence and The Machine and subsisting on a diet of primarily coffee in attempts to finish the images on time. (On a side note, Lungs is my current favorite painting-soundtrack. Gets my elbows moving!)

I was nothing less than thrilled when I was finally able to sit infront of the finished printed posters without any major art-tastrophies.

At 24 x 36, they are the largest images I have created and it was awesome to be able to donate them to such a fantastic cause.

Below is a picture from the event, with Guardian I up on an easel in an inner room of the show. (I am not sure who the nice folks are in the picture however)

Prints of the paintings are available for purchase through my site :)

New Business cards!

I returned home this week from our trip out to San Francisco (for Google IO) to find my new business cards were waiting in the mail! I was down to my last 10 cards and ended up handing the rest out at the conference/airport, so I was very pleased to see my stock replenished.

The new cards had been slightly redesigned to match with my new site layout and to include several new images that I felt would translate well to the backs of the cards. This is my third time ordering from moo.com and as always, I was impressed by the quality of the paper and the printing of my images. There's something about the sheen of the card they use that I just cannot find with other printers. The dimensions are a little different from US card sizes (as they are a UK based company) but I don't find the difference off putting at all. I think I enjoy having a *slightly* larger card anyway... more room for the art on the back!

In other news, I am gearing up for a huge art-opportunity this week. I will be showing 4 new pieces (24 x 36 posters) at the 2nd Annual'Take a Walk in her Shoes' fashion event. The event is put on by the Community Partnership for Homeless at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. To say I am excited is a massive understatement. The Biltmore itself is an absolutely breath-taking building and the fashion show is for a wonderful cause. I am so honored to be able to be a part in this fantastic event!

With that being said, I should get back to work :)