Nose Walking Sasquatch

  Here is a piece I created for a Sasquatch-themed show. It's called "Secret Spot".

Little Surfer Girl

I'm going home to Sarasota for the week! I hope to be carrying one of these and wearing one of those.

Spring/Summer cards for Target

Here are some of my favorite cards I illustrated for Target's 2011 Spring/Summer line, including Wedding, Mother's Day, Friendship, Easter, and Father's Day.

Happy Hearts Day

Here are some Valentine's cards I made for American Greetings.
*Please click to enlarge.

We miss you Corey

Corey Parker (1976-2010)

I wanted to take a moment to honor my dear friend Corey Parker, who sadly passed away December 30th, 2010. Corey was a talented artist and an amazing person. I feel incredibly lucky to have known him and to be his friend. He was always there to share a laugh or provide a friendly word of encouragement. I'll never forget the time when we went snowboarding and he convinced me to ride the chair-lift for the very first time. I was terrified, but somehow Corey had me laughing the whole ride up and managed to help me off the lift without falling. I will always remember Corey. His optimism, quick wit, and contagious smile will be dearly missed.

Wishing you peace and love.

Corey and I at Spaces Gallery.

Rooting for the Cavs.

Progress 2, Corey Parker 2010

Pug, Corey Parker

For more about Corey and his art, please visit:

Corey Parker Remembered

Corey Parker's Blog

Boxed Stationery

I've always loved stationery and am excited to share these boxed sets I illustrated and designed for American Greetings, available at Target.

Copyright American Greetings

New Cards

Here are some cards I illustrated for American Greetings, available in select Target stores.

Copyright American Greetings

Goodbye Fall!

We certainly enjoyed your stay!

Below is a collection of photos I shot in my Lakewood, Ohio neighborhood.

Record Breakers

I participated in a group show this summer called Record Breaker's (a sequel to Straight from the Crate).

My piece, Lily Prefers Classic Reggae, is a portrait of my beloved dog Lily listening to my Dad's old Reggae music. It was created with acrylic, cut paper, and a record.

Sneak Peek

Here's a little montage of artwork I have created over the past few months. The more representational illustrations I painted in gouache/watercolor and the others I created digitally. Hope you enjoy!

*Please click image to enlarge.

My card on Modern Family!!!

So, I was lying on the couch watching a rerun of Modern Family (quite possibly the greatest sitcom on television), and thought I spotted something familiar. Could that be one of my cards?! With a quick jump on Hulu and a little apple-shift-4, low and behold...

(Eeek! Eeek! Calling the parents!)

* Please click image to enlarge.

Playing with a Block Print look

These two pieces are an experimental style, continued from a few posts below. As mentioned previously, I wanted to experiment with using irregular shapes to achieve a fun, collage-like feel. I kept an analogous color palette to maintain the Valentine's Day theme.

Experimenting with Patterns

Here are some patterns I made with ink and scanned textures.

Mother's Day cards

Here are some cards I painted for Mother's Day 2010.

Happy Halloween!

Here are some Fall items I made for Target. Hope everyone has a fun & spooky Halloween weekend! 

Temporary Tattoos!

Fall card 

Beach day

Here is a personal card I made for a friend and fellow Cleveland surfer's birthday. As of lately, I have been looking at a lot of contemporary folk art ,which seems to have inspired this little piece. I wanted to play around with flattening the perspective and icons into a pattern-like composition of verticals and horizontals. I would like to try this technique again, but venture out of my comfort zone with looser, more irregular shapes.