Pet Sketches - Andy

Andy's portrait challenged me to really pay close attention to fur patterns, and doing so made a world of difference in my drawings this year!

Thank you to everyone who ordered a drawing. You've really helped me grow my skills this year!

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Pet Sketches - Dublin

I'm a little behind on blogging! Pet portraits are my life right now :-) I'll start sharing them daily.

Here's Dublin! Click for larger to see on Flickr.

Pet Sketches Progress Post

All initial customer emails have been sent--and I'll follow up when I'm close to drawing each customer's pet.

Check for updates on Facebook and your spam folder--don't worry, I persistently follow up :-)

Also, be aware of a potential Canada Post strike starting around May 22--if that's the case, I'll be in touch about pick-up/drop-off options.

Thank you, Calgary Expo!

THANK YOU everyone for an excellent expo! I missed all y'all in 2024 and rebooked for 2026.

It was so awesome seeing old friends and faces and meeting new ones. It warmed my heart to hear how much the pet sketches mean to past customers and that you were looking for me last year, aw!

I'm unpacking and organizing today, but stay tuned for the remaining $10 sketches.

This year's response was amazing! Next year, I will only do $5 sketches at the table to keep things moving throughout the show.

If you placed an order, I'll be in touch soon!

The best place to see all the commissions is my Facebook page or Instagram.

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To the comic expo I shall return!

I missed last year's comic expo due to health problems, but I'm back in the Artist Alley! My only hope is that I can still draw like the wind :-) Come see me at table A476.

New Pet Portrait--Pupper Pair

I just finished editing this picture despite sending the original off in the mail a couple of weeks ago. It felt like the camera captured every bump in the paper.



Panpastel and pencil crayon ::: 8x10" ::: 2024

My next published short story--Trapped on Tragodia

For some reason, I thought I had already shared that one of my short stories was published this year! It's called Trapped on Tragodia and it's an exciting tale of friendship, adventure and journey into the unknown!

Odie is just a regular space trucker until a forced landing changes everything. I don't know how much to reveal about the story without spoiling it, LOL! I spotted the submission call from < a href="https://www.perennial-press.com/">Perennial Press in fall 2021, which seems forever ago. The anthology would contain stories and poems about arthropods--kind of a unique subject, IMHO. Now, this is why you always hang onto rejected ideas, because there could be a day when they fit perfectly. The idea I had hanging around was from a horror anthology submission call. I enjoy mild horror and tried my hardest, but liking something and creating something are two different things. I cannot write a horror story to save my life. However, I have a strong belief in the power of friendship and just let my authentic voice speak.

Inspired by childhood memories of movies like Mysterious Island, I changed the setting to a wild place where giant insects rule. If you know me, you'd be seriously surprised I wrote a story that doesn't contain birds or horses, but I was up for the creative challenge. Arthropoda was edited by JW Stebner, who also edits Hexagon, a speculative fiction magazine.

It was a long wait until I had a physical copy in my hands, but it was such a great moment to open the box and see my ideas made real, especially the gorgeous cover by Stephanie Lane Gage of Martian Press. Order your copy today--you won't be disappointed.