i wanted to capture that moment ... here it is ... my latest piece is called "bubblegum"
i was driving into work this week and all of a sudden an image flashed across my mind ... remember that big bubblegum you blew when you were a kid? those big fat sweet juicy ones like bubblicious or hubba bubba ... inevitably one will be so big that it pops and sticks all over your face ... i wanted to capture that moment ... here it is ... my latest piece is called "bubblegum" these were the flavours i remember the most ... what about you? art :: artist :: children :: drawing :: illustration :: illustrator :: mississauga :: toronto :: whimsical
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i just finished this illustration for my son's room ... his room has a nautical theme with a blue and red colour scheme ... he had a big smile on his face when i showed him ... made my day! coming up the gangplank are our 3 newest passengers with their luggage ... mr. crab ... mr. clownfish ... mr.starfish ... i'm really happy with how this one turned out ... feels sunny and warm ... can almost smell the fresh ocean air ... art :: artist :: children :: drawing :: illustration :: illustrator :: mississauga :: toronto :: whimsical :: nautical :: boys room :: boat :: navy blue
my latest piece titled "hung out to dry" was inspired by my recent trip to greece ... it was april and the weather enabled us to hang our laundry outside ... it was so windy that within an hour everything was dried ... it brought back memories of when i was little growing up in a hot climate which allowed us to hang the laundry on a line outside the window of a condo 25 floors above ground all year round ... i still chuckle when i remember back to times when a sock or a shirt would slip from our hands and land on someone else's laundry line floors below ... you would have to count backwards and downwards and try to figure out which apartment it was that you should call on to retrieve your clothes .... this illustration was overlaid onto a photograph i took in greece ... art :: artist :: children :: drawing :: illustration :: illustrator :: mississauga :: toronto :: whimsical :: laundry :: red :: teal
happy mother's day to all the wonderful mothers out there! whenever one thinks of paintings of mother and their children, the wonderful mary cassatt comes to mind ... mary cassatt (1844-1926) was an american impressionist painter who later made france her home. she was influenced by her good friend edgar degas and often painted her sister lydia, women and their children and life in society ...
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:: heatherwelcome to the world of green honeydew . i grew up daydreaming, reading fairy tales, staring into the sunset, playing sports and watching cartoons . i am a self-taught artist . i get my inspirations from my kids, my travels, nature, current events, art and mostly just my imagination . i love drawing and painting, photography, interior decorating, music and creative projects . i hope you enjoy my art, creations and random thoughts and that it brightens up your day . thanks for coming by! categories
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