Category: Illustrations

Happy Independence Day!

7/3/2024

Hope you enjoy the holiday are having a great summer! Here's a couple of recent art doodles playing around in Adobe Fresco. I've learned a LOT from Kyle T. Webster. Check out this video of Kyle teaching in Fresco and make your own doodles! :)

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New Work & Video: [There's A Lion in the House]

7/2/2024

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I recently had the pleasure of completing my largest lion collage to date! It's about 22” x 30” and I used assorted acid-free, Color-Aid, and magazine papers, plus gold leaf. It took about a month from start to finish. It was a request from a client in Canada.

This is my first video of me talking about my process, so thanks ahead of time for your patience. Lots to improve for next time! This is Kelly's website. I've learned a lot from her book and blog!

Below are some close-ups of the intricate paper work.

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Day 1410: Photos from the Show & New Work!

3/14/2024

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Women's Work: Unique Visions By Women
*Springboard Art Show at the Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ •*** Through March 28th

From L to R: Lydia Baldassarre, Elizabeth Robles, Emily Gilman-Beezley, me, Jennifer Merz, Vicky Katzman. (Not pictured--Dr. Joy Yoo)

It’s an honor for all of us to show our work at the Clifton Arts Center Center (cliftonartscenter.org) during “Women’s History Month”! It's a joy for me to be part of this group of unique, beautiful, and incredibly talented women!! I showed some older work ("Three Girls", 1985, "Blue Crab" 2006, and "Fuzz 'N Bunny and the Jellybean Tree" 2010 (www.kathleenrupff.com/childrens.html), along with some new mixed media pieces. Here's some local press about the show: thecliftontimes.com/g/clifton-nj/n/242920/commemorating-womens-history-clifton-arts-center. A video crew from the Clifton cable station was there to record us talking about our work. What?! :) CLICK HERE for the video!

Below are some shots from the opening last Saturday and some close-ups of my work on display. (Thanks Jenn and Liz for sharing your photos!) Below are links to the Springboard websites:

Emily Gilman Beezley - https://www.emilygilmanbeezley.com/
Jennifer Merz - https://www.jennifermerz.com/
Vicky Katzman - https://www.vickykatzman.com/
Lydia Baldassarre - https://www.lydiabaldassarre.com/
Dr. Joy Yoo - https://www.joyyoofineart.com/
Elizabeth Robles - [email protected]

The entryway of the show. Sculptor Lannie Hart also joined us!

Lovely piano music added so much to the reception!

Artist Emily Gilman-Beezley (Leader)

Artist Jennifer Merz (Leader)

Standing next to "Three Girls" & "Fuzz N' Bunny" illustrations

Artist Lydia Baldassarre talking on camera!

Nervous much?? Yes!! The piece to my right is a portrait of our first bunny Tyler.

Artist Elizabeth Robles

We're thankful for everyone who could attend!

Artist Vicky Katzman

Some of Dr. Joy Yoo's pieces (who could not be present)

Two new pieces in show

Recently, I've been taking formally completed pieces and embellishing them with paper collage with 3d effects, giving them a totally new look. It's been a lot of fun to transform the into something 'new' and I'm thrilled with them! Regarding these two pieces, I'm intrigued by the wisdom of trees, the lovely life they give and hold within their branches, and the joy they bring through the different seasons.

"Five Birds" This is a new 3-D paper collage mixed media piece

"Springtime" Another new 3-D paper collage mixed media piece

These are some older pieces in the show...

Though my current emphasis is on digital painting, my roots are firmly in traditional media. I made the acrylic painting, "Irises" while taking a class at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA (2009). It was inspired by local Warren County irises. "Three Tomatoes" was completed around 2012 while taking an oil painting class with Lena Shiffman. "Blue Crab" was completed while taking a watercolor class while I was living in Delaware (2006). I made "Three Girls" during college. The blond-haired girl with her back to the viewer represented my friend Sarabeth, a good friend of mine. I was experimenting with flowy lines and the theme of friendship. Friends are such a gift and the love and support a friend offers during difficult times is invaluable. I also love the golden light before dusk at the beach and was trying to capture that as well.

"Irises" acrylic, 16 x 20, 2009

"Three Tomatoes" oil, 5 x 7, 2012

"Blue Crab" watercolor, 8 x 10, 2006

"Three Girls", watercolor, 16 x 20, 1986 (The matted and framed image is above)

If you have any questions about my art or inquiries about purchasing, please contact me.
Thank you all for your support!

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Where's the snow?

1/28/2023

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We haven't had much snow, so I decided to doodle some after watching this video tutorial by Kyle T. Webster!

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"The Power of a Seed" Illustration & prayer

9/3/2020

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This is an illustration I made a few weeks ago. It's called "The Power of a Seed". Prayer: "Lord, Thank you that during this dark time, you are drawing us to yourself, the Light-- our true Light. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear from You. Thank you that You alone are the source and supply of everything we need. We rest and receive from You - your approval, acceptance, shalom, wholeness, wisdom, all provision. Thank you that YOU are our everything and reveal yourself to us as such. Thank you that as we continue to receive your anointed Word and love, it brings forth a harvest of much fruit in us and for us, and for those around us, that YOU're glorified. Amen!"

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Day 1339: A Photo A Day • Mac Monday!

12/16/2019

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Can you pick out the 'real' bunny?

An excerpt from "The Velveteen Rabbit,"
also called "How Toys Become Real,"
a children's novel by Margery Williams and
illustrated by William Nicholson

“Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn’t matter.”

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Day 1337: A Photo A Day • Happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/2019

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I loved Joan Walsh Anglund's books as a child, and still do. She's one of my favorite poets and illustrators!
For an interesting interview with Joan, click here

A Child's Thanksgiving Prayer
by Joan Walsh Anglund

O Lord, our thanks we give this Day
For family, home and friends,
And lift our thoughts in prayer to You
From Whom all Good descends

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Day 1228: A Photo A Day • Trip to PA Capitol Building

4/19/2018

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I recently attended an incredible guided tour of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, PA with the Eastern PA Branch of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. The capital is amazingly beautiful!
(Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so these shots were taken with my flip phone.)

"The Capital was designed in the American Renaissance style by Philadelphia architect Joseph Huston, who envisioned the building as a 'Palace of Art'." (Text from brochure)

View from the gallery of the House Chamber, featuring the 35 feet square mural, "The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania" by Edwin Austin Abbey

"Architect John Huston borrowed the Capital Rotunda's features from the Paris Opera House, including the Grand Staircase and three-tiered gallery."

In 1902 Violet Oakley was the first woman artist to receive a large commission for adorning a capitol building in the United States. Her incredible forty-three murals (created over 25 years) are breathtaking!

"Designed and manufactured by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) of Doylestown, the floor is interspersed with close to 400 mosaics illustrating the state's history, animals, industries, occupations, and modes of transportation."

"When Theodore Roosevelt attended the dedication of the building on October 4, 1906, he said,
'This is the handsomest building I ever saw.'"

We also got to meet and visit the studios of Jonathan Bean and Lauren Castillo, two incredibly talented, award-winning authors and illustrators at The Millworks. Here are a few of their book covers (below).

It was a fun and inspiring trip, and has me interested in writing/illustrating children's books again!

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Day 954: A Photo A Day • New Artwork ~ Commission Project

1/5/2016

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COMMISSION - PRAYER WARRIOR, 2015, Mixed Media, 20 x 24

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Day 919: A Photo A Day

9/17/2015

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Here's the logo I designed (left) on an electronic billboard on Sullivan Trail Rd , Easton, PA
Check out Forks Township Community Days THIS WEEKEND!

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Happy Independence Day!

New Work & Video: [There's A Lion in the House]

Day 1410: Photos from the Show & New Work!

Women's Work: Unique Visions By Women
*Springboard Art Show at the Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ •*** Through March 28th

Two new pieces in show

These are some older pieces in the show...

If you have any questions about my art or inquiries about purchasing, please contact me.
Thank you all for your support!

Where's the snow?

"The Power of a Seed" Illustration & prayer

Day 1339: A Photo A Day • Mac Monday!

Day 1337: A Photo A Day • Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 1228: A Photo A Day • Trip to PA Capitol Building

Day 954: A Photo A Day • New Artwork ~ Commission Project

Day 919: A Photo A Day

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Two new pieces in show

These are some older pieces in the show...

If you have any questions about my art or inquiries about purchasing, please contact me.Thank you all for your support!

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Women's Work: Unique Visions By Women
*Springboard Art Show at the Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ •*** Through March 28th

If you have any questions about my art or inquiries about purchasing, please contact me.
Thank you all for your support!