sketches: osprey-girl, princess seashell & the cape

i sat and sketched while this huge osprey perched high atop the scrub pines...


cape cod is such a beautiful and inspiring place. we visited a native american burial ground overlooking a pond filled with ducks and swans. many people have left offerings on an old tree stump, we left drawings. princess seashell is now fluttering atop the altar there, weighed down with a seashell. this is a 2nd version i did so i wouldn't forget.
i also literally hugged a tree.

"Bedwetter" Wins Grand Prize at Xto Awards!

I was able to make it to the opening night of the Xto Awards in DUMBO, Brooklyn - and it's a good thing I did because my pretty ice cream blondie took home the big prize for illustration! Big thanks to Nicole Dominguez for doing such a wonderful job putting on a lovely show. We then drove through the night and arrived back in Cape Cod for the sunrise! Amazing....

Xto Image Awards 2009 Winners Exhibition July 9-18

The first-ever Xto Nude Image Awards Winners exhibition will be held at the Farmani Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn July 9-18, 2009. My piece "Bedwetter" has won first place for Illustration/Fine Art.
The first and second runners up will be showcased in the gallery and run through July 18th. Winners were chosen from among more than 1,000 pieces of work submitted from 53 countries.

Opening Night reception: July 9, 2009
Farmani Gallery
111 Front Street, Suite 212
6-8:30pm

We're heading back east that week so I will be stopping by the reception - this will be the first time I have shown something in NYC :)