Vintage

Sweet heavenly molasses I love you. 

Contraption

For illustration Friday.

Thank you Illustration Friday!

I'm so happy to have my work posted on Illustration Friday's facebook page today. It made my day.

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Retro

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record,
you don't really own the album.
And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive. - Jack White

Voyage

I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean
that I stay at home. - Emmauelle Beart

Revenge

Thoughts of revenge? Think twice.

Vanity

Vanity working on a weak head,
produces every sort of mischief. - Jane Austen

Sizzle!

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality.
It's part of the sizzle. - Camille Paglia

Spark!

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams

Voice

Music is the voice that tells us that the
human race is greater than it knows. - Napoleon Bonaparte

In space

In my space there are clouds, birds and star pops. What are watching tonight?

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
-Anais Nin

Twisted

Twisted for illustration Friday. Inspired by my memories of my grandmother's lovely hair.

Exotic

Exotic for this week's topic on Illustration Friday.
Dancing with snakes.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music. -George Carlin

Beginning 1.17.14

"Beginning" for Illustration Friday.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;
working together is success. - Mother Teresa

Search 1.11.14

Search, for Illustration Friday.

You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search. - Maxwell Maltz

Time

 

You may delay, but time will not. - Benjamin Franklin

A new year makes me think about time and how small a year of time can be if you look up to the sky.

My drawing for illustration Friday!

Spirit

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pattern

Art is pattern informed by sensibility. - Herbert Read

Refrain

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.  - Marcus Aurelius

Shadow

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. - Helen Keller