When I was approached by Brava Magazine to illustrate their September feature article I jumped. A long-time reader and fan of Brava (as well as former COVER GIRL), I was thrilled at the prospect of working on the magazine as well as the chance to work with Art Director, Kristin Joiner.  Pictured below are the results of our collaboration:

The idea was to illustrate note-worthy places around town (as well as one made-up living room with a lot of frames) that Kristin would be able to place behind the model. We started with a view of the Orpheum from State Street, then a view of the Wisconsin Capitol from the Monona Terrace, followed by the Lake Vista Cafe on the Monona Terrace rooftop, and, finally, a scene from Olbrich Botanical Gardens.

As is my custom when doing non-technical illustrations, I placed one of my three pets in the Olbrich Gardens illustration. My boy-kitty, Pixel, would have made his debut in Brava but unfortunately he was cut from the scene before the magazine went to print. Tim has suspicions that his weight played a role in the decision to cut him from the article, but I prefer to think that he was cut because he was drawing attention away from Kirsten Lobe. In either case, he is included in the original illustration blog post which you can view here.