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 ... Read More

For awhile I’ve been feeling as though I need to get away from the computer and physically make something with my hands. At the same time, I am not in a position to take on yet another project. I am a die-hard project-girl but even I have limits as to how many projects can be going on at one time. So, when my Village decided to celebrate it’s anniversary with a cake decorating competition, I signed up. Admittedly, making a cake / learning how to decorate a cake was another project, but since I could start and finish the whole thing ... Read More

One thing about my illustrations for Brava Magazine (September 2011) that didn’t come across in the printed spreads, was how well each illustration stands on it’s own. They were drawn specifically to be backgrounds, but I think that despite that they actually stand fairly well alone. The Wisconsin Capitol from the Monona Terrace: The Orpheum from State Street: As is my custom when doing non-technical illustrations, I placed one of my three pets in the Olbrich Botanical Gardens illustration. My ... Read More

I’ve found myself doing a lot of personal photo restoration lately. I’m not sure if I’m feeling nostalgic or if I’m simply a perfectionist that can’t stand to print or archive photos without first “fixing” them. I’m not sure it matters – eventually I’ll run out time – between my family photos, my husband’s family photos, and family photos for friends and extended family I’ll simply have to learn to leave some of them ... Read More

Dilemma Studio entries from Sock it to Me‘s second annual sock design competition. They’re still going through entires, we’ll know on March 24th whether or not any of our entires made it into the final 25. If any of our entries are in the final 25 we’ll be calling on everyone we know to vote for us on facebook – we want a spot in the top 3 and our socks in ... Read More