Water Colors

So much has been going on in and out of the studio. So I have been working on small portable water colors to take with me on the studiomargo-a-go-go! Fall is officially here I still can't help thinking about what it is like under the sea. Here are some of the water colors I have been working on. This past Sunday was another sneek peak at the Oakland Museum of California, two more to go. I will let you know when the Natural Science Gallery will open and I hope to see you there.

Staying busy
staying warm
keeping art
inside my arms.

Oakland Museum of California : Sneak Peek #1

This last Friday night I had the pleasure of attending the Oakland Museum of California's Summer Night and sneak peek at the Natural Science Gallery to check out how the robots were feeling at their new home. Well, what do you know, they were educational and entertaining! Here are a few photos from the event. This is the first time I have had an opportunity to take a sneak peek and help form the museum and you can too! Check out the dates if you would like to be a part and see where the future of museums are going. I'm, so excited!

Click on the flyer below to see it larger and maybe I will see you there too!?

Botober!

Busy as a beebot here in and out of the studio. Here are some shots of what has been going on in the studio since I have finished my illustration work with the Oakland Museum of California.

 Above are robot products that were sent to a buyer. Below are two mini paintings! Which you can snag here!

Wow, what a wall! I was drooling when I saw it, my  imagination went wild and robots are crawling all over that all, larger than life! I am working on a mural proposal!

 Above is the famous Jumping Haru! A 6x6in acrylic on canvas! Below are a few shots of the studio.

New prints for you and your loved ones! Below is a piece that is going into a clients home, made especially for the little 10 month old bundle of love!

Walking Robots with their dogbot! I just finished this commission! I loved creating the piece just for her! Now it is in a home that will be loved and cherished forever!

O these are part of my Jollybot product line. Yes, we have magnets, cards, mirrors! Pick yours up today!

And for YOU! Here is a sketch I made last night during dinner. Or shall I say, here are some visitors that came to say hello!

Commissions and Beyond

Time is going by very fast, working in the studio just about every day of the week. Taking time for eating, sleeping, and giggling. I have been working almost non stop on the Oakland Museum of California commission. I have been meeting my dead lines and eating my breakfast. Well, we are at the refining stage of the work. All illustrations are painted and now we are just making small adjustments and adding a few things here and there to make this the best, most exciting stop motion animation the West has ever seen!

So below are photographs of the work. Canadian Goose, drawing, and painted illustration.

 A drawing of a black tailed mule deer. As I was drawing and then painting her, I thought about the two of us frolicking in the Oakland Redwoods together, best friends, totally in love with each other. We danced and ran as magical fairy dust swirled around our bodies and western sword ferns tickled our ankles.

Here is the beginning stage of the Oakland Redwood forest.

 Below are the two different drawings I sent for review. The first squirrel made the cut, however, the robotic funny, squirrel/bear/raccoon animal did not make it. hahahaha. He makes me giggle each time I flip through my sketch book and see him there. He looks like he knows a lot of great jokes!

Here is the finished squirrel. Below her are a few additional painted sketches. This was the first time using illustration board, and I love it!

 

Here I am working on the Downtown Oakland scene. I am working on the Fox Theater. Aside from my 2010 trompe l'oeil work, I have not painted many cityscapes. This is a great opportunity to do just that. As I was painting this scene I was thinking a lot about the robots and how it seems like they are finally getting their own home to live in. That makes me feel so great inside. Now that this painter has a place to call home, so do the robots, and gosh, it feels GREAT!

This is my Western Sword Fern I purchased and planted so that I could study what the leaves looks like and how the plant feels, so I could place that into the Redwood piece. There is more work to create.

I have been working on a new commission for a new client! So fun! I just love it! Here it is in progress! I was supplied a photograph of the dog, for the dogbot, and I just LOVE him so much, he is the love of this painting for sure!

In between I have been working on more robotic things. I have new robot prints that are for sale on the etsy site here. I am also starting to work on 'spot murals' for families or people who would love a robot, but not a whole mural of robotic goodness. The spot murals are much less expensive but they still have that certain robotic quality that just makes you feel all squishy and gushy inside. Here is an example of a spot mural:

Here are a few shots of the new prints on-line for you!

With all of that, it is ALSO a little past the one year Birthday of Robot Love! So LOVE ON my little humans and write to you soon!