Girls Drawin Girls Vol IV-PRESALE!!

Hello! The latest and greatest book from the talented ladies of Girls Drawin Girls, Volume IV:
The Way Nature Made Her, is available for presale!! This beautiful hard cover book features over 80 artists, and has 173 pages total-- every piece of art has a full page, so no little thumbnails, just page after page of beautiful full color art, including art by yours truly :)

The best part of ordering before July 10, 2011? You get a unique 3"x4"bookplate by an artist of the group for free. So please check it out, and support this group of talented ladies and independent artists. Here is a teaser of what you are in store for when you pre-order.

Click the picture to order.

And here is my piece in case you forgot (which i doubt)

Thank you for your support in advance, and enjoy the book :)

So Fruity!

Happy April!
I have been busy working on lots of new art! I am participating in Girls Drawin Girls upcoming book, which i mentioned in the last post. The theme of the book is flora and fauna and I got apple. That drawing inspired me to work on a series of fruit themed pin ups! My loose inspiration was vintage fruit crate labels. I have four completed which I plan to sell as a print set. I love the way they turned out! Check em out! what do you think?


I am working on another series, which I don't want to talk about yet, but is different for me, but also a lot of fun.

Artist Spotlight and Wondercon

Hey look at that, my artist spotlight is up over at the girls drawin girls blog. yay! check it out!

also, I won't be there, but girls drawin girls will have a booth at Wondercon this year, and I have shipped them some fresh new merchandise, including new 8x10 prints and some 5x7 prints as well! So if you are in the area, check it out. I really need to make it over there for some conventions soon... so far away!

Wondercon 2011

April 1-3

Moscone Center South, San Francisco, CA

Girls Drawin Girls will be in the small press area, booth #1339

New Art

I have spent most of this year experimenting with new drawing techniques and themes and styles, and so far I am very happy with the result. I have also been revisiting my paper cut out artwork, which I have always loved to do and seemed to be my most popular. I still enjoy the more realistic style of artwork that I have been working on for many years, but I feel I am ready to try some new things while staying true to what I love. I have to say, my new gig with snapfish really helped me start to think outside of my usual style and I have enjoyed it a lot. I have amassed quite a collection of designs, and right now I am working on getting some products together to have a table at a craft fair! I am definitely interested in doing Brooklyn artists and fleas, and am pleased with what I have so far.
I also mentioned I am going to be participating in my very first book with Girls Drawin Girls, and I felt inspired to try something completely new, yet still recognizable as my own. The theme I had for the book was apples and here she is:
What do you think? I am loving her!
I've also been looking over my artwork past and present, and there doesn't seem to be much racial diversity :/ its not intentional, I just usually draw the same people (Bernie Dexter most of all) but its definitely become a priority to focus less on specific people.

I'm excited about doing new work and changing things up a bit! Maybe its the impending warmer weather?

Tumblr and some updates

So I am on tumblr now. I really for the life of me could not figure out how to use this and what it was about, but now I am finally getting it. For me, I am using it as a place to gather inspiration images and also display some of my artwork. It's nice to have a page to go to to look at all of my favorite things, especially when I am in need of some inspiration! I am very visual and looking at pretty things makes me happy!

check me out!

http://mariartist.tumblr.com/

Also, I will be participating in a Girls Drawin Girls book! Yay! Won't give away too many details yet, as I am still working on ideas and inspirations for what to draw--I want it to be really good, as it will be the first book my artwork will be featured in. Needless to say, I am very excited!

Holiday show update/Merry Christmas!

I didn't get to participate in the girls drawin girls holiday show this year, unfortunately. It seems my package was lost in the mail and never made it to LA! and sadly I did not get insurance on it (but luckily it was not original artwork, just prints, but it was still signed artwork in frames and it hurts that they are lost) here is hoping that somehow they get sent back to me.

I would like to start participating in more shows in the NYC or surrounding area, I love participating in GDG shows and events but the stress and cost of having to send artwork and merch to LA from NY--and facing the real possibility that the work will get lost, is getting a bit too much. I need to just focus on maybe participating in 1 or 2 shows and events with the group per year and focus on that instead of trying to over extend myself and participate in more!

In happier news, my cards over at snapfish are doing well and it has been a lot of fun designing for them. I am actually planning on branching out and selling a collection of greeting cards that can be customized on my etsy site, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, please visit my snapfish store!

I would also like to wish any and all readers a very Merry Christmas if they celebrate, and a Happy and prosperous New Year filled with lots of art, happiness and love!

New Holiday art

Hello all!
happy December! I recently completed a new Holiday themed piece for the upcoming Girls Drawin Girls Holiday show. Check it out! This peice will be on sale, framed and matted for only $20. I will post more information about the show soon!

Girls Drawin Girls Calendar

I recently created some artwork for the Girls Drawin Girls 2011 calendar! This was super fun because we were each paired up with another girl for a collaboration. I was paired up with the talented Megan Levens and we got December (which i was super happy about-winter is my favorite season to do artwork for!) Here is what we came up with:
Our theme was "indoor/outdoor" "cold/warm" and I think we did a good job conveying our theme!
So get your GDG 2011 calendar already! There is lots of really great art on there. Check it out!

NYCC success!

NYCC was a lot of fun! pretty tiring but lots of fun. we ended up with a great corner booth after some mishaps with our original booth but it all worked out pretty well. Major props to the ladies at Girls Drawin Girls for making things happen and setting everything up. I also got to meet West Coast founding members, Melody Severns and Daisy Church which was really nice, and got to hang out with a few East Coast members. East Coast represent!
We had a lot of traffic at our booth, and many people interested in learning more about us. I also sold a number of my prints which made me very happy! We had a great variety of merchandise, and I think we were one of the most interesting booths there. NYCC was my first convention, and I really enjoyed it and look forward to more. Here's to next years NYCC! :)
here are some photos from that crazy weekend!

Me and Paigey!

Me with Erica Hesse, Paigey and Fenny!

action shot of the booth!

New Etsy shop and NYCC

Hey all! I have opened up my very own etsy shop! check it out!
I only have one item listed so far, but will be listing more!

also, don't forget to stop by NYCC and visit the girls drawin girls booth! we will be at booth 2479 so please stop by and say hi if you're going to be there! I will be there tomorrow and Sunday. I will have a few 8x10 prints for sale. I hope to see you there :)

Girls Drawin Girls first NYC show

Here are some pictures from the show at Niagara Bar in NYC! It was a real success! I may be selling some of this art and some merchandise on an etsy site. stay tuned!

French Pastry Girls

Here are the finished French Pastry girls I originally designed for the GDG Sugar and Spice show in LA. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances (new job, school work, etc) I ran out of time to send these pieces to LA for the show :( but I will be showing them at the GDG NYC show! The theme was desserts and I chose 2 of my favorite most fascinating French Pastries. The macaron and La religieuse a la violette. I would love to go back to Paris and enjoy these desserts at Laduree some day!

Pâtisseries Françaises:

Adobe Illustrator CS4, June 2010

Some Shows

I am going to be showing artwork in 2 upcoming Girls Drawin Girls shows. First will be the at Niagara Bar in NYC! This is the first show GDG has had in NYC, and my friend Paigey is going to be running it, and I will be helping. Very exciting to have a GDG show in NYC! Check it out if you're around! Niagara Bar 112 Ave A, New York, NY. The show will be up for one night only, Thursday July 8th from 9pm-1am

One day later over on the west coast, there will be another Girls Drawin Girls show. This is a big show because its the launch party for GDG 3rd book, Sugar and Spice and will be at Gallery 839 1105 N. Hollywood way, Burbank, CA. The show will run through July 31st. Even though I don't have artwork in the book, (I joined GDG after the work for the book was finalized) I will have artwork at the show. Check it out if you're going to be in the area! and Don't forget to pre-order Girls Drawin Girls Volume III Sugar and Spice.

Girls Drawin Girls Vol 3

Girls Drawin Girls Vol 3. book Sugar and Spice is now available for preorder! My work is not in the book this time around, (I joined GDG after the book was started) but there's a lot of amazing artwork in there by some fabulously talented ladies. I am going to pre-order one myself! The first 100 people to pre-order get a poster too!
Check it out people!

Italian Vogue

Exciting news for Girls Drawin Girls!

GDG has been featured in Italian Vogue! Yay!

Feelin' Yummy

So here is my painting for the Girls Drawin Girls Bitter/Sweet Valentines show :)

Go check out the show if you are in the LA area!

Feelin' Yummy:

Oil on gesso board, 11"x14" February 2010

Girls Drawin Girls presents "Bitter/Sweet: A Valentine Show"

I will have a painting in the next Girls Drawin Girls show, Friday February 12 in Los Angeles. Check it out! Unfortunately I can't be there, as it is in LA and I am in NYC but if anyone reading this will be in the area, go check it out, and maybe buy some valentines art for your sweetie :) Its going to be a fun night of art, music and performances!

Haiti Relief Auction

Girls Drawin Girls is doing an art auction for Haiti Relief. 100% of the proceeds of all art sold will go to the American Red Cross. They are accepting submissions from all artist, not just members of GDG. Go out and buy some art for a good cause!
check it out!
http://artforhaiti.blogspot.com/

Girls Drawin Girls

I am one of Girls Drawin Girls newest members! this is an amazing group of talented women and I am very proud and honored to be a part of their group! :o)

http://girlsdrawingirls.blogspot.com/