Along the lines of the Pokémon designs I posted a while ago, I present Ninetails painted on a rock. I am still involved in hiding and finding pebble art in my community. The process reminded me a bit of

It has been about 2 weeks since I posted. In that time a lot has happened: sickness, tight deadlines, family responsibilities, neighbourhood watch duties, puppy classes and of course, water-related issues

I remember when I first learned about Pokémon, I didn't really collect the cards to trade or play games, I just loved looking at the artworks. Some of the little cat/ dog/ fox creatures were especially

Among my many projects is a long term one: making a mosaic all the way up the staircase. I've just finished the 2nd step, only 11 more to go! Whenever I find enough money to buy more grout and tiles, I

Working with self publishing clients sometimes means waiting a long time before seeing the results in print. It takes a lot of fundraising to create a book. I can understand why clients sometimes hold

I painted some more porg rocks for people who like the little critters. They placed some orders and I got creative with the different themes so we now have a surfing porg and one turning on a lightsaber.

Around Christmas I was trying out an African penguin speed paint. I didn't continue with that painting but I did make some similar brightly coloured polymer clay pendants. These photos are extreme close-ups.

Over the holidays, my cousin got married. He and his bride asked me to make the wedding cake topper so I was glad to help. The couple love tigers and cats so their cake design was inspired on these animals.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in a community of creative pebble painters. I keep finding their decorated rocks around the neighbourhood. Today I hid my own pebbles among the others. If you

Last week, on the 27th of December, I brought home my second shelter dog. Incidentally this was the anniversary of Carrie Fisher's death; I loved her honesty and her relationship to her dog, Gary so it

Over Christmas, while good wishes and greetings are popping up all over my timelines, I like to withdraw from screens for a while. I actually love this time of year but sometimes it all seems a bit too

The little dog from my recent post was adopted soon after I handed over his portrait to TEARS (The Emma Animal Rescue Society). He looks as though he will be very loved, he even has a new Jack Russell

Having adopted a rescue dog recently, I have been thinking of animal shelters a lot. The Emma Animal Rescue Society (TEARS) is just a kilometer away from my house and they are collecting gift boxes for

As an introvert and a freelance artist, I experience a tension between indulging in my preference for seclusion and trying to escape it for the sake of my well being. I am grateful that I do not have to

My puppy, Delcie is adjusting to her new routine nicely. She is learning quickly and I am pleased with her progress in socialising with larger dogs. She was very submissive in the beginning but is now

The trend of painting and hiding rocks is quite prevalent all over the world now. My neighbourhood has become quite dedicated to this practice. I have been lucky to find quite a few on my walks with the

I am brainstorming ideas for South African Christmas cards. It is very difficult to translate the holly, tinsel and snow into our December summers. I recently did a sketch of an African penguin that looks

In 2010/ 2011, my first years of illustrating for publishers, I was given a brief for a book of children's bible stories. It is always exciting to get a contract for a large number of illustrations because

A few years ago I made these character designs for stickers. They are a reflection of the rainbow nation, proudly South African. I still have many of the stickers in stock as I have been bad at marketing

It has been a while since I shared anything on Steemit. I recently adopted a puppy (the one in my last post) and she has been keeping me awake at night and busy in the day. I complain about the challenges