Garden Friends Coloring Book

I've just published my first coloring book, and am so excited to share it with the world!

Garden Friends Coloring Book is available now on CreateSpace.

The book features thirty-six of my hand carved linocut prints, including this sweet little mouse. This version has been handprinted and given a watercolor wash.

There are flowers, birds, butterflies and more! Pages are printed single-sided to prevent bleeding.

I pulled out my Prismacolor colored pencils to color my copy. They blend well, and really pop with a dab of of mineral oil. 

Preview more of the book by visiting my Instagram account @smallfoxpress

Finding Buddha In Bangkok: Art Preview

I'm working on a book about my time as an English teacher in Thailand, and created some stamps to help liven up the pages. Here's a quick peek of them, freshly carved and inked up.

Summer has been a busy time of moving and renovations, but I'm happy to be settling into my new studio now and ready to get back down to business.

Here's the Zen Gnome that lives on the front porch now. He was a housewarming gift from Josh's mom.

Oh, and here's something fun: A photographer from the local newspaper snapped a photo of me while I was out with my notebook and watercolors. Clearly a slow news day for Winchester, but I'll take it :-)

Gnome update: I published a book!

And it's available now on CreateSpace!

Here are a few previews: 

 

"Gnomes have a particularly

long history of friendship

with members of the avian kingdom."

"...If you happen to meet a gnome who can carry a tune, 

rest assured that what you are witnessing is the result 

of countless hours of dedicated study."

The process of creating this book was a great experience for me.  I learned a lot, and found out just how easy self-publishing can be!  Most importantly: I realized that there's nothing stopping me from putting out into the world anything my heart can dream up.  It's a pretty powerful revelation.

It's really amazing to think that a few weeks ago, none of this existed at all.  And that the whole journey began with a little spark of inspiration and few ounces of leftover clay I dug out of the closet.

Thanks to everyone who has cheered me on in my creative adventures.

Your support and kind words are more valuable than you may know :)

Like I said, the book is available now on CreateSpace, and should be up on Amazon in about a week. 

So check it out!