As I was planning for Thanksgiving I stopped and thought, “wow it is almost 2012!”
In the spirit of the holidays and the upcoming new year, I have illustrated a 2012 desk calendar up for sale soon.
This year will be the first year they will be in watercolor, see below for a sneak preview!
Friends of friends, family and new acquaintances - I am excited to announce that I am currently taking on commissioned portraits just in time for the Holiday season. They are bright, colorful and warm images of your friends or loved ones that are great for gifts. Also available upon request: landscapes, family pets, favorite places and more.
My artwork for Mike & Marcia Hruska’s wedding went viral on a popular wedding blog called “Style Me Pretty New York” on September 26th. 2011!
“The general décor was to be simple as we are as a couple. The details seemed to fall together….To spruce up the table settings, our dear friend and artist, Emily Nagle, created custom images of places Mike and I had been to in our relationship and planned to go to on our honeymoon. She designed our save-the-date, so we wanted to tie the feel of her artwork into the day itself. – Utterly priceless. Make the day what you want by surrounding yourself with good people. That’s my wedding motto!“
To View the complete article and the beautiful images from the wedding day, please visit http://www.stylemepretty.com/2011/09/26/the-garrison-wedding-by-ulysses-photography/. Congratulations again to the newlyweds!
To begin this post I would like to congratulate Mr and Mrs Hruska who were married on July 23rd!! I had the pleasure of not only illustrating their Save the Date but also the Table Arrangements for the reception. The 16 destination-themed illustrations were big hits and were arranged in standing frames with a table number on the back. The illustrations that were not swiped by mischievous family members and friends are now permanent pieces of art for the bride and groom to enjoy in their Brooklyn home. I am very proud to have been apart of their special day.
Here is an updated link on my site with images of the original artworks and photos from the wedding.
http://emilynagle.weebly.com/hruska-wedding.html
A few weeks ago one of my pieces was exhibited at the Inspired Art exhibition held by the non-profit organization America Scores NY. The silent auction winner for my piece was actually by two great friends of mine! Bellow is a picture of Marcia receiving the framed work at her New York office. I couldn’t have chosen two greater people to house my work.
Check out my new iPhone case I designed on Zazzle.com!
It was inspired by NYC and I couldn’t help but have the sneakers sport some NY Knick’s colors as well.
Enjoy!
Happy Belated Easter! I hope everyone had a great Easter. I was unable to visit family but I did treat my self to some delicious take-out and enjoyed some Netflicks.
Above is an image that was featured in my 2011 desk calendar. However, the calendar was created digitally and I am in the process of painting some favorites.
by NYC elementary student poems! You can learn details and buy tickets here:
https://americascores.ejoinme.org/?tabid=276662
America Scores is a non-profit that empowers students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression and community service. This year’s event has brought in visual artists and asked them to choose a poem which inspires them based on the collection of poems written by the children in the program, and then all the artists would create a piece of art inspired by the words.
Be sure to “LIKE” their facebook HERE and spread the good word.
You can also follow the program on Twitter by clicking HERE
The “Exquisite Corpse” show was a group exhibition featuring collaborative drawings initiated and overseen by The Savannah College of Art and Design Painting Department visiting artist Michael Scoggins. The reception was held at Mr. Beast Gallery the weekend of Thursday, February 24th 7-10pm and it was very successful! We were able to raise close to 2,000$ for the West Broad YMCA.
We priced each drawing at $20 to make them affordable for everyone, to bring the entire community together and to raise as much funding as possible. The show brought many different members of our community together and was a great experience for all and was a great event!!
To check out more about the talented and well-known Michael Scoggins, our Visiting Artist for the term, please visit either site bellow.
http://www.facebook.com/greenwaffle
http://www.re-title.com/artists/MICHAEL-SCOGGINS.asp
To learn more about the West Broad YMCA, a center that works to rebuild its community and houses a variety of enrichment and recreation programs for the children of the Chatham County Savannah district.
http://www.westbroadstreetymca.org/
