Candy!

There are so many subjects you end up tackling when you particpate in ATC Swaps. Its good. It challenges you, and forces growth.

You may have noticed that for the ATC's I make for Swaps, they always come in sets of three. This is because in the plastic binder pages we use to store the cards we collect, there are 9 slots. 3 sets of 3.

Feb: Candy Swap
- Eat Some Worms
- Kiss
- Cherry Cola








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Oct 2010: All of these candy cards were created for a Halloween Art-A-Thon, on IllustratedATCs.com.
- Candy Corn II
- Candy Sticks
- All Sorts
- Candy Corn I
- Jelly Beans
- Cellophane Candies

Fish Bowl Series ATC's / Ongoing

Okay. I have been drawing a lot of fish! I love them, thats all I can say about it. I have been trying however to make them more than just a one trick pony. I have a variety of Series which all feature the fish in a unique composition. This series I call "Fish Bowl" because they are swimming within the central frame, which is a circle. Its a painting within a painting, inspired by Art Nouveau.
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- The Old Man
- Back in Black
- Fishy Business
- You Lookin At Me?
- Just Keep Swimming
- Im Too Sexy For This Fishbowl
- Who You Lookin At?

Some of these are available in my Etsy Shop. http://tempeststudios.etsy.com/

Card For Swaps / Oct, Nov & Jan

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Jan: Klimpt Swap
The theme of this swap was Klimpt, so we all did pieces inpired by his work.
- Birches
- Garden
- Mermaids

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Jan: These three cards were created for a Flower Swap. I decided to create Art Nouveau cards based on the wallpaper designs of William Morris.

- Dogwood Rose

- Crocus and Grass

- Daffodils

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Nov: I ♥ The Arctic was the theme for this swap. After a lot of thought, and some trial and error, I came up with these Arctic Whale cards. They might be some of my favorites.
- Beluga Whale

- Sperm Whale

- Blue Whale

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Oct: I love the Anime Films of Miyazaki. So when I joined an Anime Swap I knew I wanted to pay tribute to his magical, and whimsical characters.
- Calcifer, from Howls Moving Castle.

- Soot Balls, from Spirited Away.

- Kodama, from Princess Mononoke.

Of Patterns and Sea Creatures Exhibit

Here are a few shots from my January Exhibition, "Of Patterns and Sea Creatures". I haven't had a chance to do any real photography of the artworks because my camera has been on the fritz, but you get an idea of the work.
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The large hexagon canvas is a Nautilus.