Devil horns and lightning bolts...

...The baddies!!

Sunshine and lollypops...

Yes! I have something to show... Trying to fit in some work in the spare moments. My day begins at 5:30, damn you fitness!!, and ends at 7:30 when I put the wee tot down, after eats and a word with the hubs I have about 2 hours to cram it before I pass out and literally sometimes I do. Anywhoo here it is a sneaks peaks into the website I am finally building myself and the portfolio I am building to put on it (coming soon). Yes I am an illustrator and it's about damn time I act like it.
Kelleysezwhat will be the domain, logo design and background pattern to show my good side...

and the bad...

finally...

New work is in the works. That's the best I can say right now and I am chomping at the bit to get the work flowing. It will be my first new work since I had baby J whom will be a whopping one year old next week, wowness. This has been a long haul for me personally and I am ready to move on. I hate my day job, it's amazing the ripple that can cause.

And....a year and change later.

So, it's been a while since I've posted for those few stragglers that might want to see some prolific art that I've been slaving away on well, keep on waiting.

It's been a banner year thus far filled with a few of the biggest moments of joy for me, and the most heart wrenching, down in the dumps shit I've ever been through. Birth, death, marriage, moving, money you name a stress and I am currently wearing it on my face and some are festering in a black spot in my deep heart bottom.

So for my first post of what's left of 2011 let me leave you with two pictures that still make me gush like a fresh cut and sum up all of the above.

Many new beginnings...

Normally I use this blog only to update designy stuff. Yesterday was a special day for my family, and a huge day for my favorite sister. Big days ahead for my sis and I both, but this by far is the biggest and brightest. I can't wait to kiss those cheeks, welcome to the world Kaylee!

sneaky peaky

A preview of my upcoming group show at the Blue Gallery. So excited/exhausted...the show opens First Friday July 2nd. Come by and see it and me before I turn another year older, cheers!

Silver and gold, silver and gold...

It's been a loooong time since I posted anything because I've been resting my ass in a spring meadow on a blanket made of kittens ....or my ass has been busy busting this out. Saence a band from St Louis let me design their debut CD from top to bottom and here is a little sneak peak. All of it was printing by the kick ass studio Vahalla Press here in KC. Big big thanks to Dan for all of his hard work, and cute puppies!

no no no notorious

A little something from last year to ring in the New Year. This was a commission for my super talented friend, Jamie S. Rich,that was then given as a Christmas gift to a very talented artist Joelle Jones. Always a bit of pressure doing a piece for another artist. The piece was based on the Movie Notorious by Hitchcock and fantastic piece of movie making featuring Grant and Bergman.

This and that, and a couple o' cats

This years xmas card featuring my ever loving kit kats, and the man known as Jackie Flawless ;) I'm sporting a haircut this go round that is somewhere between Karen O and Crispin Glover, take that how you like. I have a christmas commission to post soon (gotta wait till the gift is given) and another on the way after the break. Until then happy holidays to all!!

...and

Stuff is up in my Etsy store, basically what didn't sell at my show. Check it out here

The Real Deal

Here it is my actual 1967 Safari Airstream in all it's snowy glory. I will get to put my peepers on it in two weeks, joy!

Last look

As another first friday fast approaches, my show must move on. Here are a couple of picts of the drawings that I did as companion pieces for the bottles. They turned out quite nice and quite affordable, wink wink.Whatever I don't sell will go on my etsy after that, but this is you last chance to see it all in it's personal up close spendor at The Mercy Seat...

The Wonderland...

Finally I did a literary piece for my pal Steven, it's been about 5 years coming no doubt (why I rarely do commissions I stink at fitting them in:P) Based on the Alice painting I did for my show. Thanks to Steven for being patient and persistant and all y'all check out his amazing collection here BAM!

Faster than a speeding bullet!

Or at least a tin can. I figured in a downturn ecconomy it's always good to have a plan B. This is mine: a 22' Safari Airstream. If I loose my job and my house without wheels I can just go hobo style and eat and heat out of a can. This isn't exactly the one I bought, but it will look just like this with the polished propane tanks too boot. It's waiting for me in Colorado so when I finally get my grubby hands on it more picts will follow. Big thanks to my Sissy ,Bro-in-law and Bob for getting this together for me...
Woohoo I'm broke!!

The Voodoo that You Do

My favorite bottle

Peep Me!

Alice, a little treat from my show. This one is already spoken for, but there are 3 bottles left and the show will be up for a month. More picts to come soon...

Redeux

I originally wanted the Witch to be less Halloween witchy and more voo doo witch doctor but didn't have time to rework it. Finally I did and the result is the latter sketch. Also not happy with the original sketch of my mermaid, her arms were butt, so this is the rework for that sketch. All is coming along...

Who needs sleep!?

Finally a flyer for my upcoming show for the first Friday in October, ahhh fall can't wait. Anywhoo here is the scoop: Mercy Seat Tattoo at 206 E 16th St Kansas City, MO 816 421 4833 more here.
Hope to see you there!!

Flyaways

This design was a sweatshirt earlier in the year now it comes in a more economical size.

The gist of it

This is a really good reveal of what my pieces for the show will look like. This piece isn't finished yet but you get the general idea,no?