Just in time for Christmas 2009- A new Card Design!

Magical Christmas by CSiravo
Design a photo note card at zazzle

The Maine Illustrator's Collective is having yet another awesome Art show ! It's for Reinterpretations of Fairy tale classics- find more info on the Maine Illustrator's Collective website:
www.maineillustratorscollective.org

Here is a piece I am submitting to the show:

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Україна має талант / Ukraine's Got Talent)

A Sand animation of divine nature, pure beauty! And touches the soul

Blog to see- "latartine gourmande"

Here is a blog that is fresh and artistically inspiring, full of the most lovely photographs; colofrul and delicious. Her site features recipies of all kinds, and is simply the most delightful-scrumptious culinary blog around!
Check it out:
http://www.latartinegourmande.com

Summer passes by, into new horizons-!

Summer already is drawing to a close- A summer which was quite eventful and wonderful. For four weeks I taught alongside an artist friend at a summer arts camp- Cartooning. Two weeks after that- I taught on my own with the aid of friendly and fun camp counselors. During the time of teaching, I had a set schedule and routine which is something I haven't had since college- And it felt good to have a place to go where I was needed to teach for a time. Now, it is over and I'm back to relying upon my own organizational and time-management abilites to make sense of what would otherwise be a large and open frame of "free" time. Although, time is never truly "free"; I am hard on myself how I spend my time and always feel that there's never enough time to accomplish all the things I want to do. Much time is used up in writing to pubilshers and searching for jobs- that effort, I hope, will be worthwhile!

There is so much good in my life, and yet there are still so many challenges and upward climbs at every turn- which of course never ends, but changes . Uplifting events, kindness of friends,laughter, the knowing that I am doing my best with what I can do and where I am- these thoughts keep me going. Finding meaning in each day, even the monotanous days or days alone - is important.

SCBWI New England

Artists interested in illustrating for Children's Books, or writing for them, would benefit by going to the "Society Of Children's Book Illustrators and Writers" or SCBWI for short!- Conference in New Hampshire, April 11-13.
For more information visit their official website:
http://www.nescbwi.org/

Maine Illutrators collective also has a blog updated and Maintained by illustrator Anna Boll:

http://mecollective.blogspot.com/

This should be an exciting and insightful event-! To delve into the workings of the Children's Book Industry! Perhaps I will see you there :)

Take time and sing your song

Blessings such as a birthday celebration -my 1st surprise gathering from friends; And, being part of and witnessing an inspirational-musical wedding too , were both grand highlights this past month.

A recent art exhibit at the Drawing room in the State street theatre building, was another event which builds the feeling of community and fellowship, helping to balance out the days spent creating in the studio.

Things of the past becoming new again, by means of time maturing perspectives and mutual understandings between people, even though time is a mystery and I do not know where I shall be within even a year or two. Taking each week at a time and continually trying to see each day and the people in it as precious.



It's a slow start on the way to a polished song, or painting, or relationship- that turns out the best quality. A foundation for all things, slowly but humbly built. Trusting, that there will be enough time to do all the things you were meant to do- remembering this, so one will not rush, but enjoy the journey. Technically speaking- in a painting, it is best to create it in different moments, and not rush it all at once. To be seperate from the painting allows you to master it/understand it more fully than when you are too attatched. To know it as it is you must let it go; very much the same principle that applies for love. Some detatchment but never indifference; time together and time apart, much like creating a painting.