Finished another portrait today! Signing a painting is always so much fun! The last painting I completed was of my daughter at three years of age surrounded by her beloved stuffed animals and friends. This is Rebekah today.

I’m excited to have been selected by the City of Cedar Hill to represent at the 2012 Cedar Hill Walk the Light Festival. The festival will showcase musicians and artists of all sorts in historic downtown Cedar Hill. It’s like a mini SXSW right here in Cedar Hill, TX!

I would love the support. Come on by the Cedar Hill Chamber where I’ll be setting up shop and doing demos all evening and showcasing some of my latest work like A Tender Moment and On my Own.

The Festival is Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 5pm-10pm. Admission is free. For more details you can visit their website at Cedar Hill Walk the Light Festival.

Take a sneak peek at what I’m working on now.  The entire painting will be revealed soon!

This is Marilyn nuzzling newborn daughter Akili at the Memphis Zoo, moments after birth. Did you know that the birth of a giraffe includes an 18′ drop to the earth for baby? Hello! Then just after the baby stands up the mother does the most unimaginable thing. She kicks her baby tumbling! And after baby manages to struggle to her feet mom does it again! You might wonder why the cruelty but actually she wants baby to remember how she got up. You see in the wild mom needs the protection of the heard and her young must be able to keep up. Maybe this hug came after boot camp (hows that for a pun!).