One of my favorites images I’ve painted is a single portrait of a herring gull that appears to be giving a hint of a side eye. I titled it, “Local” because it captures the attitude of most gulls (and local humans) that are looking to enjoy the water, clams and french fries in an unbothered […]
If your school is doing the Great Tap Water Challenge and would like to use this poster, click to download a printable version of the poster: Great Tap Water Challenge Poster If you want to share on social media please credit me or find me and tag me. Thanks – Moira
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This is my daughter’s ballet bag that I designed for her when she first started ballet. At the time I didn’t know how long she or the bag would last with ballet. Twelve is a little late to start and the classes only get more intense as you get older. I’m proud to say that
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Buy some art for Holiday gifts or a gift for yourself. I recommend ordering by December10th. If you order from my Etsy shop between November 26 and November 29 you will get a FREE Rainbow Bird poster. As always, you can contact me directly to buy my art or to schedule at studio visit at
A few weeks back I was contacted by literary agent, Sara Crowe to do some hand lettering of her name for the relaunch of her website. With a name like Crowe, how could I resist? After some initial emails I got an idea of what she was looking for. My first step was to brainstorm
We haven’t seen any real snowflakes at our house yet. But I have been in the holiday spirit because I have been working on pictures inspired by the Nutcracker Ballet. My mini sketches that I paint every morning have been characters from the famous ballet. I also have been working on a picture book idea
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Last week I took the boogie boards, beach chairs and umbrella out of my car and put them in the garage for winter storage. I even vacuumed the half ton of sand that we progressively brought home from the beach this summer. Summer is over, for real. Thankfully, Fall is so dang beautiful here in New
I was excited to sell this little painting (3″x4″) at the reception for my “Quick Mini Morning Sketches” show. As much as I was happy to get the money. And I was delighted that I successfully managed to charge the buyer’s credit card by using my phone (for the first time). These weren’t the things that
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In between swimming and ice cream eating this summer, I was able to sneak off to the art studio just about every day. Here is an update of what I’ve been up to up there. I finished a new promotional postcard and sent it out. If you didn’t get one and you want one email me your
We’ve got a lot of breakfast joints around here. There are more breakfast places than ice cream parlors here on sunny Cape Cod. Most places have lines out the door in the summer and a decent crowd of regulars in the off season. I love to go out to breakfast. I usually get one of
