Key Limes

Spiritual Journey

2011-04-22T15:28:00.002-04:00

Illustration Friday's challenge is Journey. This one is for today: Good Friday.

Journey

2011-04-22T15:21:00.002-04:00

Sometimes you don't know where the journey will take you. Illustration Friday's challenge is JOURNEY. Here's my take.

design from a cachepot

2010-06-18T15:36:00.004-04:00

Illustration Friday offers the word 'paisley' as a challenge to illustrators. Here is my response:

It's pen and ink on watercolor paper.

Who's There?

2009-08-21T11:21:00.003-04:00

This is "Who's There"—a response to Illustration Friday's challenge to interpret the word CAUTION. I first used the traditional black and yellow colors which are universally recognized as the symbol of caution but then I decided that to lighten them to gray and pale yellow would indicate qualities of timidity and sneakiness that I wanted. Hmmm.

Wrapped in Dark Carolina Blue

2009-08-19T12:42:00.004-04:00

It's been so long since I've accepted the Illustration Friday challenge (five months!) and I discovered I missed doing it. So here's my attempt at illustrating this week's word— "WRAPPED." I chose hue 140, also known as Microsoft Paint's "Dark Carolina Blue" and I used different shades and tints of it to wrap a black box. Make of that whatever you will. One thing you can make of it is that I love abstractions.

The Dance

2009-03-06T11:55:00.003-05:00

Illustration Friday's challenge this week is "Intricate." As I began drawing an intricate curve I'd recently come across, the idea of the dance came to me.

Christmas Elves

2008-12-25T13:40:00.000-05:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Christmas Voices

2008-12-19T14:12:00.003-05:00

Merry Christmas

This is my illustration of the latest "Illustration Friday" challenge: VOICES.

ISLAND

2008-09-12T08:55:00.007-04:00

This is "Island View," a response to Illustration Friday's challenge: island.

Punchline

2008-06-15T15:05:00.007-04:00

Every joke has one:-)

Here's my illustration of this week's IF challenge, PUNCHLINE

It's a total rip-off of Miro's Blue.

Ten Years Ago

2008-03-04T21:07:00.001-05:00

Do you remember when YAHOO looked like this?

...just wondering what the next ten years will bring.

January

2008-01-03T08:55:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween

2007-10-30T20:36:00.001-04:00

I think you have to consider pumpkin carving art. Here's one that PJ sculpted a couple of years ago but it's still one of my favorites.

Tree in the Median

2007-10-29T21:46:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the beautiful painting, Peej! And the cuttings from the real Gumbo-Limbo to plant in the Keys.

Open

2007-10-06T16:31:00.000-04:00

The Illustration Friday challenge this week is the word "OPEN." It made me think of the French Open. Here's my submission.

Open: In or Out

ART QUOTE

2007-10-06T13:51:00.000-04:00

An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures.
Wassily Kandinsky

No wonder I still get a thrill at the sight of an empty sheet of paper...sometimes even a blank e-document!

The Blues

2007-09-28T21:43:00.000-04:00

The Blues. I guess technically this would be the Lavender-Blues or the Violet-Blues. I had it on an easel; I took it off the easel. It's finished. Here it is. Sob.

WEDDING

2007-09-17T20:48:00.000-04:00

Weddings are very inspiring so I came up with two pictures. In the first, the whole city is 'blushing' with the bride; the second is a much more contemporary glimpse of a wedding guest.

And, hey, where are the men? Ha ha--I guess it's all about the dresses today.

Momentum

2007-09-08T23:51:00.000-04:00

Alphabet -- the letter V

2007-08-31T18:30:00.000-04:00

V is for Violets

I would love to do the whole series, all 26 letters, each one a different flower.

Emergency

2007-08-12T22:42:00.001-04:00

Illustration Friday asks that we illustrate our 'take' on the word 'emergency.'

We are told to know where the 'exit' is in case of emergency, but I would hate to be faced with this puzzling way out.

Moon

2007-07-30T23:13:00.001-04:00

Found myself drawing another moon picture in the 'paint' program. I like this because it has no color--as is usually the case with moonlight.

Moon

2007-07-28T11:05:00.000-04:00

I have a lot of moon pictures but I'm posting this one because it's blue. And now let's go to Illustration Friday to see some others' moon pix.

Discovery

2007-07-16T12:17:00.000-04:00

Illustration Friday, one of my favorite sites, suggests we illustrate the word "discovery." As soon as I post this I will head over to that site to see what others have come up with. I imagine a few safari types peeking through the palm fronds.... Anyway, here's mine:

Rejection

2007-06-15T23:04:00.000-04:00

Every rejection brings with it the rebuff of the cold shoulder, the brushoff, the nothing-doing-no-way putdown. And that hurts! Go to Illustration Friday to see how others have illustrated 'rejection.'

Suit

2007-06-13T15:14:00.000-04:00

Hmm. Short shrift on this topic, SUIT, but who wants to wear a suit in the summer, anyway! I added a little summery color and a suit-like attitude

Carnations

2007-05-28T09:20:00.000-04:00

Illustration Friday asked for 'Cars' and I knew I didn't have a 'car' in me! So I started thinking: carbon, cargo, car-hop, cards, carts, and when I hit on carnations I knew I could 'paint' this Memorial Day bouquet.

Waiting for Summer

2007-05-11T23:02:00.000-04:00

Polar

2007-04-22T16:42:00.000-04:00

POLAR
It's been quite a while since I've posted a pic for Illustration Friday. This week's topic is "Polar" and I made this graphic after visiting the Lofoten Islands which are as close to a pole as I've ever been. It is not specific in any way, just an impression.

Quiet

2006-10-07T16:37:00.000-04:00

Quiet
This is last week's word for the Illo Friday art challenge: quiet. I didn't get a chance to post it then but I'll put it here anyway. This bunny on the snow looks quiet to me.

Clean

2006-07-30T16:29:00.000-04:00

CLEAN
Illustration Friday’s challenge this week is “CLEAN.” Modern design looks very clean to me. I found a jpeg of a painting I like (Concourse by William Lachowicz, c.1959) and hung it in this virtual room I drew. I’m no designer but it was fun “painting” the walls and “framing” and “unframing” the art work and incorporating it into the room.

Skyline

2006-07-08T16:21:00.000-04:00

Skyline
It began as the outline of buildings seen against the sky but I guess my eyes became accustomed to the light. Here's this week's submission to Illustration Friday for the theme: SKYLINE.

Rain

2006-06-30T16:14:00.000-04:00

Into every life...
a little rain. Go to Illo Friday to see what others came up with.

Cake

2006-05-27T16:08:00.000-04:00

CAKE
This week's entry for the Illustration Friday challenge: a special occasion cake with butter cream frosting. Yum yum. Click on the image to view full size.

Sorry

2006-05-20T16:04:00.000-04:00

Never apologize; never explain.

IMP

2006-05-16T15:31:00.000-04:00

Angel or Devil
Angel or devil? You tell me. Imp, anyway. Here's another pic for Illustration Friday.

Clover

2006-03-17T15:26:00.000-05:00

Floating in the Clover
Happy St. Patrick's Day

Insect

2006-03-05T13:03:00.000-05:00

Song

2006-02-19T12:56:00.000-05:00

SONG
I started to scribble a 'song' and it painted itself! This is my entry for this week's

Illustration Friday.

Beach Chair

2006-02-04T12:37:00.000-05:00

CHAIR
The big leather chair by the standing lamp is great for reading; the designer chair in the living room is nice to look at; the old rattan chair is the place to curl up and watch TV; but my favorite chair’s the one I’m in when I’m down in the Keys sitting by the side of the road drinking Mojitos and selling mangoes. Now that’s poetry. Oh, and here’s a drawing…because "Illustration Friday" wants to see me illustrate "chair."

Glamour

2006-01-29T12:30:00.000-05:00

GLAMOUR
When I was a little girl I was fascinated by a perfume bottle on my mother’s dresser. It was dark glass twisted into a candle shape and its stopper was an amber flame. That was my introduction to the fabulous Elsa Schiaparelli. I later came to know that “shocking pink” which was her signature. I have always associated Schiaparelli pink with glamour and though I am by nature conservative in my dress and habits, I keep my admiration for the surreal style and taste I wish I had the nerve and verve to wear.
And so, in answer to this week’s I.F. challenge –GLAMOUR—here is that icon of glamour, the high heel, in “shocking pink.”

Blue

2005-12-05T12:24:00.000-05:00

Not Quite Blue
This is part of a series on "body parts." It isn't blue yet. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that. But it's almost blue.

Small

2005-11-26T12:19:00.000-05:00

Free

2005-11-24T12:12:00.000-05:00

"Don't just do something. Sit there."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Remote

2005-10-21T12:06:00.000-04:00

Here's this week's Illo Friday topic, "Remote."

So close and yet so far away.

Cold

2005-10-16T12:02:00.000-04:00

This week's challenge from Illo Friday: COLD
I found some fur in a web search and 'pasted' it on her but she still looks cold to me.

Fresh

2005-09-26T11:54:00.000-04:00

This week's topic at Illo Friday is "FRESH." All I could think of was vegetables and they were too hard to draw. So I was about to give up when this image popped into my head and it seemed kind of ''fresh'' to me. Voila.

Escape

2005-09-17T11:46:00.000-04:00

I thought about desert islands, and Alcatraz, and hatches, but, hey, here I am in the here and now. As are you.

Here is this week's entry to Illustration Friday.

Depth

2005-09-10T23:40:00.000-04:00

Door into the Dark

I love Seamus Heaney's line, "All I see is a door into the dark," with its suggestion of coming from the Light. When I began my Illustration Friday drawing of this week's assignment, "Depth," his words came to my mind. Thus, the title.

Reflection

2005-08-21T23:31:00.000-04:00

This week's assignment from Illustration Friday is "Reflection." I had an illustration that I made some time ago which, I think, fits the theme. I painted it to express these lines by Wallace Stevens. (If you want to read his whole poem, go here--Stevens)

Say that the palms are clear in the total blue.

Are clear and are obscure; that it is night;

That the moon shines.

Wisdom

2005-08-15T11:23:00.000-04:00

Empty

2005-08-10T11:19:00.000-04:00

Aging

2005-07-31T23:13:00.000-04:00

Tranquility

2005-07-26T11:05:00.000-04:00

Karma

2005-07-16T11:02:00.000-04:00