Who could possibly have thought that we'd be more than halfway through January in Chicago and not have any snow on the ground? Except for one brief 20 minute snow, which didn't amount to much, we've had none this winter. Guess the bare trees and bits of still green grass inspired this new piece, Winter Forest. http://www.etsy.com/shop/ValerieLorimer?ref=si_shop

New Beginnings

I hope that 2012 has started off well for everyone and will be a year full of blessings and fulfilling your dreams. I'm not really into resolutions, but when I looked at my blog again (and realized my last post was around Thanksgiving!), I resolved to do better at blogging this year. And taking time to visit all your wonderful blogs too. I am always blown away by the wonderful creativity out there!

I have to admit it was nice to have some down time over the holidays. Now I'm feeling in a wonderful creative space with lots of ideas for new pieces. Here's one of my first pieces for the year, called Fire & Ice, which is in a local exhibit right now.

Illustration Friday – Frozen

Oh, it feels good to be back on Illustration Friday. And so wonderful to crank out a quick little piece for this week's theme...

"She was nowhere close to frozen in her colorful, warm scarf and hat."

I must subconciously want a really wild winter hat...they keep showing up in drawings from time to time!