I'm thinking about working on some new projects. We've got just a few months until the end of the year and I want to make sure that I accomplish the final goals for the year. 

So, here's a little frog and a style I was playing with earlier this week: gentle watercolor, gentle illustration, rough background. I like it. 

This is thirty-five. I've got more gray hair than I did last year and I refuse to color it. I have a few more lines around my eyes. I have a few more wrinkles. I have a hormonal mask from having a baby when I was thirty-three. 

Some of my most cherished moments over the last twelve months have come from my sweet family (those tiny babies grow up so fast!). I've also been thrilled with the books that I've written and the books that I've illustrated.

I'm ending this month by preparing some paintings to be hung in local businesses, trying to finish up a canvas for an art show, prepping some small pieces to take to a gallery, and sketching out and working on some commissions! 

I like the idiom "when pigs fly." It's an old Scottish proverb that refers to something that isn't likely to happen. A lot of my work centers around Texas art and Texas inspired subjects. I'm a Texas artist, after all. So, thinking about this Scottish proverb, I wanted to put a Texas spin on it. 

So, here's my spin: a javelina with raven wings. Javelinas aren't actually pigs, they are peccaries - which are an animal native to the Americas.