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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025
COME SEE US AT MADE IN OHIO!
COME SEE US!
Will be participating in the Made in Ohio Art and Craft Festival at Hale Farm & Village
at
2686 Oak Hill Rd
Akron, OH 44333
Friday 8/29
Saturday 8/30
Sunday 8/31
Hours: 10am-5pm
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, July 3, 2025
UPCOMING SHOW THIS AUGUST!
COME SEE US!
We will be at the Lakewood Arts Festival in Lakewood, OH Saturday August 2nd!
Hope to see you there!
Monday, February 24, 2025
LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING!
LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING
With so many gray skies this February, I anxiously await the sunshine of Spring.
Playing with illustrating my hopes for Spring to come quickly!
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Saturday, January 18, 2025
BLESSINGS OF GOOD FRIENDS
FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
My newest illustration was inspired after creative burn out due to several surgeries the last couple of years. I was suffering burn out...sadly not feeling very inspired.
The inspiration grew by the treasure of friends who are a tonic to one's soul when facing struggles. As I browsed by sketch book I came across a sketch I did of birds perched in friendship on the rim of a coffee cup.
When thinking of those who uplift me in life, I pushed myself to take the sketch a step further.
Good friends are truly a treasure in life!
Monday, January 13, 2025
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
Latest update on an older illustration with a beautiful message.
It is a good way to start the New Year!
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
TREASURING THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
SUMMER FLOWERS IN COFFEE POT
Here is a recent update of a favorite illustration I created celebrating the flowers of Summer.
You can see this illustration on Fine Art America
Check out the photos below...
Friday, July 5, 2024
PLAYING AND CREATING
WONDER BEGINS WISDOM II
The nice thing about working digitally is you do not have to start from scratch when wanting to do a new or updated version of a design you created. It allows for play.
Below is the original that I created.
As you can see, you can change flowers, colors, scale, and more to see what you like better...or like both versions.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Cherishing the Last Days of Summer
Summer Floral Sunshine
The last days of August inspired this illustration as I hang on to the last days of Summer.
Friday, December 23, 2022
JOY TO THE WORLD!
Joy to the World!
Yes, it is that time a year!
Wishing you all the JOY in celebrating the gift of Jesus Christ.
Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
COME SEE US AT MADE IN OHIO!
Looking for fun and a bit of history as well as art?
COME SEE US AT MADE IN OHIO!
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Fondness for Flowers
Kitchen Bouquets
I have to confess, I have a fondness for flowers.
They brighten up the day, room, or garden.
I had worked on a special project below for a friend to create an illustration for her sister's birthday which became an inspiration for the variation you see above.
I liked the bottle with the daisies that I decided to use it or rework it in the top illustration. Rework was a term the was used where I worked at American Greetings years ago where we would create new images out of older pieces of art. It would cut costs yet gave the ability to freshen up a line of cards. When artists started to work digitally, the magic of being able to move, change scale, layout, and color opened new doors in creating illustrations.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Wonder Begins Wisdom
Wonder Begins Wisdom
Inspired by a quote from Socrates, this is my latest illustration I created to escape my quarantine blues.
It is also available as a quarantine mask on Fine Art America as you can see below.
And on a cheerier note it is available for prints and as well as other products as well. Check out this pillow!
Again check it out by clicking on this link
Hope my illustrations brighten your day.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
From the Garden - Adaptation of Autumn in the Air
From the Garden
During my time as a greeting card designer, I learned to take seasonal art and make it more versatile.
As you can see below, the original illustration I created was more limiting with the pumpkin in a piece I call Autumn in the Air.
It was a challenge to think what would look good in place of the pumpkin, but then I am a fan of birds. That design element also comes from greeting card design 101; adding live interest to warm up the design.
Old habits die hard...Lol...
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Bird Song
Bird Song
Sometimes I get inspired by a quote or verse that I like as opposed to coming up with another illustrated letter.
This time I got inspired with a spiritual verse.
I must confess, I like it as a pillow too!
You can find this on Fine Art America.
Friday, July 14, 2017
Restyle! The Letter S
S is for Seal and Starfish
Part of my job in my career as a greeting card designer was to give fresh looks to older designs that still had good bones. It was to give new life or a second wind as well as increase sales. Not unlike rearranging the furniture and painting the walls of one's living room to give it a new spirit.
So while looking at my art on the walls of my tent during art festival season, the older design below became a candidate for a restyle.
While I still carry this version on Fine Art America, I thought to produce another with a different color look.
Now I also offer this cute seal as a cute summer T-shirt.
You can find this cute T-shirt here: https://fineartamerica.com/products/s-is-for-seal-and-starfish-valerie-drake-lesiak-adult-tshirt.html
Whether a seal fan or the letter S fan, or just love the sea, this seal is a real cutie for all that need a little fun in life.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Z is for Zeppelin
Z is for Zeppelin
The letter Z is not easy.
Not to many images come to mind.
I already illustrated a Z for Zebra.
Zipper did not seem to have much "zip" for me, and then I finally thought of Zeppelin!
Of course the Zeppelins have to have names...Zig and Zag, because when you think of it, the letter Z is one big zig zag!
And it makes a great pillow!
Check it out on my Fine Art America page!
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