Community Bond – Cut Paper Art

Inspired by the cutest little sister rodents that I call Eliza and Lucy (my pet hamsters).  “Community Bond” – 11 x 14 inch paper cutting. (Unfortunately they don’t get along as well as the critters in this piece appear to)…

Album Cover Art for Maria The Mexican

This is my second go ’round doing cover art for band Maria The Mexican. I did art for their first album, Moon Colored Jade, for which I won the 2014 Independent Music Award for Album Art (read more about that here: https://ruralpearl.com/blog/?p=7820). They approached me again to do the art for South of the Border Moonlight with an “inspiration” photo of a couple of mexican dancers… and this is what I came up with. The record will be released in Spring of 2016. The art below is the full piece. It’s all paper, cut with an x-acto knife, and all the colored parts were painted with acrylic paint.

Everyday Sunshine – Cut Paper Art

It’s not even the new year yet and I’m already thinking about spring flowers…. “Everyday Sunshine” – 8 x 10 inch paper cutting, matted and framed to 11 x 14. Original available at the Phoenix Gallery in Lawrence, KS.