10 Sep Art-felt Thank You
My first Clothesline Art Festival was a huge success! Thank you very much to all who stopped by the AbbyDora Design booth. Your kind words and smiles made my heart sing! I feel reassured that YES I am on the...
06 Sep Clothesline Festival is This Weekend
{AbbyDora Design festival booth} The weekend for the annual Clotheslines Art Festival has arrived! Soon the grounds surrounding Rochester's art museum will be dotted in little white booths bursting with all sort of paintings, prints, jewelry, and fine crafts....
02 Sep Camp Watercolor Sketch
{painting up at camp} In between teaching and preparing for the Clothesline Festival (it's happening THIS weekend!) D and I spent the long weekend in the great outdoors in upstate NY with his family. Being at the family camp was...
27 Aug Clothesline Art Festival
My next festival location! The summer is coming to an end and I'm prepping for my last art festival of the season. Luckily it's a good one! AbbyDora Design will be participating in the Clothesline Festival is hosted...
22 Aug Long Lost Sketches
I'm teaching an illustration course this Fall called: Sketchbook Illustration. I'm super excited about this opportunity to share my love of drawing with students. It also got me thinking about all my sketchbooks and drawing pads around my studio and...
19 Aug Mural of Love
Feel the love people! This very cool typographic mural was created by designer/tyopgrapher Pablo Medina of Cuanica—a graphic design studio located in the East Village of New York City. The mural, however, resides on a wall on the side of a...
15 Aug ABC Giraffe Art
{G is for Giraffe painting} One of the most popular paintings and prints at the Park Ave Festival was my watercolor called G is for Giraffe . It received quite a few "Oh, look at that!" and "How adorable!"....
13 Aug Park Ave Festival Thank You
{My brightly colored booth} WOW! The Park Ave Festival weekend was amazing. THANK YOU to everyone who came to visit. You made the the 2013 Park Ave Fest my best festival to date! {Center table featuring large prints...
30 Jul It’s This Weekend
IT's FINALLY HERE! The Park Ave Festival is happening THIS weekend. Grab your family, dog, or boyfriend/girlfriend and come over to Rochester for a day of summertime fun AND lots of artwork. 2013 PARK AVE FESTIVAL Saturday August 3th 10am to 6pm...
23 Jul Up Up and Away
I've been pushing myself to finish up the last few pieces of new art before I go into my "print and matte" phase of the Park Ave Fest preparations. This Hot Air Balloon collage is one of these recent illustrations....