The Fairy's Conversation

I found this little sketch while cleaning out my studio.  I nearly forgot about it.  Hope to come back to it in paint some day.

SCBWI Gallery Show

The gallery show this past Thursday went over really well.  The space was perfect for our group and we had a great turnout.  Some pictures from the show:

A neat way to hang some art - strung on wires with clothes pins, clothesline style:

And my panel of art:

A video and more photos of the show can be found here:  

http://www.northtexasillustrators.com/project/photo-gallery/

It was a great experience!  Hope to do it again some day!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

I'm still incredibly busy with our three-month old little girl and haven't really had time for art, but I'm trying to keep my fingers in it and as such, I'll be participating in a group show next week.  This will be my first ever gallery showing, so I'm really looking forward to it!  I'll be showing only older work, but it's still a great chance to come and see original works up close by fourteen different artists.  If you're in the area, I hope you can make it!

http://www.northtexasillustrators.com/

A sampling of the pieces I'll be showing is here:
http://www.northtexasillustrators.com/project/phyllis-hornung-peacock/http://www.northtexasillustrators.com/project/phyllis-hornung-peacock/

Meet Julia!

I've been away for a while, and for good reason.  It's been a bit busy around here:

Meet the recent addition to the family, Julia!  She's almost two months old and keeping us very busy.  I'm sure she'll provide great artistic inspiration for years to come!

Gone Fishing

It's getting warmer here.  Time for some spring and summer-time activities, I think...

Water Taxi Final

I've had this painting 99% complete sitting on my desk for probably a year or two and only just added the finishing touches yesterday.  I'm glad to have it finally completely finished! 

For sale here in my etsy shop.  You can check out the sketch from way back in the 2010 archives here.

Gardening Goldfinch

Digging back into ancient history, here's another painting from the archives:

I painted this back in 2002 for an issue of Ladybug magazine.  Just listed for sale in my Etsy shop!

Copyright belongs to Carus Publishing Company.

Northern Lights

 This illustration is appearing in the current issue of Spider magazine.  Northern lights are fun to paint!

Happy New Year!

I hope the new year's finding everyone well!  Here's a peek at a little project I completed at the end of last year:

What could be more appropriate than snowmen during this arctic blast that's sweeping so much of the country?!  Even here in Texas, we're feeling it.  This is one of a series of designs for a seasonal home product set.  Something a little different for me...  I can't say much else about it at this time, but hopefully will have more on this in the future.  In the meantime, stay warm!