Cathrineholm Doodle-ized

Had a good time doodle-ling these retro wares. I am feeling the need to doodle-ize everything!

Dames & Ladies and a couple of girls

Decided to do a few grown up girl portraits this weekend and of course couldn't resist the doll faced girls. The last one is a portrait of my daughter in her favorite shirt.

Rosie in her owl shirt


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Dollface Lala Paintings

A couple of Dollface LaLa paintings are in the shop!

These were really fun to create, part of my "More Painting with Paint" promise. My daughters love to play with them by taking these little paintings everywhere. Cute!

Oldies but Goodies

I dug out some old paintings from 2009 and these doll faces only get cuter with age!
I am offering the prints in my Etsy Shop!

"The Red Balloon"

"Love Bites"

"Black Angel"

"Black Pirate"

"Black Sheep"

"Crazy Cat Girl"


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ps I am working on a few new paintings (yes with paint) and should be able to get them photographed by this weekend, I've been getting my creative mojo back!

Nature Doodles

Couple of Non Dollface sketches...

The Red Balloon

This is my version of the movie The Red Balloon.

Latest Mischievous Faces

The Patriot

(Look familiar?)

Pig Nose

A Revolutionary


A Delinquent

The Pink Flamingo

(and I did know a .22 by that name)


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I Heart Myself. A Giveaway...

I am participating in a giveaway of my print I Heart Myself! It begins on Wednesday 8a eastern time! The blog SpringInspiration is covering the topic of self-care and wanted to feature my artwork that went along with some of the themes being written about, and will include a little blurb on my artwork! Hop on over to www.springinspiration.com and try your hand on this little print! (My prints are printed on museum quality Velvet Art paper and each print includes a gift postcard!) P.S. The giveaway opportunity will be up til Monday 7/26 at noon eastern time.

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Latest Characters

Its a boy! I don't have many boy illustrations yet but will be adding more snips and snails and puppy dog tails!

Pigs however pretty much rule here.

As do ragamuffin princesses.

My "Polariod Sky" print got a redo and I added a couple of big eyes. I Couldn't resist.

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I liked her so much...

That I gave her more styles!

Risky Business

Ode to Velma


The O.G. In 3d...

"Amelie" - A Custom Illustration

I had a blast creating this custom illustration for an etsy patron! I've seen Amelie before but it has been quite a while and this image really fits in with my mischievous doll faces!

When Insomnia Hits

The really cool thing about insomnia is not only do I get all this extra time in my life, I am super productive as well! Here are some drawings done in the wee hours of the night, somewhere between 1-4:30am...

But this is how I feel the next day, sorta seeing in 3d but without the glasses...with 5 hours of sleep every night.

I can get a bit grouchy the next day...you would too if your balloons were minuscule.

Is it wrong that these faces are inspired by my kid? (she is 3 years old)

Don't ask me how I can draw such a happy image when feeling sorta zombie-ish.

As I was drawing I also was watching "The Alaska Experiment, Out of the Wild" and got totally addicted to this series on Netflix...about surviving in the wilderness....where the people were starving and eating mice and squirrels and porcupine.

Hope you enjoyed the work of an insomniac...lets see what I come up with tonight/tomorning!

New Fun Things at Shoppe

I finally got around to uploading some new paper goods & a precious trinket box at my illustration shoppe! It is kinda fun to make things from my artwork and I am really stalling on making some cloth dolls but that is next on my list! (It has been about 13 years since I last made a doll!) P.S More trinket boxes to come!

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Somewhere a Cat is Waiting

This painting was inspired by my beloved cat Coco who no longer walks this earth plane. He was my dearest and loyal cat. All black... he was a skinny flea bag kitten who I adopted from a lady in front of the grocery store. She had 4 all black kittens and Coco was the runt of the litter but grew to be big and healthy with a luxurious coat of shiny black fur. He was loving and hug-able!

This is my actual amulet and locket of Coco with bits of his hair on the other side.

Loosing him was rather depressing...This book by Derek Tangye "Somewhere a Cat is Waiting" helped me get through the loss. A wonderful book about life with cats and the lessons they can teach us about life and loss. And exactly a month after Coco passed a cat was waiting for me. I was on a temporary assignment at Disney Studios and a coworker suggested I accompany her to the pet store. There sat in a cage was a big beautiful tom cat, with gray striped markings, white paws and green eyes. He was left in a box that morning. He left with me that day. He was big and hug-able! ...That was 9 years ago and he is curled up under my desk as I type. I have no idea how old he really is, but he has lost his girth over the years so I am guessing he is elderly now. He has grown a bit ornery but I need to remind myself that he is really is a good cat and I must be
sweeter to him.

Oliver, doing what he does best.
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I often think about my Coco. Cats are magical creatures so Im sure that he is with me at times...well...that topic is for another post.