The 2022 Lodi Grape Festival Art Competition

2022 may actually be my very first year entering the Lodi Grape Festival Art Competition. Even though I grew up in Lodi and have been drawing intensely since elementary school…I am pretty sure that I never entered this show!

At any rate, I entered two pieces this year and was happy to win a ribbon for “Hope.”

“Hope”

Colored pencil on Strathmore toned paper.

My piece “Hope” won an Honorable Mention at the 2022 Lodi Grape Festival.

“Glow,”

Colored pencil on Strathmore toned paper.

The second piece I entered at the Grape Festival. It’s hard to draw during summer and not make a sun or two!

Until next year!

Fall is on its way!

Every day brings us closer to FALL 🎃🍁🍂🌞

Find the greeting card in my Zazzle shop.

I don't know about you, but that time of year always feels just a bit more magical to me. Maybe it's the anticipation of Christmas, or the hint of a chill in the air (well...in our area’s case, 80 degrees instead of 100) or just the simple fact that nature's burst of summer is fading gracefully into something much more mysterious.

Find the greeting card in my Zazzle shop.

I've always been much more easily inspired by the atmosphere and colors of fall. If you feel that way too, I know you'll enjoy these illustrations. Here's to the dance of the year!

“Sunkissed”

Colored pencil on Bristol board.

“Witch”

Colored pencil on paper.

“Moon”

Colored pencil on Strathmore marker paper.

“Happy Halloween Cat & Pumpkin”

Felt pen, micro pen, and colored pencil on Bristol board.