OC Youth Art Month Reception 2016

As many of you know, I am not only an illustrator but an art teacher and one of the events I look forward to the most is the CAEA Youth Art Month student show where we get to celebrate our student artists! Our school, Fairmont Preparatory Academy was well represented at the Orange County Youth Art Month Student Art Reception on Thursday, February 25th, 2016 taking home 3 awards. Youth Art Month is an  annual national celebration of the arts to emphasize the value of art education for all children. Please join us in the month of March to celebrate the #PowerofArt and be creative!! Here is how our show turned out:

before

After

With the Young Artists

High School Section (Our students at Fairmont won 3 awards!)

Parents, Students, and Teacher enjoying the exhibit

The Art dynamic duo teacher team

Amberleigh, Hiep, Linda, and I

Speeches

Our guest speaker, Hiep Nguyen

Happy New Year from the Monkeys!

And also a special request by monkey friends, Jeremy and Kristin. Enjoy your year of the monkey!

6x8" Watercolor "Year of the Monkey" 2016

Catster Magazine Interview

I am in print! Thanks to editor and cat lover Annie Sherrifs of Catster Magazine that I met at the 100Cats art  show.

Scanned from Magazine

portrait of Annie as cat

http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/catster-holiday-obsessions-gift-suggestions-from-print-editors

I love you, I know.

In celebration of Star Wars release!

Watercolor Painting 4x6" 

Sketch with paint

Sketch

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah, day one!

Wizard Lizard in a Blizzard!

He be chillin', ya'll. 

Halloween Cats

My friend, Sarah Silverman (not the comedian) has a great quote from one of her stories that goes: "All Cats are Halloween Cats". So here, we are. Happy Halloween 2015!