Soaked - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Soaked".

Safari - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Safari". Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence.

IF - La Bicicletta

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Bicycle". This is the acetate drawing for the solar prints I made while studying in Granada, Spain this past autumn. I based the illustrations on an old bike I photographed in Florence.

IF - Journey

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Journey". Like the moon, the journey of the heart has many phases...

Bottled - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Bottled". The bottle could not contain itself any longer.

Toy - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Toy". Remember this jack in the box from 1976? Sort of a creepy toy.

Cultivate - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Cultivate". Sally Alice grew the strangest flowers in her small village.

Happy Spring!

Breakfast - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Breakfast". Although I don't start my day with coffee, many people do and find it to be quite uplifting! I think this would make an appropriate napkin for a beachside cafe.

Giant - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Giant". The little ladybug thought for sure a giant one had landed next to her!

Satellite - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Satellite". We're filling up Space with our junk just like our own homes!!

Paisley - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Paisley". I love paisley ties!

Trail - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Trail". I went camping with a friend last weekend and he took a photo of an ant trail, so I was inspired by that for this prompt.

Linked - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Linked". I'm always intrigued when I see birds hanging out on a wire or fence. It's so zen to me.

Rescue - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is "Rescue". I actually used this for a previous IF prompt (Repair), but I thought it fit nicely with this. I don't expect one person to rescue us from political or environmental danger -it's something we all need to take part in.

Brave - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Brave. I'm conjuring up the bravery to ask for a leave of absence from my job and make a trek to Europe for my first trip Abroad.

Adrift - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Adrift. Sometimes I just want to drift along without a care....

Muddy - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Muddy. Don't ya just love stomping around in the mud!

IF - Focused

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Focused. Since hitting her forties, Cathy noticed it was harder and harder to read small print...

Wilderness - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Wilderness. This piece is called "Mountain Rise" - an abstract- looking down on a volcanic mountain...

Renewal - IF

This is posted in response to Illustration Friday. This week's prompt is Renewal. May you all have a blessed New Year!