Oh Puppy! It's the RAP VIDEO!!!

I hope you enjoy my new short animation introducing Puppy and his friends!  In my ideal world I would have had the Beastie Boys backing me up on vocals, but those old geezers were busy so here it is....

Casting call! Fashion models come one come all!

Here is a drawing I made of Kah Leong's top picks for one of his photo shoots.  I used the model's 'comp cards' for reference. 

The Real Housedogs of New York City!

Ha Ha Ha, I just wish I had a little dog to keep me company.  I always offer to walk people's dogs for them but so far nobody has bitten, although my neighbor Richie did go so far as to leave a key for me at the front desk in case an emergency comes up and he can't get home to walk his mutt. I'm on friendly terms with a few dogs in the building:  There's the carmel colored hound with the big puppy paws, there's the little fox terrier that lives with the installation artist, and there's the cute as a button 'Ziggy', a black mini mini pomeranian that I haven't dared to pet for fear I would grab him and rush out of the elevator screaming 'My Ziggy!  My Ziggy' to the horror of the owner.

Careers

I've been having fun painting and drawing this week while listening to 'Gone With the Wind' on audible.com.  Love it!  Here is a little sign I painted inspired by one that my kindergarten teacher showed my in class when I was little.  I remember her saying to the class that we could pick ANYTHING on that picture to be when we grew up.  I was so excited! I thought I wanted to be a singer or an artist.  So here is my recreation of that chart.


This little mutt is supposed to be me...

This one is my mom....  she has a mane!

This represents one of my sisters, a scientist at Harvard.

From my Sketchbook

Here is one of a lineup of funny small dogs I've been sketching, little dogs have such spunk!
Once I was a dog walker of a Shih Tzu.  I was fired because the dog would lunge for my
throat when it's owner would walk around the corner.  Then it would sit down in the middle of busy street
in defiance and refuse to let me pick it up.  When I didn't give it doggie treats, guess what?  Yes, attack mode again.  This story has a strange ending... after I had stopped working for it's owner, I went to a random party one night.  The owner came to the party and brought her dog.  As soon as they came in the door, the little terrorist Shih Tzu raced across the room through everybody's legs and hopped up into my lap!  Go figure!  Maybe that little grinch did have a tiny beating heart inside after all! 

So there is a dog story, and here is another favorite dog, the Brussel's Griffon, from my sketchbook. It came out better than the Shih Tzu :-)

Mister 3000!

My husband and I were so thrilled to hear the news about Derek Jeter's 3000th hit!  He was amazing, the story of the game and all the extra bonus details of the day brought tears to our eyes.  What a story!  Jeter, the team captain, was the first Yankee to reach 3000 hits, and it was a home run to boot! Derek is not known as a home run hitter so this was very unusual. Also it was his first homer in the new Yankee Stadium.  The boy who caught the ball gave it back to Jeter because he had a heart of gold.  Right after Jeter hit the ball the clock struck 2, which is his number!  THEN, he went on to drive in the winning run!!!!!  HOORAY!!!  We were watching replays and interviews all night, history was made on Saturday folks!
Here is a picture I drew of Derek inspired by the naive style of a little girl I met on my mission in Croatia.