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The year in review 2023

This year I actually felt like I needed a break during the holidays. November and December were extremely busy with deadlines, getting ready for the Fat Goose Craft Fair with our Every Chip Stand project, and sewing for a costuming event. I’m happy with the illustrations I churned out this year but feel like it’s not a lot to show for 365 days.

Here is a gallery of pretty much everything I drew this year, either for editorial clients, or gifts for family, or plein-air in England or for Every Chip Stand. At the end, enjoy a few of my costuming projects.

re:Porter Magazine
re:Porter Magazine
re:Porter Magazine
Every Chip Stand
Every Chip Stand
Diablo Magazine
Every Chip Stand
Food & Wine Magazine
re:Porter Magazine
re:Porter Magazine
commission
portrait of my husband http://www.joelkimmel.comJoel Kimmel
family gift
family gift
Every Chip Stand
family gift
Every Chip Stand
re:Porter Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine
re:Porter Magazine
First fruits of Zion
re:Porter Magazine
Every Chip Stand
Every Chip Stand
re:Porter Magazine
personal piece
Seattle Met Magazine
Every Chip Stand
Every Chip Stand
THIS Magazine
Every Chip Stand
Every Chip Stand
Vancouver Magazine
plein air sketch
plein air sketch
plein air sketch
plein air sketch
plein air sketch
plein air sketch
Regency era outfit
1850s era dress and bonnet

Portraits for Nob Hill Gazette

Here are some portraits of notable art world people for the May 2021 issue of Nob Hill Gazette.

Rootitoot portrait for Chatelaine

I illustrated a portrait of Ruth “Rootitoot” McCusker for Chatelaine magazine. Ruth was an Instant Pot guru who recently passed away. I learned a lot about Instant Pots while researching items for the background. I’ve never used one, but a lot of people are passionate about them…and apparently you can make cheesecakes in them!

Commercial Observer portraits

The Commercial Observer hired me for the 3rd year in a row now (thank you!) to illustrate portraits of real estate bigwigs. I tried out my new portrait style for these and am very pleased with how they turned out.

Portraits for Commercial Observer

I was fortunate enough to be chosen by the Commercial Observer this past fall to illustrate 39 portraits of real estate bigwigs for their Owners Magazine. It was a lot of work and a tight deadline, but I’m very happy with how they turned out. I worked flat out for two weeks, day and night and weekends.

At one point my drafting table looked like this:

 

And here are the final portraits:

And don’t they look lovely in the spread!