Sweet Angel Ella...

I've been too busy finishing senior graduation cards to post any new photos to the blog! Here is sweet little Ella. I got to photograph her big brothers a couple of years ago and she has that same beautiful strawberry blonde hair that her mother and at least 1 brother has! (The other one didn't have much hair yet at the time) What a happy go lucky baby... she was delightful!

love that face...

T-shirts for flood relief...

I have designed a few shirts with simple messages about the flood in the valley and 50% of the proceeds will go to Flood Relief through Impact Give Back. http://www.impactgiveback.org/

The shirts and gifts are available online at Cafe Press.
If you want to take a look... here are the links to mine.

http://www.cafepress.com/sandunitedfargo
http://www.cafepress.com/Fargofloodmad
http://www.cafepress.com/Fargoflood2009
http://www.cafepress.com/Moorheadflood09



as you can see... I am confident that the final crest will be lower than the first!

these 2 reflect the way we do things ... not with a lot of fan-fare...but with the will to do what it takes to get the job done.

New things...

here are some new things at the studio... this is a canvas of my daughter and daughter-in-law. Just a hint of vintage color and a dark sepia border.

 It says "Life is a trip... Celebrate the ride!" 

 this is an 8x8 gallery wrap canvas of little Max sleeping. It has a Winnie the Pooh quote around the edges. "If you live to be 100... I hope I live to be 100 minus one day... so I never have to live without you."

I just got this 20x20 canvas for a client today... kind of fun with the text around the edges. It's part of a quote about going out into the world and being kind and adventurous, being thankful and loving...

This is a large collage of Cozumel Mexico, sewn together on canvas and framed in a shadow box.
Here is another stretched canvas collage of images from Cozumel... I did this piece for the Gala auction at the Plains Art Museum on May 2nd. It is 6 feet tall and about 15" wide, titled "Ventanas del la Isla" (Island Windows). Some of you know that I joined the Board of Directors at the Museum in March, and have been involved over there for almost 5 years! The proceeds from the auction go to their education programs and the Gala exhibit is open for people to preview the art works for sale. I am told they have more art than ever before in the auction! If you can't make it to the event... you can still find someone to bid for you!!! If you can make it... I have tickets  or you can call the Museum. It is a great event with great music, food and wine, included in the $80 ticket price.

Little Lila is one! finally back to clients...

she started out a little pensive...finally had to go for a drive and a quick nap.

I've got some funky new chairs at the studio that are great for photos... thanks to my friends. This one rocks so the toddlers seem to like it.

I found a great yellow piece that matches my sectional! I coated it with tent and awning waterproofer. It worked great for all the drooling that was going on...and didn't change the fabric at all.

who knew this little rain coat and boots would be so appropriate for our weather last week!




this was a typical shot for the day... running away! Pretty typical of all those 1 year olds just able to walk!
She is such a sweetheart...can you tell I had a hard time choosing what to post!

Babies and tongues... and drool...there was a lot of that going around the studio lately!

little Max is 9 months old and on the go... He must be getting a new tooth because he stuck his tongue out in almost every shot!


the getaway...
the tongue...again!
and again...

and again...plus a little drool.
and yet again....

a couple more blizzard shots...

before the wind picked up, our trees were beautiful with a thick layer of snow. This is out my back door. The evergreens were bent over almost to the ground after the storm.

this is on the school grounds at Discovery Middle School across from the Rose Creek development. Dirt from here was used to make a contingency dike through the Rose Creek development.
this was pre-blizzard... a streetlight is barely visible beyond the 2nd Street dike Downtown 3 blocks east of my studio.