Quick cat I drew for a friend. Another thing that if I draw it enough maybe it will just appear in my house? 7” x 5” / acrylic, gouache and colored pencil on paper. . . . #catsofinstagram #companionanimal #drawing #commission #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #abstraction #dsblues #dscolor #handmade #madeinphilly #queeringspace (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

I have badass creator friends!!! Look at these envelopes @laurenessl calligraphed for @underwoodletterpress! So stunning. Feel free to tell the universe, on my behalf, that Mr. Right can show up any moment now, to woo me, so I can work with my creative circle to make the prettiest wedding invitations in the land. 💙💙💙 #calligraphy #weddinginvitations #dsblues #handlettering #letterpress #ifyoudontaskyoudontget

Throwing it back to a large scale indigo paisley commission from last year while I'm working on new paisleys today 💠💎❄️🦋

Happy Earth Day! Many times when I’m walking along the beach admiring the crashing waves I get the Jimmy Buffett lyric “Mother mother ocean, I have heard your call, wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall, you’ve seen it all, you’ve seen it all...” Here’s to each of doing our part to keep honoring Mother Ocean and keeping our beautiful Earth safe from harm. #earthday #ocean #jimmybuffett #mothermotherocean #waves #surfriderfoundation #nicelynoted #sendnicenotes #dailydoseofpaper #dsblues #letterpress #stamps (at Carmel, California)

Time keeps on slipping into the future. One of my fave color schemes from when @send_more_mail was styling and photographing our card collections. What a treat it was to have such beautiful, professional images prepared and ready to go. We’re doing the photography in house now. Time to get the April cards shot so I can share them in our email newsletter. 📸📷📸📷📸 #nicelynoted #sendnicenotes #letterpress #dailydoseofpaper #dsblues #pencil #snailmail (at Austin, Texas)

Is this how your desk looks? Me too...err, not really! 😂 Love #waynethiebaud and his magical paintings of ordinary objects. Happy start to your day. 💌 #nicelynoted #sendnicenotes #dsblues (at Austin, Texas)

happy friday! and here's a process preview from a job for one of my clients. 💙 ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ . ⠀ #dsfloral #dsblues #watercolorflower #bluewatercolor #greetingsisland #bluepaint #paintflowers #watercolorflorals #blueflowers #bluefloral #boyflower #paintprocess #paintingprocess #artistprocess #enjoytheprocess #doitfortheprocess #fridayfeeling #paintlife #artistlife

I was recently commissioned to draw this portrait as a wedding gift, my interpretation of one of their engagement photos. There’s something really satisfying in drawing people that are so happy and inserting them into a world that doesn’t exist but helps reflect that feeling. 10” x 8”, acrylic, gouache and colored pencil on paper. . . . #commission #newdrawing #drawing #portrait #portraiture #abstract #abstraction #dsblues #illustration #handmade #illustratorsoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #newwork #instaart #coloredpencil (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)