Portal- A New Home and a hidden doorway

She snuck up into the dark attic of her new home with her dog buddy and found a small hidden doorway at the far end of the room.

Portal into Bear's "Dream a Little Dream" party

Bear longed to be a graceful ballerina. It didn't matter that he weighed 400 lbs and had two left feet.  He wanted to do Arabesques, and Chasses like the great ballet dancers before him.   Snake dreamed of living in Hawaii and dancing the Hula while the sun set on Kailua Beach, and little mouse wanted to be a cowboy like "The Duke."  Nobody messed with "The Duke."

At Bear's "Dream a Little Dream" party, they had the chance to live their dreams, unabashed, loud and strong, and they did, until Big Cy showed up at the door and all their dreams came crashing down with an embarrassed thud.

Portal to a paisley world - sruble

There's a world out there where everything is paisley, including the whales.

Paisley Whale #1

Paisley Whale #2

I made these digital prints, plus one of a whale from our world, for the Ripple Project (donated art is sold to help the animals in the gulf oil spill). Click here for more info or to purchase these images.

Portal to the Deep Blue Sea

To this day, nothing has driven me in my life and my work more than my love of the sea.

When I came to New York after graduating from Kahuku High School I couldn't sleep at night without the pounding of the waves on the sand. I longed for the Pacific the way I longed for my family. I am always homesick for the ocean.

Through every heart break, and every outside stress, through every personal and public tragedy I have faced, nothing ever heals me like the reassuring calm of the sea.

In all of this, I hurt to hurt the Ocean. I love the sea. I long for an end to the disaster in the gulf.

The oil spill's casualties are far reaching. We all need to do every little thing we can to protect our way of life and our sea life.

The mermaids are doing their fair share, it's up to us to do ours ;)

Galileo's humble beginnings

I reckon Galileo would have started out like this, don't you?

Ink, watercolours, collage and a whole lotta love...

by lil kim

Wouldn't This Be a Wild Pet

A pronghorn antelope, one of my favorite animals...sorry it's late.

Strange Portals

Elmer and Darrel would soon find out the truth about
Berkeley Elementary's school lunch program.
The Chef's hat was a portal into the strangely delicious
food that was being dished out everyday.

My Not So Strange Pet

This is a work-in-progress of my newly acquired pet, Jazz, a paint mare! I'm so happy to back in "the saddle" after many years since last being a horsewoman. (Prismacolor on Stonehenge)

My strange Pet

I hope this weekend I´ll have time do finish it...

Can you advice me HERE?

A nice weekend for everyone ;)

Hello!

Hi everyone!

Just thought I would introduce myself. I've just joined WaWe and looking forward to contributing to another wonderful community of illustrators.

So.... I'm Kim (aka lil kim). I live in Australia but I'm from Canada. I paint for the children's market using watercolours, coloured pencils and collage. My first trade book is coming out later this year in Australia (very excited!) If you want to see more of my work there's lil-kim.blogspot.com or www.kimflemingillustration.com

I haven't had time to work on the current theme yet, so thought instead I would show you my contribution to Kelly Light's Ripple blog.

Looking forward to all your beautiful artwork and insightful comments!

Cheers

lil kim

ps. Is anyone going to the SCBWI conference in LA this year? I am going... anyone need a conference buddy...? :-)