Grampa wanted me to be a “Bess”

But the nickname never stuck—

—which was just as well, because once I’d read Nancy Drew, I preferred George.

And I guess that’s my secret this time around!

I have a lot to share, but little time, so here’s my most recent project, of which I am pretty ding-dang proud!

An interior designer commissioned me to create some prints for a hospital. She wanted it to have a Kentucky-feel, so here’s what I’ve created:

Kentucky Lungs (with a map of the area where the hospital is)

Kentucky Intestines (maybe a lil’ gross, but kinda cool? That’s the Belle of Louisville)

Kentucky Heart (first one I made, featuring a mandolin)

Kentucky Kidneys (this one still needs work… Please advise!)

Kentucky Brain (maybe my favorite!)

Kentucky Spine (one more favorite—with a “slave wall,” a type of fence originally built by the Scots-Irish)

Other projects I’ve been working on include (in chronological order):

That wallpaper/fabric family for a half-bath.

That series of butterflies (I illustrated 13!):

Sketches for a mural, given thumbs up by the park folks, who are asking for a budget(!):

Three pieces on the theme of the color blue for a group show at a public library:

“Blue Triptych” (Mountains; Forest; Ocean)

Fake money for the kids’ section of the library where I work.

Bow-Tied Together, for Bourbon with Heart— two pieces on 10x10 bourbon barrel wood with a bow-tie shape incorporated. See videos of the floral one here and the board game one here:

KMAC Couture—a fashion show for which I’m creating a design and using my own pattern (both, um, like, as in sewing stuff together in a pattern and as in the pattern on the fabrics):

And now back to work! This art ain’t gonna art itself!¹

Love you-

Bess-less

1. Can’t forget to add a footnote…