Can I Just Say How Much I Love Your Work? I Have No Question. I Saw Your Work On Sea Of Shoes :) Made

can i just say how much i love your work? i have no question. i saw your work on sea of shoes :) made christmas a little merrier.

thanks so much i really appreciate the compliment...stay tuned for more!

FLASHBACK:2003 PERRIER

IN 2003 I ENTERED A CONTEST SPONSORED BY PERRIER AND METROCHANNEL NETWORK AT THE TIME FOR UNDISCOVERED FASHION DESIGNERS. I WOUND UP WINNING THE CONTEST ALONG WITH $10,000. THEY WENT ON TO SPONSOR MY FASHION SHOW THE FIRST SEASON. IT WAS AT THIS TIME I CREATED THIS ILLUSTRATION

FLASHBACK:SPRING 2002 VERSACE VIXEN

ANOTHER THROWBACK FROM THE SPRING 2002 SEASON. I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE DONATELLAS REALLY STRONG COLLECTION THAT SEASON. I CANT SEEM TO RECALL WHY I CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR SETTING BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT WANTING TO PLACE A SPRING LOOK IN A FALL SETTING AND THEN FOR THE COLOR CHOICES I THOUGHT MAKING IT TECHNICOLOR WOULD MAKE IT MORE VERSACE.

FLASHBACK SPRING 2008 FLORALS

IN 2008 A FRIEND ASKED ME TO CREATE A EDITORIAL FOR HIS MAGAZINE. HE SENT SOME PICS OF LOOKS HE WANTED TO HAVE ILLUSTRATED FROM SOME FAST FASHION RETAILERS AND I ADDED SOME DESIGNER LOOKS TO ROUND OUT THE STORY. AT THE TIME I WAS SO TIED UP WITH MY CUSTOM DRESS CLIENTS I HAD TO ABANDON THIS PROJECT SO IT COULDN'T BE PUBLISHED. I LOVED THE STORY SO A YEAR LATER I PULLED OUT ALL OF THE HALF COLORED SKETCHES AND DECIDED TO COMPLETE IT.

FOR SPRING 2008 FLORALS WERE AT THE TOP OF EVERY TREND BOARD. BUT I WANTED TO ADD SOME EDGE SO FROM THERE CAME THE IDEA OF CUTTING THE FLOWERS WITH VARIOUS SHARP INSTRUMENTS. THE STORY HAS A LOOSE NARRATIVE BUT BASICALLY IT IS IN THE FIRST STAGE THE FLOWERS/DRESSES ARE BEING PLUCKED FROM THE FIELD AND BY THE END THE WOMAN HAS EVOLVED INTO THE FLOWER CUTTING HERSELF.  

I KNOW WEIRD..BUT IN FASHION OFTEN THE CHICEST THINGS DONT MAKE SENSE!

SPRING 2011: PRADA BANANAS/SEA OF SHOES

THIS PIECE PRADA BANANAS WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR AN ART CONTEST ON SEAOFSHOES.COM. I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THE SPRING 2011 PRADA COLLECTION ESPECIALLY THE SKETCHED NATURE OF THE PRINTS. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO DRAW A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. A WOMAN WHO LOVED HER PRADA SO MUCH SHE WOULD RISK WEARING A BANANA PRINT IN THE JUNGLE. I STARTED OUT WITH SOME VINTAGE 40'S COMICS AND PUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT TOGETHER. THE FINAL WINK I ADDED WAS TAKING ONE THE AMAZING COLOR-BLOCKED FOX STOLES AND USING THAT AS THE COLOR STORY FOR MY GORILLA. ENJOY! BELOW I INCLUDED TO RUNWAY SOURCE PHOTOS

I saw your artwork on Sea of Shoes today! It's wonderful! It definitely stood out to me in front of the other winners - it's just so original!You are truly talented.(And when I saw you had a tumblr, I HAD to tell you.)

thanks so much..i love hearing from you all