mary peterson illustration

Happy New Year!

....for brighter days ahead.

                     Whenever you are, we're already then.
                           This then is The Holiday's!
Each year, 826LA partners with a volunteer to create a holiday card.
This year that's me.
When you purchase this card, or any gift, from The Time Travel Mart you are supporting the non-profit writing and tutoring center.
Visit their brick and mortar store located at 1714 W. Sunset Blvd. or shop online!

In my personal work I've been playing around with combining life drawings of landscapes and linoleum block printing. When I was asked to do the cover and inside cover of the LA issue of The Dramatist magazine I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Here we have my LA neighborhood by day and the thriving 99 seat theater neighborhood along Santa Monica Blvd by night.

Drumroll please!

The totally adorable Wooby and Peep are pleased to announce their new book will be realeased in the Spring of 2013 by Sterling. The amazing Cynthea Liu wrote the manuscript and I am their proud illustrator. Jen Rofé is our gaurdian angel. Too right!

 

Vote for me!

Threadless is hosting a *Design a t-shirt* challenge in support of 826 National. 826 provides a variety of free programming for students 6-18, designed to challenge and enchant while strenthening their writing skills. *Write Like A Robot* is my entry in the challenge. I encourage you to jump over to Threadless and rate the designs---the one with the highest score wins the challenge!
The kids who benefit are all winners!

Piggies In The Pumpkin Patch is in the Fall 2011 Scholastic school catalog!

ARE YOU READY FOR BABY STEP #2?

Society of Illustrators-Los Angeles is presenting a series "Baby Steps 1,2,3" - a series of panels featuring industry professionals offering advice for budding entrepreneurs in the visual arts. And those of you who have "been at it" for a while, a great refresher course!

Baby Step 2: Setting Up Shop: Saturday August 27, 5-7pm
I'll be one of the panelists along with author/illustrator Joan Charles and illustrator Briar Lee Mitchell
The Sherman Oaks Galleria. Free for members. $10 for non-members.

Hot off my letterpress. New business cards.
No two alike.

 

March 2011: My Etsy shop, Letterpress Habit@ is open for business. It's newly re-designed with a new blog to match so I can show more, share more and spread the word about my prints and letterpress printing.

January 2011: 

This image from Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch was accepted
into the SI-LA Illustration West 49 Art Show.
January 21-31, 2011.
Gallery Nucleus

January 2011: Artwork for PIGGIES IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH has been invited to participate in the traveling show from the 2010 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2010. The exhibit will travel through December 2011.

October 2010: PIGGIES IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH has been included in the 2010 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show.