908.sold909.sold 910.sold Birds of the Gulf

908.soldReddish Egrets

909.sold  Pelican

910. hold Royal Tern

Lynn Alpert is an illustrator and graphic designer from St. Louis, MO. These cards were created in pen & ink with a watercolor wash. Lynn usually illustrates digitally using Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop, but likes to dabble in traditional mediums as well.

web: http://lynnalpert.com
Blog: http://redheadedstepchildblog.blogspot.com

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

907. Origami Turtle

907.

Carey is an origami artist living in San Diego.

See more of Carey's work at: http://flickr.com/photos/careysniche/

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

906. A Sea Turtle in Clean Waters

906.

Cheryl Rausch is an illustrator and photographer based in Lombard, Illinois. After just coming back from Longboat Key, Florida in June and then watching the devastation in the gulf she felt the need to help any way she could. Hopefully this does help even if only a little.

To see more of Cheryl's work check out her website:

Wix.com - Website built by Cheryl Rausch

 

She's also on Facebook: Cheryl Rausch Art & Illustration 

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

901. 902.sold 903.sold 904. 905. soldThe Beauty of Nature

901. Seagull

902.sold Crab

903. soldJellyfish

904. Turtle

905. soldWave

Tish Rogers is an artist living in Cambria, California. She paints in watercolor and acrylic and loves living by the ocean and values the beauty of its nature. We need to keep our beautiful lands clean for all generations to come.

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

G. 39. SOLD GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR - Jesse Joshua Watson

Jesse Joshua Watson is an author and illustrator living in the NW. His latest book, Hope for Haiti will be out this October from Putnam and Ghetto Cowboy from Candlewick, in 2011. See Jesse's work online at www.jessewatson.com. 

While pondering what to do for this, Jesse drew inspiration from the Grateful Dead song with the same name as this blog. While not traditional card size, these would work for any giant friends you might have (or to frame and put on your wall). 

 ink and acrylic on Kapa Bloc, 13" x 12"

Rules on $50 cards to the right--->
Be the first to send inquiry ONLY. After you hear from me- go run and donate!-Kelly

G 38. SOLD GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR - Jesse Joshua Watson

Jesse Joshua Watson is an author and illustrator living in the NW. His latest book, Hope for Haiti will be out this October from Putnam and Ghetto Cowboy from Candlewick, in 2011. See Jesse's work online at www.jessewatson.com. 

While pondering what to do for this, Jesse drew inspiration from the Grateful Dead song with the same name as this blog. While not traditional card size, these would work for any giant friends you might have (or to frame and put on your wall). 

ink and acrylic on mat board, 10" x 14"

Rules on $50 cards to the right--->
Be the first to send inquiry ONLY. After you hear from me- go run and donate!-Kelly

899. 900. Turtle and Bird

899. Turtle (6 1/2"  by 6 1/2")

900. Bird (3.5"X5")

Alma Fullerton is an award winning author/artist in Ontario Canada.

See more about Alma at: www.almafullerton.com

Each card is available for a $10 donation- see details on the right of the blog to find links to Non Profits.

898. Wild Seahorse

898.

My name is Mando Padilla and I'm a graphic/web designer for a snorkeling/military-diving company by day. I'm also an artist, poet and musician.

Blog "Poetry & Art": www.idreamofmonsters.blogspot.com 

Store: www.zazzle.com/idreamofmonsters 

Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/mandoland73

My style of art is icon/logo inspired. I like each character to create a memorable impact with bold lines and bright colors. Above is my sketch of a seahorse with my normal "spiral eye". The black-oil-tear represents the sadness of pollution. It was sketched on black paper with woodless color pencil.

I'm happy to contribute to your oilspill cause. The seahorse was inspired by a trip that I took to the Legoland aquarium. While their seahorses are safe, many out in the wild are not.

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

895.SOLD896.hold 897. Whale of a Cause

895.SOLD Paisley Starfish

896. holdPaisley Turtle

897. Whale of a Cause

Artist Susan Walker works and lives in Harmony, PA with Husband,11 yro son and  8 yro bbg triplets, Lucy the beagle and Mini the cat. She enjoys working in pen ink and watercolor in either  this type of style with whimsy  and color or a realistic detailed approach for sports fields and other such subjects. 

I am honored to be able to contribute in some small way to help out the wildlife and bring a little smile to those who have received these works and area reminder too of their contribution in this effort."

"Coming together is beginning. keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
Henry Ford

See more of her work at www.susanwalkerart.com or  visit  her blog to read more about her approach to a creative life.http://susanwalkerart.blogspot.com/

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

G 37. SOLDGREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR- STEPHEN MARCHESI

Stephen Marchesi is a commercial artist working mostly in the children's book field, having illustrated close to five hundred book covers and 40 picture books as well as hundreds of textbook and magazine drawings.

http://www.portfoliosolutionsllc.com/

http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=smackam

Rules on $50 cards to the right--->
Be the first to send inquiry ONLY. After you hear from me- go run and donate!-Kelly

G 36. GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR- STEPHEN MARCHESI

Stephen Marchesi is a commercial artist working mostly in the children's book field, having illustrated close to five hundred book covers and 40 picture books as well as hundreds of textbook and magazine drawings.

http://www.portfoliosolutionsllc.com/

http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=smackam

Rules on $50 cards to the right--->
Be the first to send inquiry ONLY. After you hear from me- go run and donate!-Kelly

G 35. SOLD GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR- STEPHEN MARCHESI

Stephen Marchesi is a commercial artist working mostly in the children's book field, having illustrated close to five hundred book covers and 40 picture books as well as hundreds of textbook and magazine drawings.

http://www.portfoliosolutionsllc.com/

http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=smackam

Rules on $50 cards to the right--->
Be the first to send inquiry ONLY. After you hear from me- go run and donate!-Kelly

894. Maggie and Sam

894. 

 

Maggie and Sam helping the animals any way that they can. Artwork by Jill Gubin. See more of her work at: www.maggieandsam.com

 Each is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

893. SOLDRemember the Blue

893. 

"Remember the Blue" This is a 6x9 piece of 110 bristol with a 5x7 watercolor dolphin painting.
Chelsae Youkers is a self-taught artist and random crafter. She lives in Butler Pennsylvania with her husband and is awaiting the arrival of her first child in a couple of weeks. While mostly working in sharpie markers and acrylics, she occasionally breaks out the watercolor to play. She loves the ocean and while she lives inland, dreams of being at the ocean's shore are never far from her mind.

You can view more of her random craft adventures and artwork on her blog or shop online:
http://theviridianmuse.blogspot.com/
http://viridianmuse.artfire.com/

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

891. 892. soldFish are people too

891. Fish are people too

892.SOLD School

Dinalie Dabarera is an illustrator from Sydney, Australia. She created these fun illustrations to hopefully contribute to the efforts of those rescuing the animals affected by the oil. Please donate, and get one of these colourful handmade illustrations sent straight to your postbox!

3.5 x 2.5 Acrylic and ink on card.

See more of her work here:
http://dinalie.wordpress.com/illustration

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right

887.sold 888. 889. sold890. Making a Difference

887. sold"Going with the flow" - 2.5" x 3.5" original watercolor painting (ACEO, ATC)

888. "Flight of Fancy" - 2.5" x 3.5" original watercolor painting (ACEO, ATC)

889.sold  "Trumpet Flower Symphony" - 2.5" x 3.5" original watercolor painting (ACEO, ATC)

890.  "Rising Above" - 2.5" x 3.5" original watercolor painting (ACEO, ATC)

Raphaella Vaisseau is an artist living and creating in Venice, Florida. You can explore her artwork at www.heartfulart.com and her world at http://heartfulart.blogspot.com/ Thank you for making a difference.

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

885. 886. Misty Lemons

885. Night886. Seagull

Misty Lemons runs her own outdoor portrait photography business (Misty Expressions Photography) in Joshua Texas and surrounding areas. She has always had a great love and appreciation for the outdoors. Recently, Misty started to paint in acrylic in her spare time. Once she heard news about the BP oil spill, it broke her heart. Misty is donating two paintings to help with the cause of saving the animals on the Gulf coast. 

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right. 

881.SOLD 882.sold 883.sold 884. soldAnimals in the Oily Waters

881. SOLDFish

882. soldShell

883.soldStarfish

884. soldAligator

Patrick "Patsy" Monteleone is a graphic designer/illustrator and musician living in Bucks County, PA. Please visit his graphics blog at http://monteleonedesign.wordpress.com/ and his music blog at http://patsymonteleone.wordpress.com/.

These images were created created using colored pencil, ink, and acrylics. 

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

879. SOLD880.SOLD 684. Extreme Makeover

879. SOLDYucky Muck

880.SOLD Extreme Makeover

684. 

My name is Adrienne Seet and I am an illustrator and TV producer living in Oslo, Norway. I'm contributing two more cards for the Ripple effort and I hope that my small effort helps the world and the ocean in some way. "Mamma, we are surrounded" is an original 4" x 6" illustration that is still up for donation.

My latest contributions - "Yucky Muck" and "Extreme Makeover" - are original illustrations done in watercolour and ink on Canson watercolor paper, measuring approximately 4" x 6". Prints are also available for $10 donations and for sale on my blog site http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com upon request.

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

Greetings From La La Land!!

Hi Everybody!!

This is Kelly and I am out here in Los Angeles for the SCBWI Summer 2010 conference.  I have been here since Friday- and ran the sale of Dan Santat's beautiful card from here. Thanks to Dan for being so generous with his time and talent. I got to thank him in person and hope he pardons my geek-out when meeting him. I have been away from running things but will be home tomorrow night. My team of helpers have held down the fort for me- Thanks Nina, Nicole, Bonnie, Gina and Anna.
I had a moment yesterday out here during a session with the amazing illustrator E.B. Lewis. He brought up the oil spill and said- "What are we as artists going to do about it?"  (I'm paraphrasing...)  He went on to say "My father said there are 3 kinds of people- Sub Humans, Humans, and Super Humans". "Sub Humans are like Hitler or Osama Bin laden- people who do harm, cause pain and suffering.""Humans are people who exist- but don't do anything- don't act - don't stand up and make a difference." "Super Humans are the ones who say "I will not sit by and do nothing""They are the ones who try to make a difference."  -  I burst into tears. Like a fool... I hope he didn't notice...
I have been so busy running this- the absolute SCALE of what Ripple has done- what it has become- and what it continues to do-  hadn't hit me until then. As I sniffed and calmed down- my friend Amy Farrier- quietly said, "Kelly Light- super human" -and the tears flowed again.
This is so much more then me - I met at least  a dozen of the artists here in L.A. that have given art to Ripple. Artists like Kim Fleming from Australia and Linda Silvestri, Woody Miller , Frank Hanson- and so many others.  I got to stand up and describe Ripple in a breakout session with illustrator Priscilla Burris - and many more illustrators have expressed an interest in doing art for Ripple.
So- Ripple's ripples are going strong. We can start to feel optimistic that the well will be filled in with cement and killed but the animal impact isn't going away- so neither will we. We will keep sketching and helping the animals of the Gulf. Because we are artists and we are super humans.

877. sold 878.sold A small contribution to a very large problem

877sold

878.sold

I am a visual artist living in Stouffville Ontario Canada. My work is in watercolour, mixed media and Sumi-e [Japanese ink painting] I just happened across this project and think it is a fantastic idea.  My family spent many wonderful days on gulf coast beaches and I wanted to make a contribution.

These are two Ensō  paintings - Japanese meaning circle. It symbolizes enlightenment, strength, elegance, the Universe, and the void. It also symbolizes an "expression of the moment". All things we need to deal with this crisis.  It  is usually painted in one movement  and there is no possibility of modification. They are original paintings 2.5 in by 3.5  ATC size in acrylic paint on rice paper mounted on acid free card stock with my chop or seal.

A small contribution to a very large problem.

Diana Bullock
www.alternativesinart.ca
http://dbullockalternativesinart.blogspot.com

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

875. 876. Back into a Clean Ocean

875. Brave Lucie

876. Baby Turtle

Brave Lucie is a double sided and laminated card by Ginger Nielson.

Her "Baby Turtle" piece is a digital watercolor. Two sides, one enlargement on the back, and laminated.  Both sides are shown here but the card is created back to back.

It was so impressed to see the baby turtle rescue and the care given to each tiny creature.  If this image will help them back into the clean ocean, I am happy to participate.

See more of Ginger's work here: http://www.gingernielson.com

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

871. 872. 873. 874. How it should be...

871.HOLD Shells 1

872.HOLD Shells 2

873. Feathers 1SOLD

874. Feathers 2

Teeming with colour and life--that's what the ocean is supposed to be.
Smooth, clean and beautiful--that's what feathers are supposed to be.

Joanne Stanbridge is a children's book author and illustrator from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
www.joannestanbridge.com

Each picture is 4.25" x 5" and was done with brush-pen and watercolour on 140 lb Arches watercolour paper. Each is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

Many thanks to Kelly for leading us to positive action at a time when
we need it so much!

869.SOLD 870.Portraits in Oil

869.SOLD Ibis in Oil

870.. Money Ripple

Ann is a long time portrait artist/ illustrator and animal lover who lives in Port Alberni British Columbia Canada. You can see more of her work here: http://annarts.com/

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

868."I make pictures by night..."

My name is Maggie. I live in Portland, OR where I clean houses by day and make pictures by night. I have illustrated a few children's books and am working on my first solo project. I will be sharing a few more gulf pictures throughout this week (and probably will be unable to stop making pictures about it until they fix it). You can keep an eye on me by visiting simplykumquat.com.

Each card is available for a $10 donation. See details at right.

G 34.SOLD!!!!!! GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR -DAN SANTAT

Dan Santat is an children's author/illustrator whose recent works
include "Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World)" by
Mac Barnett, "Chicken Dance" by Tammi Sauer, and his graphic novel
"Sidekicks" which will be out due next August from Arthur A Levine
Books. Dan is also the creator of the Disney animated series The
Replacements"

Visit him at www.dantat.com


(- woo hoo! -Kelly )

THIS card sold immediately! To a big Santat fan! If you don't hear from me- you didn't win- sorry- it's freakin awesome!