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Xencelabs honored me with a Featured Artist placement in their 2023 printed calendar. They also provided me with a Pen Tablet Bundle to try out. I am happily using it today for all of my digital painting and drawing work.   Xencelabs work in partnership with artists to design digital drawing tools that are intuitive and comfortable to use.   Visit their [...]

NFT Artwork NOW ON SALE! I have added several artworks to the Rarible marketplace. They are a collection of Limited Edition NFTs. Each NFT comes with unique Unlockable Content, including a high resolution image and a PDF of the unique, amusing Interview with each monster, about their pets. Click this link to visit the website: https://rarible.com/gretchenkdeahl/items Lilabee and her Purple [...]

Today, I was honored to become a Rebelle Featured Artist. Rebelle is the award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with phenomenal oils, watercolors, and other wet and dry media.  I have been using it for about a year now and cannot sing its praises enough!  It has truly opened up a new world of possibilities for me as a professional artist. Please [...]

Escape Motions: Rebelle 4 - Rebelle 2021 Artwork Contest   Having worked as an artist since graduating from the Philadelphia College of Art (now called University of the Arts), way back in 1982, I have always used traditional methods of painting and drawing, including graphite, pastel, inks and watercolor paint. Recently, I was thrilled to discover an award-winning traditional media painting [...]

Gorgeous Monsters and Their Pets.  People love their pets... sometimes more than their own family and friends. Monsters are no different. The big difference is that monster pets can get into and cause A LOT more trouble for their "pet parents" than a loveable kitty, puppy, budgie or fish!  As an example -- "The Purple Snouted Pollen Eaters", though quite [...]

Illustrating the wonderous world of reading and stories that await each and every one of us. I love stories. I love reading. I become (quite happily) immersed in books, escaping to unknown forested lands; where bears befriend girls; where owls serenade atop a lion at twilight;  where wild beasts are tamed with a tale of courage. The list and variety [...]

Humans aren’t the only ones who like a spot of tea now and again. Little monsters have been known to slip quietly into kitchens when no one is around and sneak a sip or two of freshly brewed sweetness! Alas, some of these tiny creatures may become so enamored with the tea, that they sip themselves silly and fall into [...]

FACES. We all have them. They fascinate me. Expressions in particular – from subtle to extreme.   OLD PAPER. These too share qualities of human expression. From long ago handwritten notes, aged newspapers & maps to worn paper stained with time. In this series of prints, I combine them to create whimsical “stories” about the nature of being human. I’m a [...]

Little Bird Captures the Moon by Ellen Weiss (published by Pearson Education for schools and libraries) On the banks of a raging river, during a moonlit night, an adventurous, clever little bird finds courage and inspiration after a face-to-teeth meeting with a HUGE crocodile. Ellen Weiss website: www.ellenweissbooks.com/ Please visit my Gallery page to see more of the images for [...]

Created for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) "Tomie dePaola Illustrator Award" 2011. The contest was to illustrate the following excerpt from the story of Chicken Licken/Chicken Little, by P.C. Asbjörnsen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So they went along and went along until they met Turkey Lurkey “Good morning, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Daddles, Cocky Locky, Henny Penny, and Chicken Licken,” [...]

26 unique monsters created for your enjoyment, protection and benefit. Consider yourself warned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What the heck is a Guardian Monster? I am so glad you asked. Perhaps you've heard of "guardian angels", those lovely, winged beings who guide and protect you? Well, when the job requires a specialized "monster point of view", these eager fellows step up! They may [...]