Miami International Book Fair 2009

It was a beautiful weekend at the Miami International Book Fair. For those who live in the cold weather, I am sorry to tell you that we had a beautiful 75 degreee weather and sunny! I spent these couple of days with my sister, our friend Patty and honestly we just had a great time, who wouldn't love to be surrounded by books and writers! It was great listening to wonderful authors, such as Jamie Ford with his new book "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" (he's at the picture on the top), Carol Fitzgerald founder of Bookreporter.com (top picture), Elizabeth Berg, Mary Karr,a new author with a historical fiction book called "The Herectic's Daugther" by Kathleen Kent and many more!

Kids Love Mother Earth Project - Mission Accomplished!

So many great things happening this month! I have finally finished all the illustrations for the book "Mother Earth Needs Our Help!" The book will be available until next year..here is a preview of the illustrations.
Have a wonderful weekend!

The Art of Giving

These past few days have been very rewarding. Who would have known that by creating art with the solely intentions of putting a big smile into other people's faces could be soo much more rewarding? Last friday, I was invited to go to my sister's school for an event called "Reading Under Stars" the event was to encourage children to enjoy reading by listening to stories been read by authors and students also had the chance to read out loud some of their own. I was the invited illustrator and my job was to paint a picture for the school and share the process with the kids. It was wonderful to hear their suggestions, the stories that they begin to make up as they saw the painting develop and also share with them alongside the first book I illustrated with Kids Love Mother Earth, founded by Esther Sampedro. What a beautiful night!

Another project that I wanted to share with you, is Lily's Foundation. Artists were invited to paint the kite as a donation for their auction. Here is the kite, I hope it brings them lots of money!