Kreativ Blogger Award nominated by Jen Goode

I never expected my blog to be nomi­nated for an award. I am honored to accept the Kreativ Blogger award from fellow art licensing artist, internet guru and renowned penguin artist, Jen Goode – jgoode.com.

The Kreativ Blogger award orig­i­nated in May 2008 in a post by Huldas Verden, a blogger from Norway. This award comes with the following requirements.

The Rules

1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person who has nomi­nated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs to let them know they have been nomi­nated. (Note – like Jen I used other social media methods to notify each person since it doesn’t make sense to post some­thing this cool as a plain old comment on an unre­lated blog post.)

7 things of Interest About Me

1. I am inspired by Art Deco, Art Nouveau and the Red Rose Girls of early American illus­tration history.
2. I knew I wanted to be a profes­sional artist since I was 12 years old and took my first college art classes when I was 16.
3. Hiking to beau­tiful places and painting en plein air with my little set of water­colors is a great joy.
4. I am super inspired by many mediums and constantly exper­iment with new approaches to image making.
5. I enjoy problem solving, it keeps me up late at night some­times, but I love the thrill of putting it all together.
6. Swing dancing is a favorite past time. My first date was Swing dancing with my sweet­heart, now husband, Benjamin Hummel. We have no plans to stop dancing any time soon.
7. I am enthu­si­astic about meeting new artists and getting them “linked in” with great educa­tional infor­mation and resources. I guess this is why I like to teach at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design too!

My Kreativ Blogger Nominations

Drumroll please … I would like to nominate (in alpha­betical order) the following artist bloggers for their creative contri­bu­tions to the arts, licensing and the blogosphere.

Brenda Pinnick – designer and color expert – brendapinnick.com/blog
Carol Eldridge – illus­trator and designer – caroleldridge.typepad.com
Claudine Hellmuth – collage artist and illus­trator – claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com
Diane Knott – water­color artist and designer – dianeknottsmusings.blogspot.com
Gwenda Kaczor – digital illus­trator — gwendakaczor.blogspot.com
Paulette Insall – mixed media artist – pauletteinsall.typepad.com
Priscilla Burris – children’s book illus­trator – burrisdraw.blogspot.com

Congratulations to all the nominees. I look forward to your award posts.

Jen, thanks again. I am touched and honored to be recog­nized for my service to many artists who are on their path to success!