Stephanie's Drawings

Six years ago today I lost my little Westie to Westie Lung Disease. The night before I slept on the floor next to him as he was sleeping and I didn't want to disturb him. 

It makes me sad to see trees in the street. 

This is a painting of a dear friend's Westie, Dempsey. He passed away just over two weeks ago. I lost my first Westie, Finnegan in Jan of 2012 and I was beyond crushed. I wanted to give her something to remember him by. Although I know she has a ton of photos and even other drawings by me-more cartoony. In fact we met when she won an auction for a custom illustration. I love the way this turned out-but to be honest, it was hard. I cried and cried while painting. Dempsey is missed by all who knew him. I hope you like it.

Here is some new work I have done recently. I hope you like it! 

I have my first order for Christmas card design! I can't believe it's 4 months away, if you would like one of your doggies, please send me a private message or email me here stephanie@stepholivieri.com, I would love to do your design.   Here are some examples from last year!

I was asked by a fellow Children's Book Academy graduate to donate a couple drawings for her kickstarter campaign. I get asked this a lot, but I am very picky about who I will do that for. I love the idea of this and her company so I happily donated these two drawings for the campaign. If you are interested please go to the link I provided to see more about this. It's a great idea for kids. I love it.  This is the link to the kickstarter campaign that I have two illustrations up as a reward  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cccschool/how-to-make-smart-cookies-critical-thinking-throug  If you want one of my limited edition prints, you can back this awesome project for kids and get one. 

Hey everyone so I am not writing this to be negative but rather to share info that could help other artists in the future. Recently I was made aware that a drawing I had done in April of 2013 was taken from a blog post and used without my permission for a logo. MY DRAWING from April 2013 The way she took it for the logo and banner. I contacted the person who runs this charity, he took it down, then told me the graphic design company did it, but kept saying he wanted to use it without paying for it. I offered for him to buy it at a super discounted rate, but he didn't want to pay me a dime-kept playing the "charity" cards.  I have asked the graphic design company for payment and they have not complied at this time. Against the advice of a lawyer, I offered to do another DRAWING of a Westie for the person who is running this charity. FOR FREE. yes for FREE. I offered to help him out since he was in a bad situation. Well then a couple weeks went by ...

http://supahcute.com/2014/05/09/doggie-wonderland-art-showbenefit-opens-tomorrow/ This is the link to the show I am a part of in Los Angeles this weekend. What can I say? The shop is awesome, the show is awesome, the doggie rescue is awesome. If you are in L.A, make sure to swing by tomorrow May 10th from 5:30 on in Eagle Rock! It will be great, I promise!

Today I discovered that my art was stolen and used for a logo without payment. It is for a fundraising charity, but if they did take it, the graphic design company did  https://www.facebook.com/captiv8solutions ' I am really not happy. I have sent cease and desist and waiting. As you can see this is the EXACT same drawing, even the line stroke is the same. Here is my blog post from LAST April 17th. This is where the company lifted it from.  http://stephanieolivieriportfolio.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-westies.html

Here are the prints I am donating to WROC for an event this Sunday. For more info on the event and WROC click on this link. WROC WEBSITE These are of SURF DOG JOEY!

Today I woke up with a pile of work and a migraine, the cure? Starbucks of course! Here is a quick sketch I did of the girls with my favorite drink at Starbucks. Venti, breve, caramel, macchiato.. YUMMY!!

New I love you Westie for Valentine's Day in my shop http://www.cafepress.com/stepholivieridoggies/10998700

Illustration of Wrigley in Santa Monica---oh SoCal you are so great in the winter. Done in Sketchbook Pro

Christmas is over so all the holiday cards are out of my shop until next fall, but there are new Westies and Scotties coming. Here is a new Westie that just came to my shop! Full of Westietude!  http://www.cafepress.com/stepholivieridoggies/10959483