Ripple

Another sketch card I've done for Ripple.

Loggerhead sea turtles were in trouble before the Gulf oil spill disaster. The number of nesting females has declined by 50 percent in the past decade, leading the National Marine Fisheries Service to consider reclassifying loggerheads from threatened to endangered.  Now these turtles need our help even more. The world’s second-largest loggerhead nesting area is on the beaches of the southeastern United States -- some of the areas most threatened by the Gulf oil tragedy.  Exposure to oil can cause skin loss, poisoning, drowning and death… which is why we need every available tool to help save the lives of individual loggerheads and save this species from extinction. (Defenders of Wildlife)

Make a Difference - Ripple

So excited for my girls, their sketch cards for Ripple were sold!  They are sooo proud!  Thanks Dani, you've made their day!!

If you want to help, please consider donating $10 and picking up your very own masterpiece!

Be the Change You Want to See in the World

An amazing fellow illustrator friend, Kelly Light, was tired of feeling helpless and hopeless in the midst of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill disaster.  So rather than sit idly by shaking her head and saying "what a shame" she has organized a fantastic fundraiser to raise money for The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, and the International Bird Rescue Research Center.

Illustrators from far and wide are donating sketch cards to Ripple (If we all do small acts together - we can cause a ripple - and it can grow).   With each $10 donated to help the animal victims of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill, the illustrator will mail out a signed copy of your chosen card.    Not only are you helping DO something, you're also getting some outstanding artwork in the process!

Above are the cards that my children and I have submitted.