DA VINCI ARTS FAIR ~ DECEMBER 6 AND 7 ~ This weekend!

Come support local talent and begin your holiday shopping!  Doors open at 10 am both days!  Admission is FREE!  I'll be there both days with copies of Falcons in the City and falcon art posters for sale!  Profits support the artistic focused curriculum at da Vinci Arts Middle School!

The Audubon Wild Arts Festival 2013 was a huge success!

Two days of large crowds of shoppers and 35 copies of Falcons in the City sold!  I felt so honored to be included as an author among the "rich and famous!"  See list of participating authors above!

PORTLAND AUDUBON WILD ARTS FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND!

Dear Friends ~  Come to Montgomery Park today and tomorrow for some amazing holiday shopping!  Use the 2 for 1 admission coupon below!  You'll be amazed by all the beautiful local nature inspired art for sale; photographs, jewelry, paintings, pottery, books, etc...  I'll be there from noon to 4pm on Sunday selling signed copies of my book!  All profits support wildlife conservation in Portland and around Oregon!  Tis the season for giving! Happy Holidays!

Dear friends of Likuha Design ~ Please come to the Portland Audubon Wild Arts Festival the weekend before Thanksgiving for your Christmas shopping that will support local artists and Portland Audubon's stewardship mission of all things wild!   Make a copy of this beautiful postcard to get a friend or family member in free!  I will be there on Sunday selling signed copies of my book, Falcons in the City!

Welcome to Likuha design!  Here is the cover of my first children's book, titled Falcons in the City.  I wrote, illustrated and self published 500 copies in May 2013!  It's now available at 10 locations in Oregon, including 7 Portland bookstores.  See the bookstore links to the right, and check out my inkwater web page to read more information about the book and author!  You can also learn more about the book at the "Falcons in the City" page of this blog!

Mark your calenders for the Portland Audubon Wild Arts Festival November 23 and 24 at Montgomery Park!  Copies of the book will be on sale along with more amazing nature art, sculptures, jewelry, photography, ceramics, and books!  Stay tuned for future festival updates!  All profits from the sale go to Portland Audubon's commendable mission of connecting people to nature, and their power to protect it!

Please contact me if you have any illustration requests or questions!   See the sample of a recently commissioned watercolor of the St John's Bridge on this page below.  Check out my wine label artwork, T-shirt designs, and falcon art poster offers on the other pages of this blog!  My pricing is very reasonable!

Just sold my first commissioned watercolor!  A wedding gift to  the young couple that were married under the St John's Bridge this August!  The purple -white flower is Stephanotis floribunda which represents "happiness in marriage."  The Cosmos represents "joy in love and life."  They gave me a very generous check for the watercolor and a copy of Falcons in the City!

Peregrine Palooza Sat. 9/14/13 was a huge success!  Kids and parents came, Bob Sallanger gave a great peregrine falcon recovery slide show and talk, I read Falcons in the City and Finnigan the live peregrine falcon was on gloved hand!!  Books sales ~ a whopping 14!!  Yes!!  That's me under the bald eagle, signing my book!

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Welcome to Likuha design!  Here is the cover of my first children's book, titled Falcons in the City.  I wrote, illustrated and self published 500 copies in May 2013!  It's now available at 10 locations in Oregon, including 6 Portland bookstores.  See the bookstore links to the right, and check out my inkwater web page to read more information about the book and the author ~ that would be me!  You can also learn more about the book at the "Falcons in the City" page of this blog!