La Dolce Vita

Hope you had a great Christmas! Tom ended up cooking for a gathering of 12! A giant roast leg of lamb, butternut squash, arugula sauteed and in salad form with pears, stuffed mushroom caps and a giant 'not your average' cheeseball, this one had horseradish and parmesan straight from Italy! Incredibly pleasant gathering with a light snowfall outside. In addition I finally purchased some frames for my art , find this original work above (now framed!) here! More later!

D & G

Tom's most recent fashion portrait. Capturing the feel of 1960's Italia a la Fellini. Original is available for purchase.

Fountain Cat

La Dolce Vita
A new series of original fountain cat illustrations! I often get requests for original works but rarely list them in my shop, until now... :D
It's a shame the true value of handmade has become deadened with the overwhelming supply of machine made art, especially prints online. Rarely is one's "hand" left in the "made" except to scan, load paper and print. As much as I love having my prints available at an affordable price, the true joy of sitting down to paint, create, draw and have that as my end product can not be duplicated.
Find this and other Original works at my etsy shop The Dancing Cat

la dolce vita 2

la dolce vita 2, originally uploaded by jamieshelman.

I'm imaging a whole wall of fountain cat art, this one the latest in the series..
:D