barbara kolberg

Happy Valentine's Day! :)

2012-02-14T17:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T21:23:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas~

2011-12-27T22:42:00.001-08:00

"Carol"

2011-12-01T23:27:00.001-08:00

Her name was Carol. Carol of The Bells.

Rio? Is that you???

2011-11-17T14:25:00.001-08:00

News Crew

2011-11-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

Supplemental illustration for the upcoming iApp edition of "Wish Stealer: A Dangerously Uncommon Tale".

New on Zazzle.com

2011-11-15T16:38:00.001-08:00

Fingernail Moon Studios has a new storefront on Zazzle.com

http://www.zazzle.com/artofbarbarakolberg

Only a few items so far, but more coming soon! :)

Getting Ready....

2011-10-31T16:23:00.000-07:00

Thirsty?

2011-10-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

OCCBF

2011-10-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

Great time at the Orange County Children's Book Festival on October 2! More pics on Fingernail Moon Studios Facebook page. :)

Orange County Children's Book Festival

2011-09-27T08:01:00.000-07:00

http://kidsbookfestival.com/

I'll be in Booth 102. :)

Sandcastle Magic

2011-08-03T21:24:00.000-07:00

IT'S THIS WEEKEND! :)

2011-04-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

LATimes Festival of Books is this weekend!

April 30-May 1

I'll be in Booth #526 :)

Stop by and say "Hi".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxzFy1e5ZI

LATimes Festival of Books

2011-04-06T10:41:00.000-07:00

Fingernail Moon Studios will be at the LATimes Festival of Books in booth #526.

It's on the USC campus April 30-May 1.

http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

Species

2011-02-20T13:15:00.001-08:00

A Disney parade-inspired illustration

Frugal Frigate

2011-02-03T08:18:00.000-08:00

I am going to participate in a Book Signing/Mural Painting Event at the Frugal Frigate children's bookstore in Redlands on Saturday, February 12. Seven authors will be there with their books. I'll be signing copies of "Wish Stealer: A Dangerously Uncommon Tale". Phil Yeh, the artist who created the beautiful mural at the store, will be adding to the impresssive painting. Fun day! :)

The Snowman and the Cardinal

2010-12-24T08:18:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! :)

Black Mole Gang

2010-11-11T16:43:00.001-08:00

And these are the "bad guys" of Snattlerake Gulch

broken-tooth rattlesnake

2010-11-10T08:01:00.001-08:00

...and Mariachi, Monte's unlikely sidekick

would-be hero

2010-11-10T07:56:00.000-08:00

Monte, who wants to be sheriff of Snattlerake Gulch

Boo!

2010-10-31T17:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween! Hope your treats are full of wonderful surprises!

Dragonfly Ladies

2010-10-14T07:43:00.000-07:00

Here's the T-shirt design for the Dragonfly Ladies. I was going for an Art Nouveau look, with some Alfonse Mucha influence as well. P.S....the Ladies liked it. :)

Facebook

2010-08-29T15:07:00.000-07:00

I just created a new Facebook page for Fingernail Moon Studios. :)

Check it out

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fingernail-Moon-Studios/144199012287284?ref=mf#!/pages/Fingernail-Moon-Studios/144199012287284?v=info&ref=mf

Algernon in Hawaii

2010-08-15T20:05:00.000-07:00

My advance copy of "Wish Stealer" was sent to me at my hotel in Hawaii for final approval. The books have been shipped and will be here very soon! :) Stay tuned...ordering info to follow.

Wish Stealer trailer

2010-07-18T21:58:00.000-07:00

My middle-grade illustrated novel, "Wish Stealer: A Dangerously Uncommon Tale", will soon be available. Here's a little preview....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIJzJkZeqzI

Sketch Page

2010-03-09T09:09:00.000-08:00

Here's a random composite sketch page I put together. Don't know if this is something I'll post regularly, but I thought it might be fun once in a while.

Winter Skate

2009-10-26T19:35:00.000-07:00

This is a combination of watercolor, ink, and digital. It was so much fun to get out the traditional stuff again! :)

"Yeah...when I'm ready."

2009-10-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the second in the "Mildly Goth" nursery rhyme series. Of course, it's "Jack, Be Nimble."

"Mildly Goth" Miss Muppet

2009-10-11T17:59:00.000-07:00

Here is a piece from a new series I'm doing. It's currently part of a gallery show at Wave Lengths Gallery and Salon in Redlands.

2009-07-30T21:40:00.001-07:00

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Clovis, Algernon and Ivy

2009-03-11T15:01:00.000-07:00

2008-11-14T13:54:00.000-08:00

My MFA grad show is December 6! Should be a fun evening with children's book art, delicious food, apple cider, gingerbread men, and champagne!

Interview

2008-08-13T16:16:00.000-07:00

Love Stinks

2008-08-13T16:14:00.001-07:00

Red Car Race

2008-08-09T23:34:00.000-07:00

This image is my concept of a scene from "The Red Car" by Don Stanford.