A few years ago I made a new friend. Monica Martino is a television producer from LA, a city from which I had moved from about 10 years ago. She now resides in Decatur, Georgia and we quickly bonded on our similar careers and love of artistry and design. Turns out, she's a talented artist herself. Not only can she make the best food in the world, she can also draw incredible illustrations of animals as they do all things human...adorned in cool outfits and accessories of course.
Monica has an impressive resume, having produced on Whale Wars and Deadliest Catch. She's been on every continent and has some crazy and engrossing tales to tell. Yet it was during a shoot in the Amazon when she became seriously injured on the job that she needed two years of surgeries and physical therapy. It was from this painful and lengthy recovery that she reconnected with her love of drawing and painting. Finished pieces like the Hipster Pig or the Disillusioned Sloth are a couple of my favorites. I always love when talent such as this arises as part of the healing process. What a gift to her...and now to all of us.