Art, Illustration & Books



Acrylic on Board 12" x 14" each "Three Old Hens" 3 backyard chickens ruling the roost in Palmer, AK  Gladys, Ethel, & Lucy

HyBEARnation Morning Coffee
Oil on Canvas 24" x 30"





Full color cover with black and white interior graphics and illustrated activity books. 
Designed and illustrated by Cindy Shake. Many of these books have enjoyed multiple reprints due to popularity and appeal to a wide age group. 





Board book illustrated for Crowley Corporation. 
24 pages, full color board book that tells the story of Crowley's Supply Chain. Crowley.com 



Original, illustrated letters are created in the shape of the animal in which their name starts with! From alligators sharing a spear of asparagus, to the zebra zipping on a zigzag suit, discover fun, animal antics and the entire alphabet with 
The Amazing Animal Alphabet, written and illustrated by Cindy Shake available here.


From a brown bear balancing a bunch of blueberries, to an otter opening oodles of oysters, discover fun, animal antics and the entire alphabet with The Alaska Animal Alphabet! Each original, hand illustrated letter is in the shape of the animal it's name starts with -fun for all ages! Learn about Alaska and the ABC's by Alaska artist, Cindy Shake! Available here.

Alaska Animal Alphabet and Amazing Animal Alphabet interior pages. Full color throughout. 





Oils on large canvas.

Winsor and Newton watercolour inks






Working in acrylic and inspired by "Gladys, Ethel & Lucy, 3 backyard chickens" Follow them on IG at https://www.instagram.com/threeoldhens/ 




Oils on canvas.


 I've been inspired lately by natural dyes and the idea of making them into drawing inks. I've collected lichens, mushrooms and moss from the Girdwood Valley and berries from Mt. Alyeska.
These are the various label ideas I designed for the different colors of inks.

First bottles of ink! 

 These are some ideas for the new Art Cloth fabric squares.


Design and black and white copy of my new art quilt. I made a xerox of the crane on the finished quilt to better study the tones of the fabric I used.