Creative Inspiration and Ideas MaryBeth McDonald Creative Inspiration and Ideas MaryBeth McDonald

My Muse takes a ride.

My muse is my staffy dog.

My muse, otherwise known as Forester, AKA Goofball loves to go on car rides, and naturally, I need to take a picture of the event.

Backseat Bully

He is my muse for many things…I made a Bully Breed calendar this year,

Bully Breeds are Delicate Flowers 2025 Calendar

which featured Him, as well as lots of other Bully breeds because who isn’t obsessed with their Bully dog! I am also in the beginning stages of illustrating a children’s book with him, naturally, as the star!

Sir Mr. Fluff and Forester with Mr. Mouse at recess.

I’ll give you two guesses as to whether there will be more Bulldog illustrations coming….

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Creative Inspiration and Ideas MaryBeth McDonald Creative Inspiration and Ideas MaryBeth McDonald

The funniest things inspire me!

I take my walks, or go on traveling adventures and get inspired to create by sidewalk cracks, junk spewed about…whatever catches my fancy! sometimes I can’t imagine that others would get inspired by the same things, but several recent trips to Bethlehem Pennsylvania resulted in a multitude of photos that I took and posted on Pinterest. One of these photos is by far the most downloaded of all my pins! I love old grungy things and I guess a lot of people do too! What do you think? Does this inspire you? What does inspire you?

Steel stacks Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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