I'm Back and going to make a renewed effort.!!

 Wow -- these are challenging times.  My little town experienced Mother Nature in the form of the devastating Hurricane and Flood called Helene... My life was washed down the river and I must begin anew...!   Going to continue to concentrate on paintings and these story/coloring books..  Images all originally painted by me not AI...They will have a more hand-made look.. with smudges, and paint light & dark, but I like that painterly effect.  Working on "I Love Flowers" to push to come out this summer.... I'd upload a sample but having to purchase all new tech equipment, as my phone won't upload anymore into my laptop... Everything is in an upheaval.. 

Also painting tiny ACEO women's portraits that I am listing on ebay...and hope to start on bigger pieces.

Creating small Story Coloring Books...

       During this eventful year.. I have been teaching myself HOW to self-publish..

   So far I was able to attempt two Story Coloring Books this year.. "I Love Numbers" 

and coming very soon, "I LOVE FOOD"...   I will be listing them on my ETSY & EBAY

shops.. just type in "simbachdesign" and take it from there.... oddly enough I'm 

having trouble trying to upload any images onto this site?

    

Some of my paintings....

Here are some sketches of faces I did recently.... some I'm making into accent pillows and
others just keeping in my portfolio for later...  They are paint on 100% cotton fabric.

Pet Peeve's Dog Pillows

     Here are a few of my newest creations.... Pet Peeve's Dog Pillows.... they can be found at

FLOW Gallery in Downtown Marshall... The faces are all hand-painted with heat-set textile paint.

A whimsical little fella to have on your couch !  Stuffing is polypill.  I'm working on some Dog

kitchen potholders also..... and, of course, there are the Chickens !!

New Table Tops at ZUMA..handpainted by Lois Simbach 2017

Marshall Gras Crawl Windows at the Arts Center

Huge paintings that fill up the entire windows on Main Street Marshall announcing the upcoming town event sponsored by the DMA... Downtown Marshall Association.
The event will take place the evening of FAT TUESDAY.. Feb. 28th 2017.  There will be a route for the crawl from one downtown establishment to the next. A total of 6 stops, each featuring a food of New Orleans. Included and beginning the route is Star Diner, then MAD Co. Brewery, then onto ZUMA, next is Good Stuff, across the street to Marshall Container Company, and ending up the block to Sweet Monkey.  Costumes are strongly encouraged.(HEY, this IS Mardi Gras after all!)
Beads and doubloons along the way. A Family Friendly Event...
     I, Lois Simbach, painted those paintings in the Arts Council Windows and, I must say, they look absolutely fantastic at night!  I back lit them and added a bit of red... I love it !!!!
    An official Marshall Gras Crawl Poster will be coming out soon, (which I also painted).

Be sure to look for it in all the windows in town.  And be sure to come "in costume" on Fat Tuesday!!
    See you there.