good read #2 and a listen
merry xmas eve y'alls~this next book is more an invitation to write: Don't Write: A Reluctant Journal. more than anything it may reveal how powerful you actually are. In author and sage Jen Lee's own words~Don’t write.It’s too powerful.It might tell someone how you...
good read #1
hello there,i've been meaning to share with you these amazing + inspiring reads for a good long while. if you're into creative blogs like me, you've already heard of them... but still it's time to share the goodness. for the next week i'm going to share some of my...
mati rose + mood swing= the mr+ ms
hello my friends,at 9 pm eastern time the true love pretties went live! get them now for this may be our last waltz together!here are some rockstars rocking them~photo by Tom EriksonMonica playing solo at Cafe Du Nord also in Blame Sally(i'm not sure who took this...
hi hi hi
coming up for air! i'm still painting away for our show at the harwood.feeling like i'm making headway. in an insecure moment i told hugh that "i wasn't sure if they were any good because they are just about color"... he answered,"yeah, that's like worrying if music...
grateful friday + giving
new gallery style wooden block prints ready for hanging + stacking available in my shopIn the spirit of being grateful and hopeful in giving the gift of art... in both the tangible sense and the experience of making... I'm donating $10 from each purchase of a print,...
painting identity crisis
i'm madly painting for a show that opens jan 2nd and i texted my girl kelly that i was having the above "painting identity crisis" and then remembered that oh yeah, what was the class i just taught?painting, that's rightand how did i teach it?there are no mistakes,...
olive picking in tuscany
we're back! one of the highlights of our trip was the olive harvest on our friend's olive farm named for 150 trees. i think the pictures tell a good story of the day.xxx
ciao tutti!
....this was our first mix-up. kelly and i thought that we had another student in our class named tutti... what a cute name we thought. we'll make tutti an extra packet and "be sure to bring tutti an extra print" we reminded each other. we have got to remember to ask...
teaching*
Good morning!I am packing my bags for Italy! Kelly and I take off this Weds early morn... it's so unreal! I am really getting excited about the actual teaching aspect. I spent the weekend in my studio laying out my supplies and walking through the steps to my painting...
save the belugas + polar bears~ vote!
I don't intend for this blog to be my soapbox for my political views, but I happened to be doing image research on beluga whales for an illustration project and it coincided with reading this article in the New York Times this morning. Sarah Palin does not want to...
