i started to change directions with my paintings today for the upcoming girly show when i came across a box of my grandmother's sewing labels "specially designed and handmade by eleanor hillman" and other vintage sewing ephemera from my mom.i started to collage bits...

is it possible? my head hurt this morning from the abundant bubbly and sake being poured last night.i had the pleasure of spending time at one bird's beautiful home to celebrate this bird's birthday with these other brilliant, adorable and fantastic chickadees. see a...

Yesterday I spent the first solid uninterrupted day, minus a blog post during my lunch break, in the studio from 10:30 am till 10:30 pm, in a long time. I got so many highs and lows and bites of inspiration and then losing the vision and then getting something...

thank you everyone for de-lurking! what a creative inspiring bunch. very exciting to meet you!i want to play with shash:)the top pic i took on a sunny afternoon in my new fuzzy light blue bathrobe that i bought for myself for christmas, after i rigged up my always...

hugh and i are a bit nightowlish in our studio, as i imagine many creatives might be. many of my studio mates thrive in the morning, but we tend to be more concentrated when the sun goes down.lately i've been feeling like there is a very finite period of time that i...

and admiring my new queenie... gifted by my dear schoolmate christina (the green is my table). it is cold out & i am hibernating. trying to stay warm. discovering the beauty of books on my shelf, netflix, emusic and flickr.firstly, hugh's friend rebecca solnit's great...

Now that I am out of school my focus is to try to get to the "essence of my work".... connecting my head, heart and hand. My best art is made when I have a little ache in my heart or am caught up in the pure love of color. hello, magenta-orangey-pink against fresh...

"Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is a question of organisation, of finding the arrangement that will keep the beauty and the freshness of the colour".~ Henri Matissefunny, i dreamt of...

inspiration seen bigger here.this month marks two years blogging for me:) thank you everyone for being part of my life and journey ahead!i am still easing into the day... the new year... must switch my calendars...looking at the past and what is to come. i'm eating...

louis prima is playing the above lyrics. i'm having a wonderfully lazy morning. i can't remember the last time i thought this. i can't believe how weighted down i felt in the last post and how different i feel now with just a few days good sleep and space.this last...