transformer (approx 5" x 3.5")
acrylic on board

aurora gave me this word. she is such a special lady…I love the way she uses words. they spin and swirl like her paintings. {her paintings by the way are unbelievable…the internet does not do it justice, the depth and intricacy is breath taking}.

this word came out of a suggestion from a friend. I had a whale sketch and a simple boat sketch, and he said I should combine the two. give the whale the slates of the boat and I liked it. I thought it would work for transformer… 

there is so much newness going on in may.

mav has a new photograph and prints project happening tomorrow.

shanna has a lot of new…new website, new blog, and also a new monthly project starting tomorrow.

looking forward to what these two amazing woman have created.
all this goodness happening.
it is going to be fantastic. 

***lisa s has a list of even more goodness that I didn't realize was happening***

at the beach. I love the beach. I wish we lived closer…I need to make an effort to go more often.
yesterday was a day when I needed the ocean. I felt off…out of sorts.

The next two photos look like they may have been scanned in wrong, but I really like how they turned out…

This saturday I am going to be doing cannibal flower again at infusion gallery.
the party starts at 9:30…!

{there is a lot of art and when you get done looking at the art, you can people watch like crazy} 

march 14th
11:25pm
as I was getting into bed

march 25th
my water glass

march 28th

I think this is one of my favorites for what it shows…the boy and I woke up at the same time and this shows how we get out of bed. I roll all the covers off me, where the boy just folds them back. I think it is kind of fun…

as always more beds here. 

flight & limitless (approx 4" x 3")
acrylic on board

The dad gave me two words and I actually think this little painting works for both.
During childhood possibilities are always limitless; what tomorrow holds or the future, it always seems so far away, because kids are so amazing at living in the moment.

and of course flight for the paper airplane.

I found these great original paper airplanes, designed by léon schnyder.

I so thought I would paint these much faster than what is happening in reality. It is kind of strange actually. I mean for me. I think my newest plan is to make myself a schedule. Which I need especially for the days I am not working because some how the day just gets away from me then. I am thinking of getting a different part time job…I need some more hours, so I am putting my feelers out to places I like, we'll see what happens. Maybe if I work more I can create more. Who knew?

{oh, and I put a couple of paintings up for sale, they are really a steal so if you see something you like, grab it now before I change my mind about the price, or before they all go away. A couple have already been snatched up.} 

roar sketch

I have a thing I do I sketch myself into a corner. does anyone else do that? or have a strange sketching habit?

you can see above I was sketching and then had to add some paper when I got to the girl. it was amazing how much easier it was to work on her stance when I had a bit more room to breath in. when I wasn't right up against the spiral. silly but true.

I also am beginning to sketch larger, which is kind of weird for me.  Only because when I began sketching my figures were really really tiny. thumbnails even. now I like that things are more fleshed out. It helps me when I get to the painting too. I guess that is what practice will get you.

I have an art crush on Blaine Fontana. I think I first saw his work written about in drawn. But his style rocks. He has nature and urban elements combined with fantastic style of templings and animals. I missed his hunted show twice at lab101. The first time I got the dates wrong and the second time I thought it was the last day, but actually they were taking it down. I am still kicking myself, but not as much if I hadn't tried to make it at all!

I read that he doesn’t sketch first on to the painting, he jumps in head first. I would love to get inside his head and see what he is thinking. How he makes those leaps. {Johanna does that too…lets the canvas tell her what to paint. She has some art going up at last exit in Brooklyn in a couple of weeks.}

Blaine has a couple really cool videos on you tube. Talking about his new work and these great time-lapse pieces & just walking through his studio. And I just found out he has a blog!

For all you google reader and blogline viewers my web guru fixed my issue with the images not showing up, so yeah now they do, sorry 'bout that.

A little closer on the roar sketch. I am going to put some clothes on her, {because it is not that kind of a circus} but I am trying to pratice "happier" breasts.

work in progress
24" x 36"

for this painting I am going to walk away, or rather utilize the computer. There are some elements missing. Something needed. I have some ideas for what that something should be, but I wanted to test first with photoshop. I am going to start on some other paintings. I made some good headway with a sketch that has been swirling in my head.

we did see art shows…five over two nights. which makes it seem doable, until I tell you that we saw four on saturday…in wildly different la neighborhoods. By the end of the night we were pretty done with art, but I am really glad we had a chance to see it all. {can't say the same for my fellow travelers}

thinkspace had a crazy huge group show…and I was excited to be looking at the packed walls to happen upon camilla's work. I didn't realize that she would be there. Her stuff rocks. The Boy really like nicholas diGenova. His ink work was really really amazing. I think I might want to try and go back, because there was an overwhelming amount of work there.

saturday we saw tinlark, a new gallery at the crossroads of the world. they have a really awesome space and the artwork was political, but not overtly so. I guess I am saying it still stayed beautiful with its message. I think my favorite there was nancy baker cahill.

then we jumped (we'll not really jumped - more like crawled from all the traffic) to nucleus gallery because I really wanted to see jaime zollars.  I have been a huge fan of her work for some time now. I love the fairy tale element. The slight danger in these beautiful pieces. Plus jaime is really cool in person.

At this point we almost gave up, because I went the absolute wrong way. But then we rallied and headed down to the final two galleries, which thankfully happened to be literally a couple blocks away from one another.

project: and corey helford.

By then we were all on art over load. But I really love seeing what is out there. what people are creating in the world.  Some beautiful stuff to be sure. 

have a good weekend…mine is full…

*of seeing a lot of art {I think we are trying to see at least four or five shows}
*finish a painting that I have been working on {I am excited about the new shape the paintings are taking}
*write a long over due letter to my brother
*sketch something that has been coming together the last couple of days
*paint a couple of words
*but not forget to take a bit of time for wishes

got up early one morning and took some photos of this tree flowering in the park across the street. I really like how the colors come out with the holga. 

is anyone watching the robin hood series on bbc? I am loving it, I think it is one my favorite folktales. And the retellings are always fantastic.

right after I snapped this with the holga, someone came in and wanted to be a part of the photos.

so I took this with the weltaflex…her lounging on the bed

I started taking notes with the dates, sometimes the times, and an idea of what the image was, so if I need to know specifics then i'll have some ideas. Also dropped off four rolls of film over the weekend, so I should have more beds soon. I'll be putting some more of the new bed shots (six) up today on flickr.

I hope everyone had a good easter. I spent it with friends, so it was a blast.

I will leave you with a couple links…

David Buckingham. I saw his work a couple of weekends ago and I loved it. It is simple and bold. Don't forget to check out his backstage area…working through the metal. The pieces are huge live and the work is really visually tangible.

And trish grantham has a new site. Her work in person is much more amazing. The resin and her style gives it more depth live. Make sure to check out the bilboard she did under commercial in the gallery section. How fun must it have been for her to see her work up so large. She has some of her smaller pieces up for sale.

Both trish and david have a layering and a process with materials that create a depth that is lost from the internet, because it is still cool when you see it online, but it really rocks when you see the work in person.

this is probably my largest painting to date.
a commission for the Boy.
He wanted a large beach painting for one of the walls in our apartment.
I am still waiting to see if it is done.

his ocean
36" x 48"
acrylic on canvas

I am going to be in next month's cannibal flower show.
I feel like it is a good start to showing more in los angeles!