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.