my painting sold
& went to the best home
a friend's home.
i spent the night with amazing friends
my new la crew is pretty awe-inspiring.
thank you all so much.

I am going to be missing in action for about a week. I have a friend coming down and we are going to get some time away. I can't wait. A trip up to slo.
But I will leave you with the magic of the venice canals. briana took me there a couple weeks ago. what an amazing place. it’s like you step into another world. it was like i had taken a deep breath and the world slid back in time for the duration of our walk.

a place where you can row down the canal with your girl

where cats & ducks live side by side

{there is a black cat further down the sidewalk}

where cats nap is the cutest of chairs, and little flower petals shower down.

have a great week, i'll see you on the flip side. 

i will be at the The Venice Contemporary Gallery.
The opening is from 7pm to 11pm.
But tonight i am going to wait in line to get the final harry potter book,
so i might be a little book drunk tomorrow night.

Here is a piece in progress:

'book realized' in progress with 'book' and my feet

i changed her expression a bit & colors, but mostly it stayed the same.
{besides getting much larger that is}
i hope everyone has a weekend filled with good books. 

desire
acrylic on board
approx 4.5" x 6"
{coming down to the home stretch with these words}

lisa’s word.
lisa is back from her trip to japan {she even did a little update on her blog}. Can’t wait to hear about it!

The idea that cupcakes desire tea, happened quite by accident. I was sketching things…tea & cupcakes. I wanted to do something fun, something with humor. I tend to go melancholy…so I wanted bright things for desire. Like sugar. and cupcakes are kind of the epitome of sugar. Plus they always look so cute. So back to the sketching…I wrote the word desire and then above it I wrote cupcakes & below tea. Then I happened to look at it:

cupcake
desire
tea.

then I thought:

cupcake's
desire
tea

And the idea just went from there. The cupcakes…the tea…the pink, and there you have word 19.

On Saturday the 21st I will be at The Venice Contemporary Gallery with this painting if anyone wants to come by and say hey! The opening is from 7pm to 11pm.

a quick sketch of the new circus dog painting…

got to see ann's ships in person. Ever since I saw them online I have wanted to see them live. They are more than I imagined. They are fantastic. My photos don't even come close to doing them justice, but here you are. It was so exciting to walk up to tinlark and see her fabulous pieces hanging in their windows.

this ghost ship was my favorite

while the boy was loving this amazingly detailed owl.

I also braved felt club to say hello to jenifer and jaime. Both whose work I love.
I don't know how jenifer did it after a long holiday in europe to make her way not just to california, but to have to drive in la. 

I have some pieces of my own that I am really excited about, but I can't show you until I they are more complete. Hopefully wednesday.

have a good monday.