pushing the flyer with nana & vo
{fun with the poladroid}

the year is coming to a close.

huge thank you's to the friends far and wide that have stopped by to read this little blog.
friends i've known and friend's i've made. it has been a pleasure being a part of this community.
if you want to keep following along sign up for my newsletter {at the bottom of the page}…

cheers to the new year.
xo
wendy

{my final sketch of ferry - I had gone through sketch after sketch of the sails, until I asked the Boy what he thought & he asked for my sketch book and said why don't you try this - I was making it more complicated than it needed to be.}

My plans for the newsletter is to make it sort of a behind the scenes type of thing. Time-lapse photos of me painting. {if anyone has any tips I'd love them} Preliminary sketches as well as updates about shows. I have one lined up for next fall in New York City. {I don't have the dates yet - but if you sign up for the newsletter you'll totally find out. {you can sign up on the bottom of the page - here}

I have really enjoyed growing here. Thank you for being a safe place to that, for letting me grow. When I started this blog I wanted to find my voice. I wanted to become a painter and I am proud to say I can say I am a painter. The goal now is to make a living at it. I love that I am going to get that opportunity. 

Thank you for all the support and friendships.

Melissa over at Melissa Loves asked me a couple of questions about my thoughts on Ferry. Her Friday round-ups are so lovely.

I'll probably be popping back in here with some photos of my folks lovely holiday home. And after that…well its almost the new year, so its wide open. I look forward to what is to come.

I think one of the most amazing things about the internet is the collaborations.

Three of my favorites:

A realitively new one, but oh so lovely.
shanna & betsy = hello handmade

A pause in the day, a deep breath.
mav & stephanie = 3191

poetry come to life
shari & sheri = joy+ride

I will be in this space until the end of the year. Then it is time for me to sign off.
I'll be talking about my plans for the newsletter later.
{you can sign up for it here - at the bottom of the page}

{an outtake from our holiday card}

'kisses' from the little one

visit from leslie & some of her campfire girls

drawings from lizzie & emily {leslie's daughters}

david serdaris holiday's on ice

a lovely day with the Boy, after a really long week of work with him

A couple beautiful artists I've seen on the internet.

Kim Kimbro is also an artist at Cella Gallery and her work is dreamy and lovely.
I have seen her pieces in person and the internet does not do her justice.
She has a solo show at Lawrence Asher Gallery right now.

I am a fan of Oliver Jeffers work ever since the did the book.
I didn't realize that he has illustrated a couple of childrens books as well.
Thank goodness for the little one. It is such a great excuse to get beautiful children's books.

I found out through drawn that Studio aka adapated the book into a movie.
{I wonder when we'll be able to see it on this side of the pond}

I am coming out from a month of being sick…guess my painting schedule took more out of me than I realized.
Idea's are still popping around for new paintings. I can start painting now for a show in New York fall 2009.

I am not sure how much longer I will be in this space. It has been really hard for me to blog ever since I got pregnant and my time can be better spent hanging out with my little boy and making art. I am going to start sending out newsletters, so if you'd like to keep up with what I am up to, you can sign up on the main page of my artsite. I'll be here for sure until the new year. Thanks for coming along for the ride. It's been fun.

Some one has to start those tags and I figured I'd have a go at one.
Inspired by andrea's 100 loves.
I got to 75 & realized that was the year I was born, so I thought that it'd be a fun spin.
{plus I was running out of gas.}

So here are the rules all loose and free.
1.List things you love.
2.Choose a number that is significant ie: 100, the year you were born, day you were born, 50 {you get the picture}.
If you feel like writing a lot then go for it, and if not then you can cut it back by choosing another number.
3.Tag 3 people or not.
That's it.
Adapt the rules to fit how you roll.

I tag: ThreeBayBChicks {you three can even combine}, Mav {'cause it would be fun to see what she says during her last month of blogging}, Johanna {'cause, just 'cause}

And here are my 75 loves…enjoy:

1. carousel horses
2. carnivals
3. library books
4. crows
5. donuts with sprinkles
6. hardware stores
7. lemons
8. swimming pools
9. super heroes
10. sourdough bread
11. pacific ocean
12. striped socks
13. mashed potatoes
14. original mini cooper
15. bears
16. sleeping in
17. laughter
18. derek
19. movies
20. books
21. strawberries
22. fire escapes
23. snow
24. twin lens camera
25. jasper
26. burts bees chapstick
27. fog
28. film
29. farmer’s market
30. old suitcases
31. naps
32. fudgy brownies
33. smencils
34. cella gallery
35. television
36. old friends
37. viking ships
38. paper lanterns
39. whipped cream
40. paint brushes
41. homemade quilts
42. swings
43. photographs
44. wooden toys
45. robots
46. bamboo honey
47. sparklers
48. zip-up hoodies
49. crayons
50. painting
51. school lockers
52. water
53. roller coasters
54. chocolate
55. rain
56. attic bedrooms
57. peel apart polaroids
58. holga camera
59. moonlight
60. guacamole
61. square mason jars
62. art supply stores
63. snow globes
64. lemon meringue pie
65. dictionaries
66. fairy tales
67. comic books
68. hot air balloons
69. new friends
70. photobooths
71. cranberry sauce
72. balloons
73. riding horses
74. swimming
75. lists

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Going to eat my fill of cranberry sauce & mashed potatoes.

I am lucky enough to call andy my friend.
He is amazing. He is like a hero of glass blowing.
I think he needs a cape.
I talked about him before, but I think his work is beyond fabulous.
Its brilliant.
Watch this video and you'll begin to understand.

Completely unrelated here are a couple more images from my show.

reef 36" x 24"
acrylic on canvas

summit 20" x 30" SOLD
acrylic on canvas

big top 10" x 14" SOLD
acrylic on canvas

scrimshaw 12" x 20"
acrylic on canvas

you can contact the gallery if you are interested in any of the available pieces.
infoATcellagalleryDOTcom 

tomorrow some more pieces & some opening night photos.

a little corner

"Bon Nuit, My Sweet"…It opens Friday November 14th.
For all of you in LA I would love to see you there.
I will be showing with Karen Locke, Jerome Prieur {I saw some of his pieces when I was dropping off and his line work is beyond amazing - the details - wow} & Thea Mohr Saks. I am excited to be showing alongside these artists.

Francesca one of the 3bayBchicks tagged me for 15 things I am not afraid to admit. I figured I'd write about getting ready for this show.

1. I have been painting during nap times & at night after the little one goes down for bed.

2. I could not have done it without the Boy, he has kept me on track & honest.
Sometimes I really did not like him for it, but that was usually when he was right.

3. I am a really big fan of the oxide {red & violet} and cobalt {blue & green} colors.

4. Looking back I am not sure how I did it all, but I guess when you look at the house you can see what fell through the cracks, there is a major cleaning coming soon.

5. My email is getting out of control.

6. Feeding time with the little one was a great time to let the ideas jump around in my head like a bunch of popcorn.

7. At the end of it all I painted 18 pieces in total. 13 that you can find with Cella & 2 that sold in Charmingwall's tiny BIG top show. 3 were finished, then scrapped.

8. The first couple pieces feel like they were painted ages ago.

9. I sort of can't believe that I managed.

10. I am really proud of the work I produced.

12. Cella Gallery is beyond wonderful. I love those girls.

13. I am excited to see how the show is going to be in the gallery space.

14. While I was pregnant I didn't even want to lift a pencil, much less draw anything. It was like a creative void, but I did create a pretty spectacular little boy, so I take that back, it was a massively creative time.

15. The Boy and I found the gallery through our stomachs, there is a great hotdog place right next door that a friend recommended. We went into the gallery after and fell in love with the space.

so my seven random things tagged to me by keri…a little different, cause I am going to do seven random clubs that I have at one time or another joined or I would love to join…
{I love getting that sort expected unexpected prize in the mail - does that make any sense?}

for example I belong right now to a pickle club & a card society

I used to belong to a font club

A friend told me about an olive oil club & I found a couple online

I really wish that T would start a beer club.

A dream about this community supported pie thanks to shari

And you can join a new quarterly art subscription with littlebird gallery…so cool
12 pieces of art throughout the year from emerging artist…sign up, 'cause space is limited!

wow I do really like clubs…are there other 'clubs' out there that I should know about?

on a completely different note here's the final image of 'ferry'

The cool folks over at Charmingwall have a little article in Elle magazine this month - the one with Jessica Simpson on the cover. {did you know she'd gone country} And they featured six of the artists & I am one of those featured. How cool is that? They have a little picture of me & a little image of thrill ride. {they also featured andy kehoe, bailey saliwanchik, matthew doubek, evan b. harris & treasure frey}

I will be away from this space for a bit. Getting some paintings done - paintings that feel like fairy tales, but they are my tales. It feels nice to paint again. 

I love breakfast for dinner.
Maybe because it is a little bit breaking the rules,
a little bit comfort.
regardless it is one of my favorite things.
we had buckwheat waffles and scrambled eggs.
{he loves me}

love your lips

you give 'kisses' after being burped because you are looking for more food

you are trying to get the hang of your hands in your mouth

you calm down from having your diaper changed if you 'air' out for a bit
{although that can be dangerous…}

your fingernails are so awesome in the miniature form

wonder what you dream about

your hair is changing from black to brown

the Boy is beyond wonderful as a dad

you like to be jiggled rather than rocked 

no matter how much I did or didn't sleep as soon as the sun comes out it is as if my body resets

your grandma pert taught us the old school rubdown

you are so little right now, it is strange to think one day you'll be a man, and before that a teenage boy

your lips are still perfect

I still haven't mastered the napping thing

the Boy thinks it'd be handy to have six arms like Vishnu, can't say he'd be wrong

sometimes you hold a finger as you eat

the 0 -3 month clothes finally look like they are about to fit you 

you always smile as you fall asleep

{sorry about the multiple updates, I kept getting side tracked and thought I was just saving it & not publishing it}