Help! I really need to start working on a piece for the show called Facing Your Fears that the Launch Pad Gallery is organizing. The piece is due at the end of the month, and I have no idea what I am going to do. I am afraid of lots of things- I am an overly cautious person, I am the type of person whom if I leave the front door unlocked, I will convince myself that there could be an axe murder in the house. :) So maybe I have too many fears to choose from and that is the issue. One of Tim's biggest fears is spiders, and here are some big gross ones hanging around my house (on the outside)....
Painting of NW Portland- in the industrial district. Portland is generally known as being such a green place,but it's funny when you go out to the industrial district, there isn't much trace of the green. I really struggled with the railroad tracks and the gravel. I do love how my little Basco sign turned out....
A painting from Paris- this is right by the Louvre and it was a beautiful day. This was our first day in Paris and everyone kept telling us to stay awake and no sleeping the first day because that would adjust our body clocks the fastest to European time. We were walking around like zombies, but we caved and eventually cracked and did do a evening nap. The Parisians kept talking about how rare of a gorgeous day, since they got a lot of rain over the summer. Oil on Canvas 12x12...
I just finished reading No Place Like Home by Brooke Berman and it's a memoir about a playwrite trying to basically make it New York City. I thought it was fitting for my trip to NYC- since we both share that magnetic pull to New York....
I was a little heart broken on my MOMA visit because the 4th floor was closed. :( So I didn't get to visit my Jackson Pollock painting or my Lichtenstein painting. It's awesome how you can take pics of the artwork. Here are a couple pics of some of the paintings I love from current and previous trips. Alice Neel Jackson Pollock Monet...
Yah I leave for NYC later this week :) and I am already in the count down. Once I get back I need to be focused and be in the studio for all the million projects I have coming up. Yes a million! Here is a beautiful picture of Sauvie's Island and the funny part is that this is a nude beach. All the naked people are behind me while I took the picture- and no I was not naked. Haha....
I just watched this incredible documentary The Art of Failure about an artist Chuck Connelly whom makes it and then looses it all. Well at least he thinks he has lost it all. Have a great weekend! Hopefully we will see a smidget of sunshine....
I keep thinking today is Monday and I can't believe summer is gone! Can you believe it? I am sitting in a coffee shop and I am already wearing my winter jacket. We snuck out of town for the long weekend with the trees and the dogs with the goal of wanting and needing to recharge the batteries. Mission accomplished! I slept, ate cookies, watched movies, walked around barefoot in the grass, and of course painted. Well.. what I learned drinking cocktails and painting doesn't mix. I mostly doodled.. :) Also we got a call that there was a black bear on the loose. My first question was- Do you stand still or do you run? Thank goodness, we never saw the bear. I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day :)....
The Orly Paris Airport- which I think is the more attractive out of the two Paris airports. :) I am so ready for the weekend and to enjoy Labor Day. Have a long creative weekend cyberspace!...
Do you ever feel the need to revisit a book? I have been thinking maybe I need to reread The Artist Way by Julia Cameron. I feel like I need some help focusing and staying on track. I always wondered if people kept up with all of the tips or even some of the tips in the book....
Here is a little sketch from my sketch book- the airport in Paris. Oh Paris- how I miss you.....
I am super excited! I am going to New York City in a few weeks and I just love love love New York. I need to start working on my itinerary so that I can squeeze in all of my favorite museums and visit some of my favorite paintings. I think so far I have on the list, MOMA, Frick, Brooklyn Musuem, and the Guggenheim. I need recommendations for New York anything :)...
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