It's official I just want to announce my studio looks like a truck ran it over and backed in and did a couple of wheelies.  That might be the sound of productivity.   Here is  my piece that I working on for a portrait show called Face2Face .  Yes portraits! I have never been in a portrait show before because I only do portraits in my sketchbook.  So I am a little nervous.  How the show works all the artists bring a cd of our own image to the artist party and then we put them in a bag and pick out a cd and that's who we paint.  Who we receive is supposed to be a secret but we all know I have never been good with secrets.  You are talking to someone who would find her Christmas gifts early and rewrap them.   I put down a layer of 1960's pages of an old vintage dictionary and oil painted over the top.  She is sitting on the subway. Thank you so much for all the wonderful support for my kickstarter project .  I am so incredibly thank full for everything. ...
I am so excited! I am launching a kickstarter project .  I want to create my own artist residency in Hong Kong for two weeks and, at the end of this artistic journey, publish a coffee table and iPad book of my paintings, drawings, and photos. Typically, an artist residency is where an artist visits a location to isolate themselves away from their typical environment. It allows the artist to have the gift of time to create based on entirely new creative influences! I want to use this opportunity to create a series of oil paintings and drawings in order to be able to come back and edit and publish my first travel writing/art table book and have the book tell my story through artwork and photographs.  I need your help! I need you to help me spread the word- so I can make my dream a reality.  Thanks for helping.  :) ...
Check out these clouds outside my window yesterday.. sadly not snow clouds.  What are you up to this weekend? I am surprising my husband with a bottle of champagne rose and some pizza.  Pizza and champagne is the most magical combo.  I have been working hard this week on lots of new paintings and a few little things for my etsy shop.  This little painting study is a girl holding some red balloons.   She is collaged over an 1960'song book and her song is Beautiful River....
 You wouldn't believe what happened yesterday.  Can you guess? We got about 10 minutes of big fat fluffy snow and we are supposed to get more this morning.  One of my dogs put one foot in the snow and turned around and sat on the front door mat and the other dog jumped right in and froze in position because he didn't know what to do with himself.  :) Silly dogs, they act like they have never seen an eighth of an inch of snow before. Banksy ? Have you head of him? He is a British street artist and activist whose identity remains unconfirmed.  I think one of the most interesting thing about Banksy besides his well thought out work is that the public as a whole doesn't know who he is.  He could be walking among us and most people would never know who he is.   Banksy created a brand into his character and his character is a famous one.  He hired sign painters to paint these in 2008. I rewatched Exit Through the Gift Shop (on instant watch on Netflix if you have it) and it mad...
  cappysue Do you know what the red line is?  I call it the red line of death.  Well the red line is when you cut .. scrape... scratch.. yourself and a red line can form.  The red line slowly grows and it goes straight for your heart. mapmint I cut my finger and put a little hydrogen peroxide.. neosporin.. and band-aid on it.  Later that day I was getting ready to go out that night.. it was Saturday night after all. :) Dankcreations And you know what was on my finger? The red line of death! So I proceeded to stick my finger in the bottle of hydrogen peroxide.  Then I started yelling for my husband to come immediately upstairs and bring a bowl. ShebboDesigns He yells from down stairs- What do you need a bowl for? I replied it is an emergency! So he runs up and he sees that I am upset and I carefully explain to him about the red line of death.  He asks me how come he has never heard of the red line of death and that I shouldn't worry about it.  MileMurtanovski I show him my fing...
  Pintor  Guess what? I woke up this morning at 4:00 AM and in my dreams I thought I heard gorilla noises downstairs.  At first I was afraid that there was something in my house that would gobble up my dogs.  So I asked my husband if he would go down and see if there was anything down stairs.  Of course he replies that I am only hearing things and that I should go downstairs by myself.  Then I reply and say, so the gorilla can eat me first and be full, I am glad you are thinking of your safety.   Orangewillow Then I started to wake up and thought that I was being completely ridiculous and realized there is probably a burglar in my house. RobotLuv I sit up in bed and tell my husband to get downstairs immediately to make sure our dogs are safe. (They are our children after all.) TomBanwell My husband tells me that the only reason why he is going is so that I will leave him alone.  So he leaves and goes down stairs and hear a big WHACK!.  So it's probably not a burglar it's an ...
Here is a quick and easy Valentine's Day idea.  I do look forward to Valentine's Day every year, because it's the 1 of the 2 times a year that I get flowers.  Woohoo! The other time is my wedding anniversary. Supplies: 1.  Card-stock 2.  Pipe Cleaners- I chose sparkly red 3.  Glue 4.  Scissors 5.  I found these zebra napkins at target for 50 cents. :) but you can use whatever fantasical paper type products for your valentines day vision. Step 1.  Cut out some cute hearts.  I was able to put 4 for on a page. Step 2.  Glue your hearts on to the card stock Step 3.  Cut out hearts again.  AWWW aren't they adorable? Step 4.  Fold your pipe cleaner into an adorable shape heart. Step 5.  Cut a hole in your heart.  Do it! It might be hard but it's ok- it won't hurt your heart too much. Step 6.  Write a nice mushy love note to your special someone. Step 7.  Hook the heart in the hole connecting your card together.  Awww your heart is complete. Step 8.  En...
I am some sad news. :( I still can't tell you what I am up to, I am waiting for approval.  I know it's almost like I have a really funny joke to tell you but I can't... I can't tell! I am the worst secret keeper!.  Well I am the worst at least at my secrets.  Please forgive me, as soon I as get the green light I will share.  Stephiesays My husband and I were having a discussion that there has been a couple of bear sightings and I have no idea on how to protect myself.   JenniferDavis Do I freeze and stand still? Maybe I should get a tree shirt and try and blend in with the trees? Maryink Maybe I could look more like a bear with this hat. Saralagace Should I run? Could I even out run a bear? I would need some Nike vintage shoes- they look like they could go pretty fast. LlslanD My husband suggested that we could throw one of dogs at it, if necessary.  :( I was not happy with that one.  How about keeping a stash of honey? Do bears even like honey? or is that just Win...