Sweet Sunday

Sweet Sunday, a photo by FrancesMarin on Flickr.

I've been working on this painting all weekend for an upcoming show at Black & Brown.

Calathea sketch painting

Calthea sketch painting, a photo by FrancesMarin on Flickr.

I've been painting all the plants I own. I love this Calathea, with its dots and stripes. I just bought this pot for it and I think it works quite nicely.

Finally, some new items for Etsy

I have been pretty slow to get my Etsy shop going, but I'm slowly but surely getting there. These are a couple of hand painted sketchbooks I've made recently. The loon bird stems from an old sketch and the potted plant was painted from a beautiful one I own. You should get one, a Philodendron, they keep the air in your house nice and clean! I will soon be screenprinting these guys so check back frequently for new designs, archival prints of my paintings and tote bags.

Bella and I went to the Jessie Rose Vala show, Future Teller, at Ever Gold in San Francisco last week. Her work is really something. Owls made from folded paper covered in graphite, clay figures and body parts, and large-scale drawings that make you want to hide in a room for a year and draw. This photo was taken from the Fecal Face website, where they have a great collection of the work while still in the studio. Up until November 25th, check it out.

Great photography by Helen Levi

I found this photographer, Helen Levi on Etsy. She did a series of photos at Mike Tyson's repossessed house. I love this one of the pool room.

Trial run for SJMADE booth

Skipped the beach for the studio...

Bella and I bought some random pieces from the thrift store for our SJMADE display. We bought this plain wood chalkboard, stained it and accented it with green paint. I had extra wood with a lip and sawed it down to fit it in for a business card display. This isn't quite a before and after...

...but close enough!

Hmmm...

I've been prolific these past few days, speeding through paintings and drawings like this one. It's nice to work quickly and call it done. For the last few months I've spent about 5-6 hours a night in the studio plus full days on the weekend. I love it, can't get enough. Prepping for some upcoming art shows...I'll post the dates for those soon.

Busy birthday weekend

Apparently I have a lot of Leo friends. I was very busy this week working on birthday art. I painted this vintage Shasta trailer and a little squirrel playing tambourine.

Over it!

I have too much art and will be selling a lot of old work soon. Prints (silkscreens and lithographs), paintings (oil, acrylic, etc.) and drawings will be available after I photograph everything. I will post a link to my Flickr account in the near future, where you can browse around. Help me clear up some studio space!

Twin Peaks influenced art?

That's what my current display felt like after installation. The opening night of the SJMADE Market Hall event was awesome! Oddly Even played a great set, I met an amazing beekeeper couple, sold a couple paintings, found a lovely jacket from The Usuals and had an all-around great time with friends.

Barn Owl at SJMADE

I'll have some small paintings, like this Barn Owl hanging at the SJMADE Market Hall (at the old Black and Brown) this weekend, August 5-7th.

...And the new studio!

Freshly organized and ready for work.

The Old Spot

I figured this to be as good a picture as any to start this blog. This old studio was great. I completed a whole body of work for a show I did some months ago in this space. Of course this is what it looked like at the beginning. It soon became one big disaster and now I've moved next door. The Anna Karina stencil was a gift made by my talented boyfriend (click on the image if you want to see a closer view). I'll post pics of the new spot soon!