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.

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!

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.

Rowan leaf painting

When my good friends knew they were going to have a little girl, they decided to name her Rowan. I was looking through a book of plants and trees and stumbled upon a Rowan tree. Of course I had to paint this leaf for her!

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!