what's new monday March 05, 2007

Felicity doing her string performance.

Hello my deep fried doughnut friends,

I am in the middle of slogging away at many tedious things right now, (like making up words like, slogging) So, here are some fun facts to get my mind off of my taxes and other slogtastic activities that are planned for today...

*You can now get Hanner tunes online..at itunes and all of those kinds of places. Don’t be afraid of the very funny “explicit” warning labels next to each song. They make you put those there if you have a naughty word in even ONE of the songs. Weird. Anyhow, I’m not that badass...

*I really am getting ready for a painting show at Last Exit in Brooklyn. I know I’ve been saying that for awhile, but this time it’s true! Honest. More details to follow as soon as I know..

*The painting on the welcome page of the sunset and the tree house, has sold and has been shipped off already. I haven’t had time to add it to my artwork page, but I just wanted to clear that up for the folks that have been emailing about it. Sorry! New paintings are in the works, I promise.

*Kimya Dawson has a new record out called Remember That I Love You. I Like Giants, is my new favorite song, and she’s touring! Fantastico.

Felicity is amazing doing her string performance project, (pictured above.) We had a very yummy dinner together this weekend at Clark Lewis. Yum.

*Gabe from Eaglekin performed last night, and it was mind-melding. His songs will blow your socks off. I especially love In The Plebelands. Brilliant.

Some Brooklyn friends are in this hilarious video called COPSTORY, that I watched about a thousand times this weekend. This episode starts off as a cop show, and goes into a mockumentary type thing. So, so good. There are naughty words in there, so watch out!

Have a great Monday!

knitting night March 02, 2007

New knitting paintings at the Purl District.

Happy Friday!

I have a series of knitting paintings going up tonight at a lovely little knitting store here in Oregon land. If you have chance tonight, stop by and have a peek at them at The Purl Distric 201 East Main Street, Suite 2..Silverton, OR.

what's new monday February 26, 2007

Another Cold Comfort Farm painting.

Good morning my french fried friends,

You know in the movie ET, when ET's heart lights up in his chest whenever he's feeling a surge of love or caring or joy or..whatever? Well, I've been experiencing that a lot lately, that same glowing sensation, (minus the actual glowing..). I don't know what else to say about that, except that my life seems to be moving forward in these remarkable little and big ways, and I am really happy and grateful for it.

Here are some awesome-o things that are happening in my land:

1. My children's book writings and illustrations are now being represented by Proimos Management! I am ecstatic about this splentastic development!!

2. Courtney has been organizing a group illustrators site and has asked me to join in. I'm really excited to see this group take form!

3. I'm training for the Beaver Freezer again, (a really unfortunate name for a mini-triathlon, I know, I know..) Anyhow, I hope to do a little better than I did last year! And seeing as I came in LAST for my age division last year, I think I might just have a fighting chance for some improvement..

Hope you are all having a fantastico Monday..

cold comfort February 23, 2007

Flora in her bedroom.

Have you guys ever read the book Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons? I read it recently for a client and have been making a few paintings based on the story (like the one pictured above.) It's a hilarious book..and a movie too. I think I might have to rent it this weekend..

what's new monday February 19, 2007

"Towards the Tundra" 16" x 20"

Hello friends!

Let's see here, where to begin? A lot has happened over the last two weeks, and I've been slow to update this here blog..

First off, the SCBWI conference. It was amazing of course, entirely inspiring and uplifting. I saw some remarkable illustrations in the showcase, heard some incredible speakers, drank some pretty strong coffee, and most of all, got to finally meet Courtney and Dee in person. As a matter-o-fact, Courtney did such a great job of re-capping the conference, I won't even attempt to do it again. Read all about it right here on her blog (and check out her awesome illustrations, too!)

My trip to New York as a whole was pretty incredible as well. I got to see a lot of friends that I've missed quite a bit since the last time I visited. I was lucky enough to spend a good amount of time with just about everybody I hoped to see, which was a little bit tricky. A lot of phone calls and subway rides. In the end I caught up with folks over beers, or tea, or thai food, or macaroni, or wandering around the Small Works show..and it was all absolutely lovely. It's nice to get a friendly blast of love like that, in one action packed week.

I got back just in time for Valentine's Day, (missing the winter storm in New York by about an hour, hooray!) and I surprised Gabe at work with a box of cupcakes , and a singing telegram from Saint Cupcake. Did I mention that the owner of saint cupcake was doing the singing, and the song was "Let's Get Physical" by Olivia Newton John? Why, yes. Yes it was.

The first few days of being back in Oregon land were filled with a lot of aimlessness and sleeping. The aimlessness persisted, so I painted my office a nice orangish-red color and slept some more. That seems to have done the trick. My brain is alive and functioning again, at more or less..full force. New things are in the works that I'm excited to share with you..

Thanks for checking in so much over the past few weeks, and have a good Monday!

Lovelove

what's new monday February 12, 2007

Hello friends!

I'm still here in NYC, operating on a teeny tiny amount of sleep. I'm having trouble doing things like stringing words together or typing, and my brain officially feels like a fuzzy, fuzzy peach..

All I can say is that I have a lot to say (especially about the fantastico SCBWI conference..) but I'm too mushy to formulate anything coherent.

I will be sure to give a proper run-down of the week, when my brain has returned to a non-peachy state..

Have a great Monday!

what's new..sunday night February 05, 2007

new paintings are available on etsy.

I'm taking a red-eye to New York tomorrow night..

I don't know if it's just nerves about the upcoming conference, or just general carelessness, but I've been living a life lately that is straight out of a super slapstick-y movie. Here are two of my biggest blooper highlights from the week:

numero uno: I fell down our living room stairs the other morning, just like in the movies. I totally slipped, whoop! with my feet up in the air and everything. What made it even more cinematic, (or whatever) was that I was holding a bowl of oatmeal in one hand and a blueberry smoothie in the other. I have a vague memory of thinking..'I'm going to have to let go of these two things if I want to save myself.'..so up they went into the air and all over absolutely everything. Luckily, true to the movies, I was totally fine (nothing was broken at least..). Just a lot of blueberry clean-up.

numero dos: Yesterday I was riding my bike home from the studio in the evening. It was dark, I was cold and tired and really hungry by the time I pulled up in front of our house. It's kind of a tough ride, so I'm usually really exhausted and short on patience under normal circumstances. But for some reason, as I was getting off my bike, and walking it up the front steps to our porch, my belt loop caught on the quick release handle to my bike seat, and I could not get free from it! I also couldn't really stand upright because of the angle. So I had to half squat while I tried and tried to free myself, but it was totally impossible.

Meanwhile there was some random crowd of people passing by on the sidewalk, watching me struggle so I decided to just bring the whole thing inside, and into the light to see what could possibly be the problem.

There I was, doing the chicken-squat-struggle-dance with the crowd behind me, trying to fish my keys out of my backpack that I couldn't get all the way off my back, (so it's contents were spilling everywhere, by the way..) and the more I struggled with the keys, the more my pants started FALLING DOWN, (yes truly..) until I eventually made my way inside and remedied the whole debacle by wiggling free of the cursed pants.

Even though I knew it was the most hilarious, ridiculous thing ever, it wasn't funny.

Well now it's a little funny.

Ok, a lot funny.....

I hope to see all of you New York folks while I'm there! And for everyone else.. I'm bringing my computer with, so I will be sure to post all adventures, and err, misadventures at some point.

Also, my store will remain open this week, thanks to a very loving and handsome human who has offered to do my shipping while I'm away. Hurrah! So shop away for Valentine's Day!

Lovelovelovelovelove

new painting.. February 02, 2007

I just put this new painting up on my welcome page. A nice thing to dream about on these chilly winter days..

what's new monday January 29, 2007

new mini paintings in the store!

Well it seems that I never posted the new illustration-y painting I've been working on.... It took a turn for the worst the other day, and hasn't recovered from it's fall from glory. Sadly, it's been banished to a dark corner of my studio until I can stop being mad at it. (.. a pretty good indicator that I could use some time away from the studio..)

Soon, I'm off to New York for a little creative re-charge time! Land of old friends, gigantico pizza slabs, cheap coffee, dog poo sidewalks, and painfully cold winter wind. Good thing I still have my jacket that looks and feels like a giant sleeping bag!

Here are some fun facts:

One year ago today we were getting ready to leave NYC to move to Oregon. (Wow, this year has gone crazy fast.)

Two years ago today, I was getting ready to launch this website!

On days like this where I feel nostaligic about time, I sometimes like to send emails to my future self ( Yes.. you really can send emails to your future self!) A pretty handy tool, if you want to make some psychic predictions, or just remind yourself to get a haircut.

Hope you are all having a fantastico Monday.

a very busy Thursday.. January 25, 2007

"Secret Houses" available on etsy.

Hi Friends! I just posted a few paintings in the store.

Hope you are all having a nice Thursday. I'm off to the studio to paint a bit more for the Last Exit show.

Thanks to everyone for your SCBWI postcard suggestions! I think I'm going to go with "Stocking Up For Winter"...but I'm in the middle of a new painting that I think might work well too. I'll post it here tomorrow..