What's New Monday November 06, 2006

"Giving and Receiving" holiday card available on Pretty Darn Swell.

Happy Monday friends! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Here are a few things that are shaking in Johanna land...

1. Pretty Darn Swell has a set of eight holiday cards for sale, featuring artwork from eight of their past artists. I have a card in the bunch (pictured above.) There are only 100 sets of cards available, so get them while you can. Some of the proceeds from the cards will go to CoachArt, a fantastico organization that provides free personal coaching in the arts and athletics to kids with terminal or chronic illnesses.

2. In other news, I just moved into a new studio! It's in a beautiful old brick building with great light, a slop sink (yes!), a freight elevator, and some great studio-mates. I can't wait to show you guys some pictures of the space.

3. If you are interested in having a print of one of my paintings, please let me know. I recently had a giclee print made of "Stocking Up For Winter" for my mom, and it turned out beautifully. I had it printed on a high gloss canvas, and pre-streched on strecher bars, so it would be ready to hang. It looks, feels, and even smells, like a real painting. I am completely blown away at the quality.

I can't afford to have prints pre-made of all of the paintings, but if you see one that you would like I can order it for you. They will be a bit smaller than the originals, (9" x 12" or 12" x 12") depending on the original size of the painting, and take about ten days to get to you. Please email me about details and prices.

I hope you all have a fantastico week!

What's New Monday October 30, 2006

Hi Friends, Happy Monday! Happy almost Halloween! (The best day of the year!)

Life has picked up speed again, and I've gone from lazily recovering from art fair-palooza, to running around in circles in a sugar induced fervor. How can I help it, when candy is just SITTING there, waiting for me to eat it?

We spent the weekend doing some fun Halloweenish things with family and friends. We marched our monster hearts out at the monster march, (as you can see) and spent yesterday evening eating chicken and mashed potatoes with more friends and, watching The Corpse Bride. Unfortunately, I fell asleep in the middle of it before I could even attempt to carve the giant pumpkin that I had intended to carve during the movie. ..But what goes up must come down, I suppose, when it comes to eating fourteen mini kit kat bars and two brownies.

What's New Monday October 23, 2006

"Whale Hero" 10" x 10" on canvas

Hola friends,

Hope you all had a good weekend. I've just added a few more paintings to the site and to my store page. More to come, slowly but surely.

"Baby steps to the elevator! Baby stepping to the elevator. I'm in the elevator. Ahhhhh!" (my mantra these days, taken from Bob, in What About Bob)

Have a great week everybody!

Diminisher October 20, 2006

Hola Friends!

Check out this new release, Imaginary Volcano by the Diminisher, on Unsound Records (not to mention UR's swanky new site!)

My favorite song is Snail Song. Fantastico! I was lucky enough to make the album art for this remarkable collection of tunes. Check it out!

Cider House October 19, 2006

"Getting the Best Ones" 20" x 20"

Hello my little toasty corn bread friends,

Well, I am snuggled back in our house in Oregon, relaxing after a busy and fun time in Santa Barbara. I just updated my artwork page. I have a few more images to tinker with, but soon all of the new ones will be up. Yippee!

What's New Monday October 16, 2006

Hello Friends, happy Monday!

I’m here in beautiful Santa Barbara, soaking in some sun after a busy and awesome-o weekend at the Santa Barbara Festival of Art.

I flew into town on Thursday, and immediately went to a party/art reception that my sister had planned, in a breathtakingly beautiful house in the rolling hills. It was a very heart warming and lovely event. We put all of the paintings that I had brought with me, around the house. They looked right at home against the stone fireplace, surrounded by millions of little votive candles. We drank wine, ate grilled salmon and squash soup and chatted with friends, and friends of friends, until the candles burned down. It was a really perfect introduction to the long arty weekend.

The second day, I spent most of it loading in to the event site and setting up. I’ve never been to an event that went into the evening, so setting up the lighting was a new thing for me. Luckily, my sister and brother-in-law have an arsenal of beautiful twinkle lights and beeswax candles that I brought with me. The effect was very warm and cozy, and seemed to suite the paintings just fine.

Saturday and Sunday are a little bit of a blur They were long days, and I spent most of it chatting with folks at the festival, eating corn on a stick, and sipping coffee. More about the fair and my neighbors once I get home and organized…

I am busily sifting through images and getting them ready to put up on the site. There are still a few pieces available from the fair, and I’m excited to show them all to you. I’m heading back to Portland tomorrow…so the new stuff should be up in the next few days. Hurrah!

Insound October 11, 2006

Pushing Product Fall '06 from Insound.

Hurrah! I am really excited about this cd from Insound! The artwork was done by yours truly, and it's available now. Yipee!

I think my favorite song on there is by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and is called "Oregon Girl" . Ok..I'm a little partial to anything with the word Oregon in it, but it's still a fun song.

I'm taking off tomorrow for Santa Barbara! I'll be updating when I can, I'll have ye olde computer with me.

See you soon baboons!

What's New Monday October 09, 2006

"Secret Circus" 24" x 24"

Happy Monday!

Here's another sneak peek of a painting I've made for the art festival in Santa Barbara. Hurrah!

I'm sure I will have plenty of stories and good things to talk about very soon, but right now I'm stinky and tired.

At the moment, I am sleepily and wearily sitting in the living room, waiting for UPS to pick up stacks of paintings and take them away to Santa Barbara. No amount of coffee or tea can save me at this point, and patterns are starting to form on the wall. Soon, a shower and a nappy.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with something fun to watch. You guys have probably already seen this, but incase you haven't..isn't this guy inspiring?

Whale Parade October 04, 2006

"Whale Parade" 20" x 20"

Hello Friends. I hope you're all having a good week.

I thought that I would show you guys a sneak peek of the new series I'm painting for the art fair in Santa Barbara next week. Hooray! This piece is definitely inspired by Santa Barbara. It's one of my favorite places to visit and I'm really looking forward to being a part of the festival.

Hopefully I will have a little time to rub my feet in the sand and take a swim in the chilly salty waves...

What's New Monday October 02, 2006

Hello Friends,

Happy Monday. Hope you all had a nice weekend!

I've tried posting something on this here blog, about a thousand times today..but all I've been able to come up with is gobbilty-gook. Kind of like how this post is shaping up! Oh well, sometimes me old brain needs a break. That's when I turn to Tetris! (click on the link and scroll down to play.)

Hopefully I can formulate a paragraph or two tomorrow. There is a heck of a lot of stuff going on that I should be writing about.