just eat it, eat it
04.04.06 14:42
Eggilty peggilty, just in time for Easter. Ahh, soon I will be back to my regularly scheduled blog, with illustrations and arty whoo-haw..but at the moment, I am still knee deep in swimming and biking and running, getting ready for the Beaver Freezer this weekend. I've stepped up the exercise a bit, and I'm having trouble eating enough food to keep me going. I've never thought of food as fuel. Now I have to constantly be eating, and searching out good foods strictly for the gas they provide. (the fuel kind, not the stinky kind!) I'm even getting up in the night to eat big bowls of raisin bran and hard boiled eggs. It's the strangest thing for me to get used to because my appetite has never been big. I came home from swimming yesterday and burst into tears for no reason at all except that I was very, very hungry.
I need Mrs. Claus from the old claymation Rudolph Christmas Special to follow me around with mashed potatoes and say, "Eaaattttt Papa eat...who ever heard of a skinny Santa?" Then she would give me something tasty to eat every half an hour. That would be ideal.
break-ah my stride..
04.10.06 00:29
Hello french fried friends,
Back from a full and fantastico weekend here in Portland land. The Beaver Freezer was awesome. The swim was energizing, the bike ride was beautiful and the run was...the run was doable, which was exciting all by itself. There are a few photos of the race posted here for your viewing enjoyment. Thanks for all of your kind emails about the race, they were so touching and nice. My sister and brother in law competed too, and they were amazing. (despite a hurt ankle and a wardrobe malfunction). Gabey was our support and did an expert job of handing out oranges, taking photos, handling wet and muddy swimsuits, digging for Gatorade, fixing bike chains, and waking up in the morning, way before humans should be allowed out of bed. All of the support and good spiritedness of the whole day made my heart grow three sizes and my muscles feel like buttery beans!
This morning was a different story. I felt like a twisted piece of meat, with pokey pines needles in my calves and wrists. I remedied this by doing the one thing that people say you're supposed to do after a big race, I went to the first Crafty Wonderland at the Doug Fir Lounge. Oh wait, I mean, I rode my bike to the Crafty Wonderland, which is really what you're supposed to do. And then I drank some kind of mojito-ish drink with my old friend Kate which I think you're not supposed to do...drink I mean, not hang out with Kate. Then, I rode my bike around some more looking for ingredients for home made pizza, and now I feel perfectly peaceful and delicious.
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It's going to be a big arty farty palooza here in my land this month. A lot of loose pieces of yarn are coming together to form one giant mass of good times. Art shows, performance pieces an ocean away, crafty get togethers, Hanner music, artwalks.. all kinds of stuff in the works that I can't wait to share with all of you!
rabbit
04.13.06 19:13
"More Enemies" 8" x 10" acrylic on canvas SOLD
Happy almost Easter!
I think that I need a little more structure in my life at the moment. I have bits of glue and socks and paper and thread stuck to my brain that need to be cleaned up. So, from now on, I’m going to post a “what’s new” run down every Monday about upcoming whoo-haw that I’m participating in… art shows, music shows, performance pieces, craft fairs, art walks..that kind of thing. And, seeing as it’s not Monday yet, and I’m on vacation at the moment with Gabey’s family for Easter, I will start this officially, next week. This gives me a few more days of mindless tea drinking and mess/merry making.
I couldn’t resist putting up this sneak peak of a painting from a new series…. Mostly because it reminds me of an evil Easter Bunny.
What's New Monday
04.17.06 14:50
"Rebuilding the Building” 12” x 12” $260
Happy Monday Everybody!
I hope you all had a nice weekend. Well, as promised, here is a "What's New Monday" update;
A new batch of paintings, the “Quilt Series” are going up shortly at the Flying Saucer (494 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn, NY) This is the first series that I’ve made since I moved to Portland. I put a lot of mojo and muscle into these pieces, and tried to stretch myself a bit as an illustrator, so I’m curious to know how they go over.
These paintings are for sale and I will be putting them up slowly on the site over the next few weeks. You can see a few of them now on the artwork page. If you’re in Brooklyn, you can stop by the Flying Saucer and see them all at once!
update of an update
04.19.06 15:20
An add on to the what's new Monday...
The paintings are officially up at the Flying Saucer! (494 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, NY) I'm sorry I can't be there to see them, but rumor has it that they look fantastico all together in there. "More Enemies" has already sold, but if you're interested in buying another one, send me an email from my contact page and we can arrange the details.
(*note...these "Quilt Series" paintings will not ship until June, when the show is over. If you're in the New York area you can arrange to pick them up sooner. *)