My December posting.

So, I started this table at the beginning of the summer because I wanted something to hold my record player, records, t.v. & movies. I ran into many problems but overcame them all (such is life) over the last few months and am pretty proud of myself. All done with a jigsaw and drill. I decorated it with some children's books, some favorites, some just visually pleasing (Heidi, Pinocchio, Little Women & a 1946 copy of Through the Looking Glass). I use old books as backgrounds to my paintings sometimes. I just LOVE how it looks. Following are a details of the book pages:
Front view of table. The last step is not finished. There are curtain rods in those sections, waiting for their curtains.
Another view, notice the napkins under the leg, to keep the table from wobbling. Hey, I'm a novice.
Here is a picture of J.R. wearing a mask from Chucky Cheese that we found, but I have a feeling that the name used to be different. Reagan, help me out on this.
This is an old painting I found at my friend's house while playing a show in Knoxville a few weekends ago. When my family lived in D.C. we used to climb on this Einstein statue. I had to paint it for some reason. The little kids on it look really crazy, like scary movie sort of creatures. It was one of those paintings that just came out really fast. I think I finished it in two days which is very uncommon.

Some random photos of J.R's garden, the city, Lion cubs at the zoo and Halloween. I am a broken china doll and J.R. wore a wig. That's about the most dressed up he gets.

I finally found a way to protect the wishing tree

and here it is. You may not recognize him behind the mustache on a stick. oil 44" x 44" (Sold) (I don't know how it ended up being such a strange size)
detail:
Detail of mustache on a stick:

Detail of the goat lady:
Detail of abstract city:

As for my next project, well, I'm still working on sketches for it and am starting to question the strength of the concept. I might put it down and work on the children's book, since I wanted to finish that by the end of the year.
p.s. this is my favorite month of the year!

How the pigeon flew into a ceramic cage

The first 4 images are details of the 5th image. I forgot about this painting hanging at a friend's house (Sold). 2006. It's about 4' x 3.5', I think. Watercolor, mainly Oil and a tiny bit of sculpture. I remember my inspiration for this piece was from cleaning houses, which I did right before moving to Atlanta. I was always thinking of Aesop's Fables. "How the Chipmunk got it's stripes" or "Why the elephant has a long nose", etc. Looking at all the crap we decorate our houses with, I started thinking, how did the rooster become a kitchen commodity? Why are pigeons Ceramic pieces on our pianos? etc. I began to imagine the pigeons flying/evolving into their ceramic bodies. This is probably the most energetic piece I've ever created.



That peppermint, below, is the tiny bit of sculpture I was referring to.
The owner appropriately displays this in his kitchen, (explanation of the bottles near the bottom).

box monsters really DO exist

Here I am at my most recent art show.
J.R. after the midnight shift. Karate has no excuse.
These guys decided to move into my house plant's yard. I've had the thing for over 2 years with no mushroom neighbors. The babies are the cutest.

We'll dance, we'll sing! da na da na na la...

Lately, I've been working a lot and haven't had all that much time to create. On the left is a flier for an art show I'm in. Yay! All the artists are required to make a mix tape for the show and I've spent a lot of time listening to all of my music thinking about what would work with my piece and what I want to say. Music and painting are so important to me, but have always remained separated. It's a beautiful thing to bring them together, if I might say so myself.

Below is a doll house I've been working on for a VERY long time. I finally finished the exterior (from a kit) and am excited to work on the interior. Which will probably take another year and a half.



Below is the wishing tree (Sold). It started as a song that J.R. wrote and I drew it. It's been a re-occuring image in my work and it needed to have a solo. Following are two details.



And finally, just a few pictures I took in SC, UT and GA during this summer...enjoy.

rippling water

Instead of these pictures just sitting in my studio, facing the wall, I decided to show them off. Hopefully, I can get some feedback and you will enjoy looking at them as well! This is a drawing I made during my long distance relationship with my, then, fiance. size: 11"x 14" (Given as gift) Mustache on a stick is a favorite image of mine. Two details of this drawing follow:

This is one of the first drawings I made of Atlanta. I spend a lot of time driving around and find some neighborhood trees manicured dramatically to avoid power lines. This can be, to me, sometimes humorous and sometimes very saddening. This is a collage about 30"x 22" (Given as gift).

I finished this cape this morning for a little boy I nanny. He is turning two soon and I thought he might enjoy being a super hero, like me.
22"x 30" mixed media. I love smooshing together the real image with it's transformed representational image. Here, I painted a pigeon with a sewn pigeon body. This interest started when I was cleaning houses and getting exposed to different types of knickknacks.
Three details:


The self-recycling-song-machine cruising the town. Oil and ink on paper. 30"x 22" (Sold).
Two details:

This is my most recent painting. Self Portrait, kind of (Sold). Oil on Canvas 3'x3'.

Three details: