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Monday
I’ve taken over our dining room to enjoy the sunny day. This is the result so far…
from the bottom up
Monday
How was your weekend? I have a love/hate relationship with Monday. On one hand, the weekend is over, enough said. On the other hand, the house is quiet and MINE for a whole six hours or so.
I added a few new paintings to the floodline, if you are interested and more will be going in as the week moves forward!
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Big News!
I am so excited to announce that I will be hosting a ‘Girl Crush Art Workshop and Tea Party’ in my studio along with the lovely lady behind the amazing blog The Jealous Curator. The idea for these workshops came out of a post she did for sfgirlbybay here and a ‘post about how fun it would be to have an artsy “girl crush tea party”. The day in my studio will be on Saturday, June 9th.
The why of it:
To walk away from our computers, and actually meet in person for a glorious, creative, pastry-filled day. To figure out a way to break through artist blocks. To get inspired, and recharged. To celebrate being women artists… and obviously, to have a reason to eat lots of pretty little cakes & tarts in the middle of the day!
The artists she has lined up are pretty amazing (Allyson Fox, Lisa Congdon and Samantha French) and I feel pretty honored to be chosen as the Portland artist to host.
You can go here to sign up and see more about what we will be doing that day, I can’t wait. I hope you can make i!
inspiration for your Tuesday
I just came across this artist working with soot on pinterest, which led me to this video on design milk. You must watch. Even though the method I use in my floodline series is very different, I find myself inspired to continue pushing my work, always a good thing.
so yeah…
I’m having quite the love affair/obsession/fascination with creating these pieces. Here are a few more…
new floodlines
and another…
New Year
Happy New Year! I took the last week or so to just completely unwind with no expectations on myself. It felt good. Now, I’m ready to look forward again and be inspired and make new work. Here are a few pieces I just completed in my floodline series.
setting the scene
Happy December! Though I’m not quite ready to decorate for the holiday’s (I like to wait about a week into December), I do rather enjoy the planning. Pinterest has been a wealth of holiday inspiration this year, what did I do before it existed! When we do decorate for the holiday’s, this is what I’m going for: simple, beautiful, a bit of a scandinavian influence, and of course, the new She and Him Christmas album in the background.
1. perfect table via here 2. clean and simple via here 3. my favorite wrapping paper of the season (and maybe of all time) via here 4. paper yarn found here 5. brilliant little wreaths (perfect gift tags/table seating) via here 6. favorite new holiday music here
more on my pinterest holiday board here
Business cards
I had some extra business cards sitting around that I did this with last year that I wanted to try another little project with. Since I ordered them blank on one side I was able to do whatever I wanted, so I painted them! I love how they turned out.
some new paintings
with prints coming soon…
and one still in progress…
favorite part
My favorite moment when starting a new painting is after I’ve put some undercoats on the canvas and have roughly sketched out what I want to paint. I love to look at a painting like this and sometimes find it hard to move on to the next step. At that moment, there are so many possibilities before the work begins. Here is a large painting at that perfect point. (kinda hard to see the sketches though, sorry) Tomorrow I’ll starting messing it up so I can work it back to a point I like again!
NEW!
I have been wanting to offer these for quite some time now and just finally got around to it! I am now doing little framed portraits, in the same vein as my ‘little paintings.’ The paintings themselves measure 4″x4″ or 3.5″x5″ and come framed in a frame hand painted to complement the piece. Go here to order!
in the details
some quick shots of some new paintings that are in the works…
coming along
some new paintings I’ve been working on…
newbie
find it here!
The Floodline Project
I am excited to announce the abstract pieces I am calling the floodline project are now available to purchase! I opened a big cartel shop to sell the work that comes out of this process because I feel like they’re a bit separate from the work I have in my etsy shop . They are all done on a gorgeous cold press watercolor paper with acrylic paint and fabric dye. I had so much fun working on them.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of my results!
still loving
I was reminded recently by a pin on pinterest how much I love Lindsey Adelman’s light fixtures. I especially love that she gives instructions on her website on how to make your own. Thinking this sconce might work nicely in my studio…
