We had beautiful fallish weather here this weekend, perfect for the outdoor concert we went to on Saturday. Ray kills me every time.
weekend
color inspiration
I bought these birthday candles this summer at a little shop on Orcas Island for their unusual muted colors. They are so pretty I’ll probably end up hoarding them and never use them.
Have a lovely, lovely weekend!
Playground
One of my paintings will be part of a silent auction here in Portland tomorrow. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while I’ve mentioned the film Playground. If you are in the Portland area and have not seen it, I really recommend going. There will be a special screening of Playground by Director Libby Spears, to benefit
Caldera and POW Fest Documentary Programming at the Hollywood Theater. The evening will begin with a reception, sponsored by New Belgium Brewing Company, a silent auction and special introduction by Senator Ron Wyden – co-
sponsor of an anti-trafficking bill in the Senate – and conclude with a special Question & Answer session with
civic leaders and Spears immediately following the film. For more info and tickets go here!
back to school!!!
Both kids gave thumbs up to the first day back, I gave it four stars! It was great to have a nice long stretch to work in a quiet house. I was also excited to have a few fun mentions today. One of my favorite blogger’s guest posting on one of my favorite blogs mentioned my work (thanks Victoria!). And, USA Today linked to my print in a short writeup they did on Popcandy about Working Proof Gallery! Hope your week is off to good start, as well.
happy friday!
(and how did it get to be September?) I think I’m a bit in denial, even though I am looking forward to cooler days. I plan to spend the long weekend doing something fun as a family and in my cave painting. How about you?
blue bliss
I am currently having a small love affair with blue. An inky dark blue, love. Here’s another painting I recently completed!
Swimmer in blue
A new painting!
Wading
A new painting.
loving
Anthropologie’s latest catalog. Besides being predictably gorgeously shot and full of tempting goods it has an equestrian theme. Now, if they actually had a line of riding clothes, I’d really truly be in trouble.
evolution of a painting part 3
Hi all! Finally an update (though not tooo many changes) on a the large painting that I’ve been working on.
(previous posts on my progress here and here)
Sebastian Foster
I recently started working with the online gallery Sebastian Foster. There are some pretty fantastic artists over there with prints and originals available. Right now there are several of my original paintings and soon some limited edition prints will be available, as well.
love this piece by Brett Amory
happy weekend!
wrapping up summer
We only have a few weeks of summer left before the kiddos head back to school. Truthfully my first thought is phew!, the bickering has reached mass conditions (though they’ve yet to tape eachother to the wall) and I am looking forward long quiet days around the house where my only focus is painting. BUT then I feel it, the guilt, the regret the days have slipped by too fast. So, we are keeping it low key and lazy around here this week and next, enjoying warm days with no plans. This also means, my posts will be a little slower than usual.
(image via lotta agaton via iiinspired)
cooling down
Our heat wave finally broke and today it’s sorta chilly. Yesterday, though it was still in full effect so the boy and I headed here to cool off for a bit. Both kids are in camps this week, which I always think will give me some down time to finish up projects, but really I just end up running around dropping off/picking up. Yesterday I successfully went to every quadrant in Portland, and beyond.
printing large
I recently received a request for a large print of one of my paintings and I love how it turned out. I may just have to do a small run of several of my pieces this size!
happy weekend!
It is hot, hot, hot here, so I think we will be taking it easy. This is one of those times when I am thrilled my studio is in the basement.
Ok, so a bit late to the boat here, but I just started using pinterest, and wow, love it. I am currently going through all my old bookmarks and ‘pinning’ them to my board. It is such a great way to visually organize all the amazing things floating around on the web. Now if I could just organize my house this easily!
a few more
(we did some letter boxing along the old Oregon trail)
We had perfect weather and a wonderful time, but I slept in a bed last night. Oh, I love sleeping in a bed (and having a hot shower and a coffee maker and floor…)
(forgot to mention this is where we went if you’re in the area)
a swim in the lake
We’re back! We are dirty, tired, and oh how I do love a hot shower after camping.
happy weekend
So yesterday I lied, I didn’t get around to posting my painting progress. But, hopefully next week. We are off for a few days in the woods (with fingers crossed it doesn’t rain, cause seriously, not much I hate more than camping in the rain).
just a note
I saw this weed growing out back this morning, my first thought: eek, I really have been a negligant weeder, and second: it’s kind of pretty. So I took a picture, that’s all. I’m sure there is an incredibly insightful and meaningful analogy I could make, but it’s just too early for that. Hopefully I’ll be back a bit later with another update on my ‘evolution of a painting’ series. Have a wonderful day!
p.s. I’ve been having fun with these awesome photo actions