Edward Weston

(b. 1186-1958)
Going through an old LIFE magazine looking for collage bits, I found "Nude on Sand Dune" in a short article about the Guggenheim fellowship he had just received (in 1937). Said to be one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century... I just found out about him yesterday. Better late than never.  His photographs are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

April 30 HERE AND THERE.

If you live or are going to be in the SF bay area next Friday it would be really cool if you went to this show! My friend Alberto has curated what I'm sure will be a super awesome show at the newly new gallery/art space place Garage Sale Project. I will be exhibiting some art along with other cool collage ladies. Wahoo!

mmmmmug

Lost this mug to someone else quicker than me. It wasn't even on ebay. It was on etsy, just sitting there. bummertown. would have been nice to get this one. No, it would have been a dream come true. I searched on ebay and found another and now I have it! I love this mug! I really, really do. Using it every day.

Goodbye Hello, perfect mug!

Cripple Creek

Buffy Sainte-Marie, the mouth bow & Sesame Street.

Ian & Sylvia Tyson

Early Morning Rain, one of my favorite Ian & Sylvia songs, written by Gordon Lightfoot. You should have this beautiful song if you don't already.


& a cover by Peter, Paul and Mary:


On a side note, I just received the prints for Little Paper Planes! They will be sent out tomorrow and hopefully be available a few weeks after.

Hope you're having a lovely Spring.

Lord Darkness

I finished this piece earlier this week as part of a project with the Brooklyn Super Hero Supply Co., an non-profit after school program that fronts as a super hero supply store. Its a really amazing store with plenty of supplies for all makes of superheroes, I definitely recommend a visit.
We were given a character description of either a superhero or a villain, written by one of the kids in the program, and asked to create the art to accompany the story. I was given "Lord Darkness".  He's "middle age but still suffers from childhood trauma (his parents gave him one crumb to eat every 20 months!) He travels in pure darkness and lives in his lair on Saturn."
This was definitely one of the best projects I've done in a while, and made something pretty different from what I'm used to making ... and used glitter- So very fun. You can't see the sparkle or layers too well from the scan (you can click the image to englarge), I collaged a texture for the background and then covered that with a layer of "gun metal" glitter, and then collaged over that. It was a good time.

this is the color

I am very excited to tell you that soon you will be able to purchase a few of my collages from Little Paper Planes. They that sell some really awesomebeautiful prints, books and other cool things by many super talented artists, and I am so excited to become a part of their community! Here are the collages that will be for sale, they will probably be available in a month or so. I will let you know when they're up and for the taking!

 

New York Times

Sorry this took so long! It's been a busy week. Anywho. Here are the sketches for the New York Times Illustration I did last week! It was published in the paper on Tuesday, and you can see the final online here.

oh my!

I got an e-mail earlier this morning from the art director of the New York Times Op-Ed page asking me to do an illustration for an article that will run this weekend! I am so excited and nervous. This is my first "big deal" illustration job. The size is tiny tiny, but I am still worried about what to do! Its a crazy short job - sketches due tomorrow morning and the final on friday! It's for their "Letters" section, in response to an article written about NASA's plans with Mars ...

more soon....