Just spending about 1 minute on each page… Feels nice to be quick and simple right now! But brought out the paints and started painting a bit too. We did a huge re-haul on the house today, rooms are different, furniture is different, etc, etc. Fun! More, later!

Sometimes when you get to the end of something, there are mixed feelings; you are sad that it is the last one, or glad that it is finally done.

I had a busy but good trip out west for work, won some bucks playing blackjack in vegas, soaked up the silky summer beverly hills air, and caught a cold on the way back. It is the middle of summer and I feel like taking a blog break to finish up some side work, refresh and start drawing some new things, grill as many peaches and pineapple and stuff as I can. And to finally get started preparing the files for my new website. In about a month I am going to be crazy at work so I want to enjoy this time. I’ll keep on updating my photos on flickr in the meantime. And I’ll be back refreshed and with some new fun stuff soon!

Happy Summer!

I’m heading to L.A. and Las Vegas for work. See you guys back here in a week!

Still drawing and doodling elephants! And no, I’m not republican!

They are so beautiful, and I just felt like drawing one today.

This has been one of my best selling illustrations, and I got several requests for tee’s with this print so I finally got it together and have the designs ready for the screenprinter. I will be selling these at the Renegade Craft Fair and then putting them in my online shop.

And these… original reproductions. Is that an oxymoron? These are altered prints. I have taken original drawings, made print reproductions of them. Varnished them, then painted on them, and then varnished them again. Fun!!!! I am getting my coloring book printed tomorrow. Cannot wait! So much excitement for the next week!

Blurry? Transparencies, Multiplicity, Nature, Love, hate. Been thinking in the realm of extremes lately. From freezing cold New England winter to soon to be sweltering and sweaty New England summer. From Small town to Big city. I lived in Manhattan, I live in the second smallest town in New England now. From the two sides of us that definitely always exist. There is a side, fighting with another side. There is a part that is subordinated by another part. There are so many sayings I want tattoo’ed on my arm; “Wherever you go, there you are.” “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Eek. Is that one puritanical? Sortof? And being thrust from one extreme to the next, and sometimes, feeling that even a slight shift in life feels like a massive one. And skeletons in the closet. All that good stuff. All the things that soaps are made of! Anyway, should this image be silkscreened on a tote bag? The “drops” seem to bother the boyfriend. But they don’t bother me.

I just cannot put my finger on where the time is going… it is just moving too fast! I just sold my piece SLOW from my etsy shop, to an old friend, whom I met when I was 15 years old in Palm Springs. After not really keeping touch for the past 15 years or so. We got in touch and he bought this piece, and I just re-read what I wrote about in my shop, and it is SO how I feel! “I guess I just see the world a little slower than it actually happens. i think the world should slow down just a little bit!”

What else. Check out my boyfriend’s new blog. Yeah! What a nice website too… Click on OS Ocean (the lobster) for the English version or OS Country (the Rooster) for the Italian version!

I am so busy at work. Incredibly. Planning all kinds of travel and corrections and all this and that. Meetings, deadlines, line closing, sales, this that and the other. It is a good busy, but I am coming home so tired! In 3 1/2 weeks I am going to have to be prepared for the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair. I am so excited about it, I love that my sweet and extra talented friend Sarah and I will be sharing a booth, and I love what I am working on for it! Altered prints on wood panels, a coloring book, greeting cards, silk-screened tees. Yay! Cannot wait to share it all. I also really, really want to show you all the of the cute and sparkly shoes I have been working on, so many lovely things, tangerine and fuschia faux snakeskin gladiator sandals, baby shoes with embroidered roses and hearts and anchors, just so much cute. But, I will hold back until things go to retail… maybe I can show just a small segment to you? I am busy, proud, exhausted, and a little worried about sharing too much before even buyers see the stuff! Remember, it is 2009 that I have already designed… Actually, in 2 months, I will be starting on Fall 2009 footwear designs! For now, here are some quick things from the dusty crevices of my current state of mind… Been thinking a lot of duality, love and hate, all kinds of simple but narrative things. And also, just spending a lot of time looking at the beautiful texture of textiles, rope, yarn, knits, etc.


The stuff I’m doing…
Illustrations on wood panels with varnish.

Yay BBQ season! Our little copper fire pit on our new porch. It is so nice to eat outside!

Look closely, can you see what this pattern is made out of? A horse from this drawing. I am working on getting things ready to screenprint for Brooklyn.

I have been meaning to mention a few of my creative friends who are making things happen lately…

My talented friend Ian just wrote this great book entitled Paralle Strokes, If you are at all interested in typography and graffiti I highly recommend it! You can purchase it for only $25 with free shipping! Check it out!!!

My friend and co-worker Marka just had a show in L.A. for a new toy release, he designs these amazing mini-gods that also function as speakers, and he also paints, draws, you name it.

My friend Nancy, whom I went to the Fashion Institute in NYC with and studied handbag design, just launched a website with her beautiful handbag collections, please check them out!

I am so proud and inspired of my creative friends!

See the grid paper?

Another quick drawing I did. I have these pens that I bought and never really liked, but I realized if I use them on thin paper they are pretty good. Nothing beats the Micron as far as I’m concerned. I have a grid notebook that I like to draw in all the time, but funny thing, most of the time, I never even really use the gridlines, but they sort-of keep me company while I’m drawing hahaha.

I just did my taxes, well all of my accounting for the year, in one marathon 5-hour session. It’s always like that, but each year I get more and more efficient so I guess I am allowing myself to procrastinate like this, because it does always get done. Anyway, for me, who spent most of the year freelancing, I account for all of my purchases and it is so eye-opening to see what we spend our money on. I have enough pens to last me quite a while, it’s definitely one of my favorite things to buy.

I made this cake from scratch for Easter. While it looks nice, it wasn’t really that great. Sometimes it’s risky to try new recipes when you really want something to turn out! Better stick to the old-standby!