i know its well into january now, but i have yet to show you all of our handmade christmas. this was raine’s gift to jonathan, her own version of a prayer book. she wrote three prayers for each day. i helped with the cover design, its a mock up of a page from the book of kells. jonathan says that this was his favorite gift.
i have recently fallen head over heels for the artist ben shahn. his work is spectacularly inspiring.
raine has recently began writing and illustrating her own books and coloring books. i am planning on marketing these real soon….no lie.
i found this while flipping through a book at the library yesterday. i find great comfort and inspiration in this watercolor by charles demuth from 1918.
wish i could say that i made this, but unfortunately jennifer davis beat me to it! this would have made my christmas wish list had it not already been sold out.
i LOVE these digital prints of collages that brandi strickland has created.
*note: these are for sale for a very reasonable price at little paper planes.
a little something i made last week. i have been coming back to this chair a lot lately in my work.
i spilled coffee onto cold press watercolor paper, allowed it to dry, then cut it out. i then sewed the dried spill onto foam board with my sewing machine, then sewed a small corduroy patch onto the spill by hand. after all of this, i stitched the foam board piece into a cut out square that was larger (not shown)…..i think a photo can say way more than i am trying to right now, and do a whole lot better job….i will post more photos of the completed stitched coffee spills. in the mean time….here is a preview.
jonathan so graciously volunteered to make invitations for our upcoming potluck. he knows that my time is extremely tight these days and that i would want to do more than i had time to do. hes definitely raising the bar. is it fair to say that im fortunate for such an incredible man?
jen corace
jeff depner
found these today…thought id share some beauty.
have a lovely day!
jenna newton
julie morstad
hello there. yes….
…it has been too long. i hope that this post is the beginning of many. i have so much to catch you all up on. unfortunately i am not at my own computer and am unable to post images from my lovely summer. but in hopes of reconnecting, i will share some inspiration with you.
It’s been a while I know…not posting on my blog does not mean that I have stopped producing art though. I have a sketch in the current issue of underground art school‘s magazine! I was pretty excited to be a part of this magazine! To preview or purchase, just click the image above!
does it get any better than this? ive been burning to create this sort of performance/living art for a few months now. one of my plans is to place an empty strip of primed canvas in a highly trafficked area and let the canvas be created by the elements its surrounded by. essentially…leave a snail trail. i cannot express to you how much seeing Semâ Bekirovic‘s piece excites me!
Found via nazara lazaro via joanne
im glad the semester is over.
summer school begins soon…<sigh>
i re-printed these from an etch i did a year ago. i added some color; i think they turned out pretty nice.
this is where i like to be…
another new print. again, this is an intaglio etching with chine colle. im sending images of three of my prints (including this one) off today to a gallery in Louisiana for an upcoming exhibition. cross your fingers that my work is accepted!
(and another beard)
i have actually been planning on sewing onto this, but havent yet….as soon as that happens i will let you know!
today my brother turns 36.
wow, i bet my mom feels old…heh.
nothing better than a little dose of martha rich on your birthday.
a cute little creature created from one of my drawing books. this is from a book i found at a thrift store last year, that i converted into my sketchbook. i occassionally return to it for inspiration and doodling.
i love these two. they seem to have such a wonderful and kind personality. i would love to hear what they had to say if it were possible…
recently jonathan and i were cleaning out my old art room (at his parents house). and we came across some of our old drawings from our early art classes. i thought two of mine were interesting enough to post. so here they are…
drawing of a home that i did a few weeks ago. sorry that my posting has slowed down. im going to blame the time of year, things will pick back up again soon! hope youre all enjoying your holidays!
by the way…the title is a bob dylan quote…
ive got you on my mind
okay, so i have been searching for inspiration alot lately, and matthew dent seemed to do it for me. thank you matthew.
