Birch Trees Diptych

I figure if I can't get quality photos, I might as well get a quantity of photos. Each canvas is 3' x 2' and painted with oil. They might not be finished...but for now they are.

oh, and here's one of my Christmas tree!

Friends at Lake Michigan

My little Natalie and me beside our favorite of the Great Lakes.

Early Stages

arly stages in my "Ways to Travel" oil painting series. This will follow the style of my "Tandem" piece, continuing to play with texture and subtle color. The final product will be a diptych of matching unicycles. So far I've pretty much just been gluing down paper and then ripping it back off. It's funny that after years of painting I've matured to the level of Elmer's glue and computer paper....

Tall Stories

"Tandem" (Oil, 2'x 4') will be displayed in the most recent exhibit at the Columbia Art League. The show is titled Tall Stories to pay homage to the True/False film festival going on this weekend. The reception is tomorrow, but my painting will be up until April 17th. So go see it!

ps. it's hard to see this, but there is actually an abstract city made of cut paper underneath all of that white paint. The idea is to play down the color and saturation of hue to showcase subtle texture.

Other Things I Like To Do

side from being a watercolor fanatic, aspiring calligrapher and trying-not-to-work-for-free graphic designer I have a few more hobbies vying for my time. The original and first passion thus being showcased on my bed is.....QUILTING. The majority of the fabrics chosen for this colorful quilt are from the textile studios of Kaffe Fassett and Amy Butler. A few thirties reproduction prints are peeking out, but only because I have a certain affinity for them.

Stretched above my bed is yardage I designed, dyed and printed. The two little apples painting is proof that every once in a while I try to be an oil painter; and the small end table-like jewelry box was at one point sitting on a curb and minutes from being thrown out. Sanding, painting and Anthropologie knobs were just the the finishing touch my rainbowesque room needed.

However, it will be made obvious through my sorry pictures that I am not a photographer. Maybe one day...