Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Middle East, painting, process

Jana is happy with the way she looks in this painting, like she's about to commit murder (i'd like to think figuratively)
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, dog, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, painting, pink dress
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: auction, charity, Exhibition, february, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Kuwait, Middle East, painting
I started a painting today. I’m painting it specially for an auction which is to take place mid-February at the Dar Al-Funoon Gallery in Sharq. More about this in future posts. Because the auction will benefit a certain animal shelter, I felt that it was befitting to paint a portrait of two of my favorite animals: Jana and Iber. (more…)
Filed under: Brown Planning Book, Notes & Doodles, Rants & Raves | Tags: Exhibition, mango yellow, notes, Palestine, pen sketches
I forgot to take my brown planning book with me to the PCC meeting yesterday. A dear friend of mine kindly gave me his arsenal of stationary, including this mango yellow printing paper. For added affect, I folded up my ‘notes’ and put them in the back pocket of my jeans. I love things to look like they have a story, even if that story is staged.
Filed under: Experimentation, My Friends & Me, Postcards | Tags: exchange, halloween, miti aiello, painting, postcard, snail mail

'This is the photograph you asked for. I am Mara. I saw a resemblance...I will be her for Halloween.'-Miti Aiello
A little over a month ago I decided that I wanted to create these postcards and send them out to my friends. I only got round to mailing them about a week ago. The first, to my blogsister Miti Aiello, arrived a few days ago. My mouth just dropped when I found this in my e-mailbox this morning.
















