Filed under: The Surfer Chick Episodes, Watercolor | Tags: ink, isograph, Kuwait, pen, postcard, rapidograph, sun, surfing, watercolor
Filed under: Bulletin Board Madness, Cut & Paste, Ghosts of Things, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, My Studio, slideshows | Tags: board, bulletin, Kuwait
the first layer is a laminated picture by yousef abu-ghazaleh. the second layer is an un-stapled feathered crown by amalie modeen. next is the final stage from my slideshow 'balloons', and finally some cutouts from 'ghosts of things'
There’s something to say about random placement, even though I’m not sure if things are placed randomly by any adult. I have my handy, huge bulletin board in front of me which I occasionally find a place to tack items which are miscellaneous or difficult to place in a proper container. So I end up having this ever-changing board with infinite future possibilities. (more…)
the painting after session two. i need to keep reminding myself that i'm working with oils and not acrylics. i'm enjoying this very much, if only sometimes for the smell of the paints. it takes me back to new york 1990
Filed under: Cut & Paste, old new, Rants & Raves, Watercolor | Tags: ash, collage, ink, Kuwait, new, old, pen, rapidograph, tracing paper, volcanic, watercolor
When I work, I sometimes like to fantasize that the piece I’m drawing, painting or collaging was somehow found during an archeological dig or the excavation of a thousand year old church or accidentally under a mound of volcanic ash. I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with antiquities and all things with a history. Maybe it’s because I live in a region devoid of a material, tactile history where it’s out with the old and in with the new and shiny. Everything’s plastic and dispensable and I find myself creating new olds.
Filed under: Fashionistas, Watercolor | Tags: alice in wonderland, colleen atwood, dresses, fashion, ink, Kuwait, watercolor
I finally watched Burton’s Alice in Wonderland last night. I just fell in love with Alice’s dresses, designed by costume designer Colleen Atwood. These sketches were inspired by her dresses. (more…)
Filed under: Rants & Raves, The Surfer Chick Episodes, Watercolor | Tags: Kuwait, overkill, play, pod, postcard, watercolor, work
Sometimes we’re on a roll. But we wreck it by doing too much for too long, whether it’s work or play. I have found myself not being able to stop painting, drawing, or doodling. These past three days have been crazy and I find it hard to stop. I’m working on a video, large acrylic, small oil painting and these little postcard watercolors. I need to do the dishes, take a shower, water my plants and visit my brother in hospital. Instead, I’m here playworking, caught in the pod.
