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.
Filed under: Cut & Paste, old new, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Watercolor | Tags: collage, ink, Kuwait, pen, rachell ashwell, shabby chic, wallpaper, watercolor
I’ve always loved the look of dilapidated buildings, especially when the inner walls had once been papered or postered. So Rachel Ashwell.
Filed under: Oil, Portrait | Tags: alice neel, Kuwait, oil, painting, portrait
Yesterday I watched a documentary about portrait painter Alice Neel, beautifully filmed by her grandson Andrew Neel. The moment I looked at the DVD cover, lent to me by my sister-in-law Jana, I felt a connection with her work: as if I’d done it, or I could do it, or I do it in my head all the time. It’s very hard to explain. Then, when I saw footage of Alice painting on the screen, my heart started pacing and I felt the excitement she felt. I have painted portraits before, but rarely from life and more rarely so with oils. I was immediately inspired, went out and bought a new set of everything, called up my muse and started this painting. (more…)
Filed under: The Surfer Chick Episodes, Watercolor | Tags: chick, ink, isograph, Kuwait, postcard, puddles, sketch, surfer, watercolor
Filed under: Cut & Paste, Experimentation, Favorites, old new | Tags: coincidence, collage, found, Kuwait, objects
We had quite a huge dust storm a few days ago. The next day I found this paper in one of my plants. Just a single sheet of paper, blown away from its book, among other windswept jetsam and flotsam. I picked it up and thought: hmm, I wonder what bit of knowledge/nonsense has been dropped into my bushes. I must say I did a few literary double-takes when my eyes started picking up the words on the page: plants, seeds, rain, semen, birth. Apparently this page is from a chapter or section comparing the planet Earth and its plants to a woman giving birth. Other passages include the sperm of man being compared to raindrops. Anyway I saw the whole thing as a sign somehow and stuck a pretty picture on it.
Filed under: The Surfer Chick Episodes, Watercolor | Tags: chicks, ink, Kuwait, pen, surfer, watercolor
Welcome to Davy Jones’ locker.
Filed under: The Surfer Chick Episodes, Watercolor | Tags: cell, ink, isograph, Kuwait, pen, rotring, single, sketch, surfers, watercolor
Filed under: Paintings, Watercolor | Tags: dream, fairy, girl, Kuwait, pink, shirt, tooth, watercolor
watergirl, yesterday and today, watercolor on paper, 10cm x 15cm
Filed under: Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten Two | Tags: 2010, ink, isograph, Kuwait, pen, rotring, sketch, Sketchbook
decopatch frenzy
I don’t care what anyone says, I love decopatching. If I had my way I would decopatch anything and anyone. I was playing around ages ago and did this but never shared it with anyone but my closest and dearest. Cross the bridge for detailed photos. (more…)
Filed under: Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten Two | Tags: ink, Kuwait, pen, rapidograph, sketch, Sketchbook
Filed under: Name Cards | Tags: business, cards, ink, Kuwait, meeting, name, new, pen
I’m meeting someone today and I’m out of business cards so I made four this morning. Last time I made these was in February. It shows how picky I am about who I give them to. I think definitely I’m giving the person I will meet today one, because it’s a business meeting and she has no choice.
Filed under: Potato Pictures | Tags: acrylic, canvas, charcoal, dot, Kuwait, picture, potato, red
the dot catchers, 2010, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 50cm
A dear, dear friend of mine (and one of my most favorite women in the world) called me the other day as I was doing my grocery shopping. She’d just seen my post Why it’s Important to Play and loved the whole potato thing. Over the phone-at the supermarket, I’m surprised how I managed to get everything I needed right-we brainstormed on how I could create a picture specially for her. So I thought: the most perfect thing was to make a potato picture with her two little girls in it. Thanks, M, that was fun!
Filed under: Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten Two | Tags: black, color me mine, ink, Kuwait, pen, sketch, Sketchbook, white
Filed under: moleskine, Notes & Doodles | Tags: diary, Kuwait, moleskine, notebook
