Park Day

I kicked off the day with an early-morning walk (more like a dawdle) in our neighborhood park with Moses. It was his first time really exploring the outside world on a leash, and I think he really liked it. Then I headed, sans Moses, to Park Slope for a picnic lunch and an afternoon of sketchbooking in Prospect Park with Tuesday. All the greenery and damp air put me in the mood to draw some fruits and vegetables.

These are some very, very lightly edited scans. The muggy weather meant my paint never quite dried, resulting in lots of smudges everywhere. I might edit some of these further into finished repeating patterns, or repaint more polished versions.

Secret Garden

Today I worked on this piece for a show my friends Tuesday and Pete are curating at Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis on the theme Garden of Earthly Delights. I decided that since it's for a gallery show I really wanted to try and do something that was all made by hand, and wasn't just a print of something I finished by scanning and editing in Photoshop. It was actually kind of hard, since all of my finals now, before they are printed, are just digital files. I think I like it though! The unscanned version is really nice because the figures and plants aren't glued down all the way so they pop out like a diorama.

Senior Show!

Hey, my senior thesis show opening was yesterday! Thanks to everyone who came, it was so much fun and I'm also relieved that it's over.
Diwa and I in front of my scarves (the top right one fell and was dangling from one nail by the end of the night) / Rachel and I
Chelsey and her series Night Religion.
Diwa in her amazing cat crop that no one else has / Gareth and Dylan
Noël and I
At my apartment afterward, Kaye and Tuesday with Baby Moses

LOL

Here I am in a Japanese magazine called SOUP! I'm wearing something I would never wear in real life and standing in front of the messiest part of my house, that for some reason I was told to stand in front of. But! It's pretty cool.

This is how I work now.

Have you met Baby Moses? He's a loving and needy little thing who sits on my shoulders while I work.

Here is something I did a long time ago and just found recently. I love it so much, it reminds me a bit of Tsumori Chisato prints I've been looking at recently.

internet girls

I don't think I ever got around to posting photos from Internet Girls at Habitat House last summer. Here is one!

Chiffon

These two scarves are now restocked in the shop, this time in beautiful, semi-sheer chiffon. Pretty much my favorite fabric of the moment, even the polyester version they have at American Apparel. I picked up this full length skirt, black with tiny creme polka dots, in Miami last week and I've been wearing it ever since.

Dylan and I are headed to Miami in the morning for the South Beach Food and Wine Festival. I can't wait to jump in the chlorine-colored ocean tomorrow morning, after I recover from the 7 am flight. I'm going to be doing live illustration of my South Beach adventure for Evian who is a sponsor of the event, and Dylan will be tweeting the drawings @evianwater. It's pretty much the coolest job to get to draw and eat a bunch of food on the beach for a long weekend. So follow us on twitter if you'd like, should be fun!

pet portrait!

My friend Kaitie recently commissioned me to do a couple pet portraits, and here is one of her beautiful cat Jolene. My mom used to run her own pet portrait business, Blue Dog Pink Kitty, before I was born, so I tried to channel a little bit of that. Her's was, like, really serious though: she would drive great distances to meet and photograph the pets and their owners before doing large, detailed watercolors.

dandelion sunburst

Working on some new things, FINALLY! Dylan and I had a lovely creative Friday yesterday with our friends Tuesday, Pete, and Kaye, and I had the first chance in so long to just sit and paint whatever I wanted. Kitty cuddles, lots of snacks, and homemade ginger syrup drinks were also highlights. I have lots of new fun stuff to edit now, so I will be trying to update the blog more, yay!