Starmites Review!

Hey friends! Go see Starmites at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica!
It's amazing, I promise!
herre's a review from Stage Scene LA!

fancy town!

so i was lucky enough to take some reference photos of the lovely Shaina for my next painting, which i started today and got SO much done because its way way way easier to paint something when you get to take pictures exactly how you want them! I think this is my new plan from now on. Also I get great joy from dressing up other people in pretty things! Here's a one of my favorite shots- there were so many good ones, this isn't what I'm painting, but isn't she gorgeous?

right after this picture a train went by about 20 feet away from us.
and thanks to shaina!

Post Penumbra, and other things!

Soooo myself and over 30 of my lovely artistic friends will be showing art at

POST PENUMBRA

April 24, 2010
7pm - Midnight
Downtown LA
(corner of Olympic and Hope st)

The space has been magically transformed by the ladies and gents of The Upper 600s,
you can see more information at their website, here!
I promise it will be a wild good time!
(I will be showing two pieces, which I managed to forget to take pictures of, so you'll just have to go and see them! )

i did, however, take some new process photos of a new little guy I'm working on:

He now has fabric feathers, but needs many more.

Also, I finished that tiny mandolin I mentioned before.
I will never again try to string an instrument this small.
My favorite part, though, is the REAL wood used for the top of the mandolin!

and, just for fun...this is what my desk looks like while I'm in the midst of things!
alrighty. back to work!

progress

Here are some shots of what I've been working on.
Above is a close up of a doll that I think will be playing a mandolin in a field of grass.
Below is a detail picture of a oil painting I've been working on.
I've never really painted water- that was tricky but I think I'm liking how this one is going.

and finally, this is Dakota, who keeps me company in the studio when there are no humans around.

puppets are finished!!

the "Banshee" puppets i made for Starmites are all finished!!!!

yayyyyy! i have never really made a puppet like this before, they are of a foam construction, pretty much all hand sewn, with feather hair. they are pretty silly. they were a lot of work, it should be fun to see them in action, singing and dancing!
modeling them is the talented director of Starmites, Steve Edlund.


This is Ralph, the Intergalactic Cat.
One lucky kid who sees the show will win him as a prize for the best job in the coloring contest! fun and games!

studio and oil paintings!

so Zach and I have been cleaning/rearranging his garage for the past few weeks and now it is all ready, set up, and lovely and we started painting!

Here are some shots of the paintings I'm working on for my upcoming June 4th, four person show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery (with the lovely Cooper). It's amazing to have the space to do big paintings, as well as the ventilation to do oils! yay!

Glass, Cinder and Thorns Review!

Go Here to see the review on Art Slant of the show I was part of at 323 East in Michigan!

Glass, Cinder and Thorns Opening!

Saturday was the opening of the all-women show Glass, Cinder and Thorns at 323 East Gallery in Michigan! I wasn't able to attend, but here are the pieces I submitted. It was very scary to mail them all the way to Michigan, but they survived!
These pieces were based loosely around the story of Little Red Riding Hood, as the show was centered around new interpretations of fairy tales.

"The Hunter"
mixed media in 8"x 10" shadowbox


"Following the Pack"
mixed media in 12" x 22" shadow box


detail from "following the pack"

"the Hood Sisters"
ink, gouache and pencil on paper
14" x 11"

buzz buzz

here are some things I've been working on, some for others and some for myself:

Zach gave me this chair, for a play called The Rainbow Room, which I am doing the set design for.Its a lovely chair that had some not so lovely green ripped fabric, so I recovered it, as well as its twin.

pocket helped a lot.

and here we have a continuation of my reupholstering kick, but this is a project I've been meaning to do for years, since my good friend's mom gave me this little footstool. it looks much classier now, yes?

the insides were interesting...hay and burlap. I think this is a real old footstool.

ta da!

and here are some "scales" that will soon adorn a puppet, Trinkulous, I am making for Starmites- an Intergalactic Comic Book Musical.
fun fun fun

and here is a look at my giant (about 4' across) dream catcher/chandelier I am making for the show at La Luz in June with my buddy Cooper!

finally, here is the painting I sold (yay!) at La Luz de Jesus' group show last friday!

that's all for now, back to puppet surgery.

Remember Remember!

Tomorrow night, Friday the 5th, is the opening shindig at La Luz de Jesus Gallery for their giant "Everything But the Kitsch N' Sync" show, which myself and some of my lovely friends, teachers, and other amazing artists are part of! Hope you can make it! It's always a party!
more info here!
and here's a snippet of the painting that accompanies
the sculptural piece I posted about earlier: