dalva: 2008

31.12.08

vacation accomplishment

"start small"
10.5" x 9.5"

ooOoo 3-D
real snail shells!

24.12.08

14.12.08

now that im done with school....

woo hoo, its vacation time.
that means...an update.
these are the other pieces for the alpha cult show, which is now up in long beach. first we have the cat who wore a pot on her head, and then the poppy flower fairy from those flower fairy books. im so happy to be done. now i just have a lot of photographs to take of everything.

28.11.08

Alpha Cult Show- dec. 13!

here's one of the paintings i finished for the "once upon a time" show at alpha cult in long beach.
Did anyone ever read The Color Kittens?
you should come, it will be grrreat! and here's the flyer:

20.11.08

sneak peak of my book

been working on a book....here the rough title page

27.10.08

Phantom Menagerie Info!

Featured Artists:
Jessica Cooper
Mylan Nguyen
Diana Marie
Zach Schoenbaum
Evan Cummiskey
Julian Callos
Jessica Dalva
Romina Perez
Sean Garfinkel
Kimi Lewis
Luke Berliner
Odd Zoo
Nekromancer
Thomas Lynch III
Erica Gibson
Gloria Dominez
Nare Ovsepian
Danielle Buerli
Mimi Chuong
Haley Robinson
Fawn Fruits
Aaron Needham
Ching Cheng
Nigel
Jaime Guerrero

Go to it! November 8th, 2008

new, for phantom menagerie show

come see these and pieces by many other friends at Pehrspace Gallery
325 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles

7.9.08

the first batch of 100

all of these are ink and gouache...under and around 5" x 7"
four of 100 drawings i will be doing for a show (?) in may with 40 other people

1.8.08

snailing around town

this was more time-killer on photoshop.

inspired by snailing.
ask me later what i mean by that.

30.7.08

unpainted sculpture, fancy lighting

took photos at the lighting studio with steve. this will eventually be painted and put into some sort of scene. its made of sculpey with a wire/tin foil frame.

23.7.08

big painting so far....

so...i did some real painting tonight. my throat hurts cause i didnt properly ventilate (aka kept my window closed cause its -30 degrees in the middle of july) but i like it so far...not crazy about the necklace/arm situation, but i havent really gotten there yet. i want the faces to all be more detailed, but it is hard to see/get close because i dont have daytimes to paint. also i am lazy. i havent really done anything much in the way of lighting this creature, but it...sort of works? i dunno. also, background thus far is a bland and unspecified ...cornfield? yellowish stuff? pee? i dunno. help.