oops hey hi.

sorry for no post yesterday.

and this one is lame..

but..

get this book.

even though you've seen her house a million times this book will surely make you take the plunge and paint a room black, sludgey brown or down pipe gray.

 it's certainly reinforced my decision to paint my living room black.

in fact this book solidified a lot of decorating decisions around here.

stay tuned.

noteworthy things..

 i can't stop thinking about this sofa from environment..

only not so much the army green (hello giant booger)

instead the black army-

it also comes in denim..

i am on the fence about the denim.

it's like tom selleck is sitting in your den with a frisbee and an idea.

truthfully i think both the denim and army could work in the right environment.

but not mine.

it's all pointless bc i am certain this sofa is well out of my price range.

but there is an environment store here in atlanta and i aim to go sit on it. maybe i'll drop a deuce on it and offer to just take it off their hands.

also have you seen domaine?

i think it's new.

is it?

lots of eye candy and good writing.

check out the snakeskin lamp tutorial and then go slap your mom.

and finally..

who's seen it?

well i have.

 it's not easy to watch.

more not easy to watch if you have children i suspect.

at least for me.

i had to stop it after the first 20 minutes.

i grabbed the remote quicker than i have anything in my life to shut it down and then threw it across the room.

however, 10 minutes later i went right back in like a rubber necker and watched the whole thing.

it's totally compelling and if you can get past the inital shock and horror of it it's well worth watching.

naomi watts was staggeringly good.

she says so very little and yet conveys everything.

the tsunami of 2004 happend 6 days before fiona was born.

and i think to protect myself in some way i ignored (as best i could) the reality of it all.

so in a way for me i was kind of seeing and understanding it all for the first time.

i recommend.

ok then.

color is my muse

that might be the douchiest thing i've ever said (there are so many moments to choose from)..

but if we are speaking in truths, and we always are around here...it is absolutely the truth and how i approach painting.

i am not a schooled artist so i go with my gut at all times.

sometimes my gut is very wrong and colorblind, but most of the time it's on point.

so as i lay in my bed this morning asking myself what in the ding dong i was going to blog to you all about today i thought all about the colors in my head these days and where they come from.

and a little of how i build on them, what paints i use and how i apply them.

lately i have been obsessed with sennelier soft pastel chalk.

 the colors are so highly pigmented and i dream about layering them over paint.

for the paint i use mostly acrylic but some oil and a lot of oil pastels..

i use several brands of acrylic and gouache paint.

gouache paint is really really pretty and runny and expensive.

acrylic comes at many price points.

and i use all of them.

all in all paint is expensive.

i tend to use brushes very little these days and instead i apply the paint with an artist's palette knife and i use a shit load of paper towels to spread the paint around and even as a "brush" sometimes.

i will dab the paper towel in the color and smear it on the canvas or paper.

it's not very conventional but there is a connection for me between hand + paper towel + surface that a brush prohibits. 

i.e. i seem to have more control.

 there are certain types of paintings i do that are all brush. 

like this:

the princess and the witch- SOLD

but for my paper pieces i use a brush very little. 

color inspiration comes from this magical place called...pinterest.

here's a sampling of some recent paintings and some images that may have inspired them..

somewhere in iowa - SOLD

incense

saffron road - SOLD

all in all color has a LOT to do with it.

i liked doing this post.

did you like it?

i think i'll do more of these.

what do you think?

poop pee.

this is a painting post

i have painted up a storm this week..

working on commissions and adding to my shop.

i am a lucky girl. 

burial ground

memory foam 

you were in my dream and tangled (respectively)

part of a pair-

forget you know my name

the earth is not amused

cruise

yolandi

flash the crowd

a few of these are commissions (1, 3&4, 5) but the rest are available in my shop.

if you want to commission your own painting just email me here. 

and p.s. i will have some pretty awesome news to share in the next few weeks.

hold onto your boobs, for real.

you guys..

very few things in life get me wound up more than shit like this.

let's talk about it for a minute..

first of all it's a cat on a roomba.

fun fact: apparently cats all over the world ride roombas.

not so fun fact: apparently lots of people actually own roombas.

no seriously, google "cat on a roomba".

more than 1 will pop up in your youtube search.

second of all it's a cat on a roomba in a shark suit.

because cats LOVE costumes.

third of all it's a cat on a roomba in a shark suit ENJOYING THE SHIT OUT OF HIMSELF!!

fourth of all...and perhaps the one bit that takes this from very amusing into david lynch movie..

there is a duck just walking along like the eccentric motherfucker he is.

no real place to be.

speaking of hair...

i'll bet a lot of you are wondering what my hair looks like.

sorry for leaving you hanging on that..

i got super busy yesterday and then my internet was out for a bit so..

all apologies.

both girls did a great job (cut and color)..

good blonde butteriness.

good nicole richie-style layers.

i will go back.

come back tomorrow for some selling of the paintings.

lot's of 18 x 24 papers.

cat on a roomba ya'll.