hi thanks

lots of thanks for all of your favorite blog friends. 

i am most appreciative. 

particularly for this one.

 

new things...

it's becoming more evident to me as i continue working as an artist that i LOVE making marks.

more of this in the shop soon.

 

 

this memphis inspired piece is going in robert passal's vignette for housing works' design on a dime benefit in NYC in a few weeks.

if you're able to check that out you should. 

wish i could. 

 

hung some of my own art in my house. 

do you move art around your house like a maniac?

i do. 

 

fiona won't stop growing. despite my wishes to stop time.

 

 

need to do more cardio but think crossfit is to exercise what scientology is to religion?

can't run because BOOBS?

hate gyms?

dance cardio make you punch stuff because you are terribly terribly uncoordinated? 

well then you are just like me!

and you need this dvd and this rebounder.

 

good talk. ok bye. 

 


the 70's

they're back. i'm not mad about it. 

in fact i am pleased. don't bellbottoms look good on all people?

even the shorties?

 

here are my favorite BB's and an easy way to wear them:

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

for me it's all about the shoe.

i think it must be a wedge or a platform.

this espadrille wedge from jcrew is perfect paired with a boyish tank or feminine blouse for day.

i'd go platform heel and blouse tucked in for night.

 

are you on board the flared jeans express?

 

i am currently on board the pollen express.

it's giving me throat and face cancer i think. 

 

 

new work

happy day after easter. (and passover weekend for my jewish friends)

i hope yours was delightful in every possible way. 

family, pork products, reese's eggs, booze, jesus, etc

 

have you ever heard of salvation mountain?

i hadn't either until i went on an inspiration search. 

yeah, searching out inspiration sounds pretty lame to me too. 

but i did it and i am still here and still cool.

the internet is a goddamn goldmine of inspiration.

 

i saw an image of this place behind a model on a photo shoot and thought it was spain. 

haha! SO not spain. 

i went into a black hole trying to find out what this place was. on this journey i discovered how it came to be and just kept finding out more and more about this dude. 

the gist of it is that this guy, leonard knight, at age 35 accepted jesus christ as his savior..you know...he was "saved". he made it his life's calling to spread that word. but he declared accepting jesus could be done easily and efficiently. many churches said it was more complicated and it couldn't be done so easily. i hate churches btw. after a few attempts and failures he built a small mountain (more of a hill really) only to see it crumble. so he built another, stronger one and the rest is history. 

for the full story click here. 

the heart of this story for me is leonard's tenacity. but also how he became an artist through it all. he admitted that he never saw himself that way. but i whole heartedly disagree. to me this mountain is a giant folk art installation. yes, for him it was his calling. and somewhere in the middle of all that i related.  

 

i didn't grab these images and say...i am going to interpret them. 

the images came later and i was a bit surprised at how the colors are all there. 

i read this story and watched a few documentary shorts and was just sucked into it. 

what i painted was created as a result of what i took in. 

 

 

the first mountain

22 x 30 paper

 

hot air balloon fail

22 x 30 paper

morning mountain

22 x 30 paper

night mountain

22 x 30 paper

there are also smaller works available in the series. 

click here to see more. 

thank you.