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Sunday, September 14, 2008

pin up sisters



Sweet Tits and Sugar Ass are sister pieces i created in 2004. The owner of these 2 pieces moved several states away and after having unpacked everything found the 2 were missing. It's a stretch , but if anyone should happen to see or know anything about them , I know she would like them back. They measure about 11x11 and have wide black frames . no mats,with museum glass in them. This is all I thought I could do to help her out. Thanks for your time in reading this.

Friday, September 12, 2008

self portraits


"1-2-3" June 2007 - oil on canvas 18x18
"She died of mortal passion. How she suffered for him.
They say that a sad dove comes to sing to her early in the mornings. They say that dove is none other than her soul."
At the time i was having great pains from kidney stones which have plagued me since the birth of my daughter. I now have an overproduction issue which have stones that filled both my kidneys and all the way down the ureters ( T M I ) but at the time i was feeling ill and I was so tired. It was a ugly moment for meboth physically and emotionally.



I am very much in love with portrait work , most especially of the older very traditional style like the ones i am in love with st the Portrait Museum. Not being a master of the art by any means I still enjoy painting and drawing portraits. It is a very intimate process which is why I am so emotional about looking at portraits and painting them. Here are 3 self portraits all done in oil.


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Self Portrait 2004 - 14x18 oil on 8 ply acid free board

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"Twin Bed" 2005 - 8x10 oil on masonite The celibate years

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Sewing project

It's 2:30am .... just finished this a little bit ago and i was very happy with the way it turned out. Hand sewn , hand painted muslin , embroidery floss and acrylic paint. It's been floating around my head for a while, it's good to have it complete.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Color pencils

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The other night my husband and I decided on watching a slew of gruesomely dark and disturbing movies. Some were laughable and some were just , a little too much for even me. Which is rare. But past events may have changed my viewpoints of such random acts of violence. Not that i don't love Grindhouse, Evil Dead and other such classics , I tend to be too emotionally attached somehow to the based on true story movies. Moving on though , the day following our film fest i found myself feeling loopy and out of sorts so I decided to draw for a bit. I took out my colored pencils which cause me great pain after drawing for too long, but it felt so good to use them again. My subject matter helped me get back to feeling "normal" again. It's hard to feel bad when I see their faces.

Recent works, plaster and wire


Here are some of my recent works. It's been 4 months since i quit my job and I have taken up more time consuming projects I previously just didn't have the patience for. It's been a nice growth period for me. I find myself wanting to do too much at once and focus has been a problem. So that, i do need to work on.










"Grill~ Extra Cheese" wire plaster , oil paint, metal leaf

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"Love me" wire plaster acrylic paint. Lyrics , Love and Rockets (part of my 80's series in oil, coming soon)

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