I found out a few days ago that I have four pieces accepted into this year’s Seattle Erotic Art Festival (Yay! Does an imaginary happy dance because I’m not the sort of person prone to actually breaking out into happy dances… yes, I’m boring). But yes – so exciting! Here is one of them, “Blush 6.”
And another, “Slumber Party.” …Much more innocent, a simple ink drawing.
Yup, this is about the state of things in the home/studio lately. Except instead of berries, they’re chocolate-caramels and little puddles of coffee. Slightly more clothing is usually involved, and Downton Abbey has been playing in the background (along with some unhealthy hat envy).
Seriously. I’ll take them all, please.
I kid, I kid – it’s not that bad – I’m not quite that feral yet. Though lately, with the exception of my daily stroll to the post office I’ve been holing myself up from the grey, wet Seattle weather, and really settling into a hibernation of sorts. My daily ritual goes something like this:
Oh, sorry – not like that, like this:
So, that’s more or less my life lately – and, as Nick’s just walked in it’s time to move off of the list! What have you guys been doing lately?
January so far has been half-full of specific commission work (super exciting stuff that I’ll have to wait and share with you later!), and half-full of creating whatever I’d like for some shows coming up. This is the hardest part; coming up with content – ideas that feel good enough to soil a piece of lovely cream Stonehenge paper (so soft and creamy! I love it so). When I’m stuck for ideas I pore through old sketchbooks to remind myself of things I once thought were interesting. This is always kind of weird because it feels like they’re someone else’s drawings, like hearing your voice recorded and played back to you (do I really sounds like that? In my head my voice is much for confident and butch. Hmm). By mid-march I will be creating new work for two separate month-long Artwalk shows -
Saturday, March 9th 5000 20th Ave NW, Seattle
Thursday, March 14th
4210 SW Oregon St., Seattle
6-9pm
So, I’m trying out some new things, like acrylic on Stonehenge paper in conjunction with pencil and ink. It’s weird – I feel like these drawings are showing up and someone else made them. Not that that’s bad or good, just weird. Thinking of: flowers and lace and blood and weeds, black velvet and portraiture and napping.
Alright! Enough talk about art! Here’s what else is on my mind:
What’s on your mind?
Here is the piece I created for Giant Robot’s Year of the Snake show! Pencil, sumi and acrylic ink.
Feb 2 – 20th, 2013
Opening Reception:
Saturday, Feb 2, 2013
6:30 – 10:00 PM
GR2
2062 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90025
http://gr2.net/
Featuring: Rob Sato, Ako Castuera, Aaron Woes, Jeremiah Ketner, Michael Hsiung, Hiro Hayashi, Christine Wu, Jeff McMillan, Cristina Paolos, Mari Naormi, Joe To, Gosha Levochkin, Kohei Yamashita, Theo Ellsworth, Stella Hultberg, Luke Chueh, Deth P. Sun, Jon Lau, Sara Saedi, Dionne Bang, Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro, Audrey Kawasaki, Miso, Sean Chao, Martin Hsu, Bubi Au Yeung, Joe Hahn, Heidi Hahn, Mu Pan, Jen Tong, Pam Henderson, Stasia Burrington, Eleanor Davis, Kio Griffith, Silvio Porreta, Susie Ghahremani, Andrice Arp, Jeni Yang, Diem Chau, Andrew Hem, Shawn Cheng, Nao Harada, Aaron Brown, Ryuji Oguni, Ken Taya, Saelee Oh, Jeremiah La Torre, Wayne Johnson, Mari Inukai, Shihori Nakayama, Elliot Brown, Kerry Horvath, APAK, Sana Park + More
My latest artist crush is the wonderful Monica Ramos! Within moments of discovering her art online I knew I had to order one of her “Naked Dance Party/Naked Ladies” prints! How could it get better?! She shipped it off right away and also sent me this adorable mini print:
Here is her website: Monramos.com
And here is her etsy shop.
Look at her fantastic ‘build your own orgy’ kit!!
And her drawing, ‘Human hairstyles’
And most recently, in her ‘comfort food’ series, Waffle Spa!!
Ugh, I love her!!
