“Lottie”
“Blue Rose”
“Jasmine”
Here are the three most recent fabric collages I’ve been working on, all available for sale now in the shop, here.
Happy May!
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Artist Crush: Hellen Jo
She is so cool.
Her super-saturated colors, watercolor washes, badass girls and incredible lines. UGH! See more here.
All I want to do is sleep
Because it’s the middle of winter and I’m convinced I’m part bear.
But, you know, I’m a grown up now and at around 11am I get thirsty so do get out of bed. Yesterday I was SUPER grown up and cleaned the house. Today I made these. Little drawings this time, 5x7in, on the kraft paper with charcoal, ink and acrylic. Lazy Bones.
The small originals are all up in the shop here.
Are you (my Northern hemisphere friends) all having the same hibernating problem, or is it just me? How do you kick it? Or, how do you not stay in bed all day, especially when you have thick blankets and like, a million pillows, and your sweetheart makes you coffee in the morning so you don’t even have to get up?
Of course, this’d probably be different were I still a student or had a day job where I was expected somewhere at a certain hour. But then again, I’d probably be playing hookey.
Plumping up for winter (hibernation mode), AKA the winter habits of the work-at-home Artist
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:
- cuddling
- coffee
- bath
- music (pandora or last.fm or my small but treasured CD collection)
foraging for berriesfood- work (sketching, research, painting, post office run, getting distracted, finding myself staring off into space for embarrassingly long periods of time)
- more coffee
- {repeat last five steps, as often as necessary}
- documentaries on le TV
- reading (just finished Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach – awesome.)
- cuddle cats
- When N gets home, dinner and games {shooting skags, as you do}
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?
Modern Myths for Cool Kids
I was recently invited to illustrate some poems for London based poet Shane Solanki, here are three from his current collection Modern Myths for Cool Kids. So sweet! 
