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Archive for July, 2008

all-o-uglow

i love euan uglow’s paintings and his meticulous system of measurement- how the object looks like a faceted gem-all the points connecting to produce the shape or shadow.  real beauties. when i took a drawing class I had a prof. who taught us the sight-sizing method and i loved it.  i loved all the little [...]

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linda lee.

this is my mom, linda, in the pink shirt. she is with her friend, kathy. they have been friends since kindergarten.  they spent the week at martha’s vineyard-enjoyed the beach, and hit all those cutsie shops she loves to peruse- i just checked my inbox to find a slew of photos from her vacation.  They [...]

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gesso.

picked up some cheap wood panels this weekend that were cut to the perfect size – and gave myself the taks of applying the gesso tonite -preparing surfaces before painting is a wonderful feeling.  put some tunes on, and white-white-white…i really enjoy this process.  it’s nice to see the first layer down, wood still showing [...]

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morandi.

The Met will have a Morandi show  from September 16 – Dec 14. Yes! I’ve always wanted to see this show.  I love how simple and clean his paintings are – how economical he is with color.  I love that orange and white! creamsicle beauty.

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billboards.

i really love how the peeling layers look on the billboards down in the subway. so pretty! i especially love that yellow.

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got these boots in the mail today.  another successful ebay purchase. $14 smackers! i think i’ll lay in bed and watch a movie wearing these suckers…won’t necessarily break them in, but I will feel like i’m well on my way.  i’m going to Utah in september.  i’ve been ITCHIN’ for an adventure, and i’m finally [...]

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my tonka.

two things that made me happy today: 
first, i got the camera that i ordered off of ebay in the mail today (my 
faith in ebay has thus been restored – thought i was the victim of  a scam, but lo and behold, the seller sent me a working camera after some frustrating hoopla) and second, this gem [...]

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