End of July

The month of July is coming to an end, as is our life in the Bellevue apartment, and my one-month show at the Twilight gallery.

Opening night was wonderful, and I got to see many of my favorite people! Pieces are selling and I’m going to collect what’s left at the end of the month. Wednesday, July 31st is the last day of the “Bitter, Sweet and Slightly Dirty” show.

“Eyes to Knees” – one of my favorites.

 

 

“Double Amputee [Legs]” (Top red framed piece) was the first to sell. I’m going to miss her!

I’m going to be sad to pull this one down – I’m so proud of how the pieces look in this wonderful West Seattle space! If you get a chance this week, stop by – not just to see my art but also to see the awesome collection of locally-crafted goodies, including Tracy Cilona‘s Suffrajetsetter’s Series of xerox transfers, embroidery, and found materials, an incredible collection of drool-worthy jewelry [See Kim Merritt’s Gritty Jewelry!], zines, vintage clothing and much more.

Counting down the days till the move… only four to go! Hmmm… should get back to packing. I’m not proud of this, but I thought I’d share the current disaster that is my studio:

The only good things about this picture are on the walls: an ink drawing by Andreas, print by MALL and patch by Daisy.

Okay, I’m not gonna lie, this is what the studio usually looks like after doing  a weekend craft show, more or less. I really need to work on my organization skills: use this as a reference for what you don’t want your studio to look like. I’m still sporadically adding some older drawings to the MOVING SALE section of my shop, and will be for the next day or two before packing everything up for good to drive over to the new apartment! I want to say a HUGE thank you to all you guys who are helping support the move by picking out some original work for me to ship off to you! I owe you big time! *_* (Is that a happy starry-eyed face, or just one in shock? I intend the former)

Phew! Here’s a kitty:

Have a great Wednesday – what has been keeping you busy lately?

Studio Sale!!!

So, after living in Bellevue for 2.5 years, it’s finally time for a move. We just signed a lease for a gorgeous new home/studio right smack in the middle of Seattle, literally blocks away from the Space Needle! I don’t even care that it’s that close to the city, it’s just the inside that I’m in love with – I’ll have photos soon, but it has wood floors, radiators, huge windows and I can’t wait to move all of my art supplies and start a new chapter in a new neighborhood (The exploring! The decorating! Lots of people hate it, but I love moving!).

Ghosts, set of four ink drawings – [edit] SOLD

I started the task of going through my art to try and start packing, and realized I have tons of old drawings and experiments that have just been living and moving along with me from city to city, which makes me rather sad. I’ve put a bunch of work up in the etsy shop, and started a huge sale on original artwork!

Gypsy Princess, charcoal on kraft paper – [edit] SOLD

This drawing, “Gypsy Princess” I thought I’d lost forever when, while drying after I sprayed it with fixative out on our balcony, it caught a gust of wind and blew away! Of course I ran out to look for it, and never did, but then a couple of weeks later, one of my neighbors brought it back to me, a little rain-and wind-weathered, but intact!

The Little Prince – pencil and ink – [edit] SOLD

There are a lot of random, small drawings, priced from $5 upwards. Several that were made just to be the framework for digital coloring, such as The Little Prince, and Tea, Tea, TEA!

Norwegian Wood – sumi ink  [edit] SOLD

This is one of my favorites, done originally for a poster design competition. It didn’t win – I don’t think it even cam close, but it was great to do an homage to the work of one of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami.

Tea, Tea, TEA! – pencil and ink  [edit] SOLD

Anxiety – sumi ink –  [edit] SOLD

Cosmos – monoprint, 2005 –  [edit] SOLD

Haha! This one’s from way back when I was going to school and had access to a printmaking studio. Come to think of it, I have piles of other drawings in the closet that I haven’t even gotten to yet.

My artist friends – how do you keep track of and safely store all of your artwork? Sometimes I envy digital artists, who have their laptops and external hard drives and don’t have to worry about actual, physical art pieces and how to keep track of them. Ah, life would be so much simpler! Right now I’m thinking of my studio, full of flat storage, with paper – some new, some old, marked and unmarked, cardboard, shipping envelopes, cello sleeves, misprints, yarn, fabric, glue sticks, old pictures and ephemera for which I really have no good reason for hanging on, other artists’ art, frames, tools, bubble wrap ——– and trying to figure out how to scale down. How do you manage your art supplies?

New Gallery page!

If any of you have been on my blog the last couple of days you may have encountered some chaos, as I’ve been dinking around with stuff in which I’m not really literate (not so HTML savvy, this one). But! I think things are somewhat sorted: look up to your left, there, and try clicking on the new “Gallery” tab! Yes! I’ve created a new place for my pictures to live. I’m using carbonmade.com, a portfolio-builder still in the beta stages.

I spent most of yesterday organizing pictures, and there’s still a ways to go, but I rather like how things are turning out.

Also, I’ve changed the blog format from an infinite scroller to more of a photo collage on the main screen. Please if you have a minute let me know what you think – if you like it, if you hate it, if it’s confusing or fun. Okay, now back to work! 🙂