Ojalá, Selah, Lateda

If: Pattern

September 29, 2009 on 9:09 am | In Illustration Friday | 7 Comments

“Consistent chaos can be considered a pattern.”

Pattern: For Illustration Friday
Pen & Highlighter on Paper

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I talked to an old friend on the phone yesterday evening and though we hadn’t had the chance to talk in quite a while she told me she tried to keep in touch with me here. Whoops. It’s been way too long since I posted anything. I am going to make a concerted effort to bring some order to my own personal chaos and make time to post the pieces I am working on.

IF: Caution

August 24, 2009 on 10:10 am | In Illustration Friday | 2 Comments

“Though she did not know from whence it came, there seemed to be some sort of protective shield around her. It was as if a disembodied hand would appear to caution those who would do her harm and they would disperse.”

Caution: For Illustration Friday
Sharpies on Paper

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Lunch with a Book

August 10, 2009 on 5:07 pm | In Currently Reading | 1 Comment

The kids started school today. I could not let myself miss out on taking the littlest S to her first day of Kindergarten so I asked for a half day off. Getting them settled into their new classes was uneventful, none of us came close to shedding a tear, and I was at the office by 8:20. Which meant by 12:20 I had worked 4 hours, which is in fact half a day, so I left. The biggest S had to work a double today so I found myself with almost 3 hours all to myself. The last time I had that much time to myself I used it to catch up on sleep, but today I felt pretty rested. I considered coming home to read, write, draw, meditate or perhaps even sunbathe. But I felt more hungry than I did creative and since we spent most of last week in North Carolina our cupboard is decidedly bare. It seemed like I should take myself out to lunch. Our little town really has only half a dozen places to eat that aren’t fast food so it didn’t take me long to run through the food and atmosphere of each in my head and decide that the Chinese place without the buffet was the place I wanted to be.

The restaurant is dark in a soothing kind of way and usually doesn’t have that big of a lunch crowd. Though when I arrived today they had a new big banner advertising a $4.99 lunch special and most of the tables were in use. Along the the far wall they have one long booth with maybe five or six small tables, each with one chair across from them. I was seated at the second one and as I pulled my book out of my purse I looked down to the end of the booth where another woman was sitting by herself eating with a book. She didn’t look up so I re-entered the strange world of Rushdie’s Enchantress of Venice. When I put the book down to order I noticed another woman was being seated to my left, also alone with a book, and before my food had a chance to come a fourth was seated to my right, also with a book. So there we were all lined up along the edge or the restaurant with our lunch specials and our novels. We must have been quite the sight.

My food was good and the story interesting but rather than being comforted by the presence of my fellow solo readers I felt a bit annoyed by them. Perhaps it was because I went in with the idea of treating myself to something out of the ordinary and then realized my experience was actually a very common one.

I would like to continue to write about what this might mean, but my duties as Soccer Mom are calling…

IF: Idle

July 28, 2009 on 1:35 pm | In Illustration Friday | 6 Comments

“To casual observers she appeared idle,
lazy even, but her level of lethargy was directly
related to the intensity of the battle raging within.”

For Illustration Friday: Idle
Acrylic on Canvas

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IF: Shaky

July 8, 2009 on 1:06 pm | In Illustration Friday | 3 Comments

“She was so resolutely focused on her course that she did not even sense how shaky the foundation was.” For Illustration Friday: Shaky Pen & Ink This piece is ridiculously tall so I had to make it pretty small to fit here. Click on it for a larger version you can scroll through.

Little Gesture

July 7, 2009 on 5:38 pm | In Post-Its | 2 Comments

Two posts in one day is pretty amazing for me, but hey, I’m on a roll. I just wanted to share the glorified post-it note piece I made last night to give to a friend this morning.

I took a little pen & ink drawing on a post-it note and put it in a small frame with the glass removed and added some paint to both the drawing and the frame, then put it all back together and tied it with a ribbon. I really enjoyed the process, it didn’t take that long, and I got good response on it so far. I think I will try and make some more, maybe even see if I could get them to move on esty? Do you think they might sell?

“For the Birds”

July 7, 2009 on 2:33 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

“For the Birds”

 

Painting by John “Cornbread” Anderson

Around Back at Rocky’s Place proudly partners with The Bowen Center for the Arts in showcasing the work of 70 artists with approximately 200 art pieces on display the month of July.

You are invited to the artist reception on Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m at the Bowen Center. For more information, call Around Back at Rocky’s Place at 706-265-6030 or The Bowen Center for the Arts at 706-216-ARTS (2787).

 

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3 of my ceramic bird pieces I made while I was in Cancun and my Odd Bird mask will be in this show. This the first exhibit I have taken part in since 2003 so I am very excited. And with the Canvas Project going up on July 31 I feel like a major shift in my artistic presence is starting.

IF: Worn

June 29, 2009 on 1:53 pm | In Illustration Friday | 3 Comments

“Despite being completely worn out she
continued to prepare for the inevitable.”

For Illustration Friday: Worn
Pen & Ink & Digital Collage

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IF: Drifting

June 22, 2009 on 12:36 pm | In Illustration Friday | 3 Comments

“The idea was to relax and allow things to continue drifting
by without grasping at them. This proves difficult…”

For Illustration Friday: Drifting
Pen & Ink

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IF: Unfold

June 17, 2009 on 12:28 pm | In Illustration Friday | 4 Comments

“So much can unfold in such a short time,
though piecing it all back together can take longer.”

For Illustration Friday’s Unfold
Pen & Ink & Digital Collage

Regina Spektor’s entire new album is streaming at http://tinyurl.com/m9jvje … but I still can’t seem to get enough of her last one, Begin to Hope. This illustration is inspired by the way the story in her “Hotel Song” off that album unfolds.

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