Wednesday, April 4, 2012

To write or not to write

Another year...another blog entry. Interesting personal commentary in the fact that it's always the first few months of the year when I remember, "Oh hey, I have that blog thingie..." and get typing, only to forget about it again a few weeks later for another year :P

I used to write. A lot. It's admittedly been replaced by painting, running a business, being a single mom, living life outside of the interwebz... but I will say the biggest reason I don't write as much anymore is because I feel like writing should be shared. Ideas disseminated. I had a diary when I was like, 12. I had a myspace blog for a while and waxed philosophical about goings on until I realized I was offering a bit too much up in the way of personal gossip and tabled the whole thing. Then I took up penning veiled commentary in the form of prose and realized I sounded like a pretentious d-bag and scrapped that, too. I've read blogs. Cooking, parenting, pets, random b.s (oooh, this is the new place I went and here's a pic of me making a funny face at that restaurant in -insert foreign locale here- zomg we had just the bestest time evar and you missed it but thank goodness for you that I took a gazillion carefully staged "snap shots" of my epic adventure!!! winkie face eleventyone!) but I just can't get into it.

Not that I am saying there is anything wrong with that. Heh. To each their own.

When I write (with the exception of now, and even to a certain extent I suppose not....) I need it to matter. And when I think about what I feel matters, I realize it falls in the realm of rather debatable topics, and then further realize discussing such topics is a slippery slope. Trolling not withstanding I just am not up for a pissing match via the net. At least after I carefully craft a point and take the time out of my day to sign into blogger. Ha. And then one starts to consider what exactly does matter then, if it doesn't matter enough to debate...or even return to?

And then one might realize, like I just did, that one has taken an obscene amount of time to contemplate a small novella on why one doesn't write.

Fail.

Maybe I should go find a picture of myself at a restaurant and post that instead. :P

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Rapture

20x24" oil on canvas
Available for purchase here

Friday, February 25, 2011

My art wishlist

"Synthesis" by Yellena James


"Molecules" by Nicole Line


What would I hang in my house, you ask? These pieces are at the top of my list of paintings I hope to acquire in the future....

What's at the top of your art wish list?

Collection of 5x7 nudes






Around this time last year a good friend of mine convinced me to offer smaller, more affordable nudes to my collectors. After some trepidation, I decided to give it a go and since then have created over 80 of these tiny paintings. The majority of them are 5x7 (all images above are in this format) but there have been a few 4x5s, 4x6s, 5x6s, and 6x8s thrown into the mix. These pieces would look great all paired together on a wall as a few of my patrons have been doing :)

5x7s go for between 52.00 and 58.00 and can be found here. Enjoy!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

My new car!






Woo! Upgraded my sickly 1998 Plymouth Breeze 4 banger to this '07 Ford Fusion SEL 6 cyl from Fogg's Automotive in Glenville, NY. Can't fully express how thrilled I am...I set the goal in January that I was going to purchase a new vehicle and worked my tush off to make it happen. My tush has been rewarded with heated leather seats.

My tush is, needless to say, pleased. As is the rest of me :)

Pics from "Introductions" art show, Manhattan





These admittedly are insanely long overdue - Although the show was 1/10, it's still relevant ;)

The show was through Taylor Mackenzie at the World Monument Fund Gallery, Prince George Ballroom, in the Chelsea district of Manhattan. Great time had by all.

Oh, and the fabulous model in the first photo is my little sis. I have a very supportive family!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Faces of the City LX

Faces of the City LX 20x24 oil on canvas 2009
Available on Etsy

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Cornered


"Cornered" 4x5' oil on canvas

Another new piece for my upcoming exhibition :)