napkin art

ink drawings on napkins:

"our daily practice"


"our daily bread"

WIP - on the easel

in progress

some new pre-Spring work

Catting Around

"inquisitive cat" (9 " x 12")

a fun little painting after my friend, leah, gave me this new slick board to try.

(leah's about to celebrate her 30th bday, but she's a wise old soul with a youthful spirit. happy bday, leah!)

i dream of stars

blue sketches

sketching ideas for a new series of work.

Invite: Grand Opening Elsewhere Gallery in Fairfax

I'd like to invite you to attend
the grand opening of a new gallery, in
fairfax, called Elsewhere.

The opening is Friday 2/29/08,
I'll be there from 5pm - 7pm
1828 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, CA 94930

> http://www.elsewhere.com/Events/Gala_Opening.htm


Please don't feel obligated to come, but would love to see you.
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3/25/08 from Ross Valley Reporter covering the opening

The Floor Beneath

"The Floor Beneath"
Oil on Found Panel, 5.5" x 6"

Seeking Warmth

"OutFromTheCold"
Oil paint on broken tile, 12" x 9"

(formerly "Girl on a Plein",spelling in title is intentional)

\Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] ``Plein remission.'' --Chaucer. -- Plein\"ly, adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Plein
\Plein\, v. i. & t. To complain.
\Plein\, a. Plan.

Siblings

"Siblings"
Oil on Panel, 16" x 22"

"On The Stoop"

When one is no longer on the fence, this one's
"On The Stoop"

getting back to it

intellectualizing romantic love

Helen Fisher: TED conference 2006
intellectualizing romantic love
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/16

All Fired Up - video online

http://www.santaclaraca.gov/events/all-fired-up.html

christmas on credit

as i walk through the downtown streets, with barely enough time to think about christmas, i watch these strange beings standing in line to make sure the love (for their loved ones, or colleagues, or distant relatives) is validated by gifts and ceremony.

i pause to wonder-- have i become jaded or have i grown wiser?

while i love the lights and festivities and spirit of giving, i question the swirl of commercialism and expectation. is this what the holidays have become?

i feel pressure and the need to be with all those whom i love, but this pressure causes me stress, which in turn makes me rebelliously social, or conversely, recoil.

i watch people borrow from their futures to buy christmas now.
i find myself borrowing time from my christmas to pay for my life now.

before the tow

return to paint

after a brief hiatus to do the "work thing" and explore some personal explorations, i'm back to the paint. i've missed it and it's a tough road to get warmed up again. the lesson is you can't stay away long from the things you love...





above's titled either "searching" or "pockets"

(*note 3-18-08: sadly, this has been painted over...)
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dream of greater wishes,v.2

working title: "bouleversement"

bouleversement \bool-vair-suh-MAWN\, noun:
Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down.
(definition from Dictionary.com)

octoberwish_WIP

as part of the ongoing "wish" series,
"october wish" is a work in progress.