Siriusly relaxed...

For our anniversary, Dave and I bought ourselves Sirius satellite radio. I'm really enjoying it! There's a disco channel and an 80s channel, but my favorite is the Coffeehouse channel - it's so relaxing!

I've been working on another small (1'x1') painting and am having some trouble staying focused. I just read (in an e-mail forward, but have not verified this fact) that da Vinci took ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. So, I don't feel so bad about taking several days to finish this painting. Of course, da Vinci had a lot more going on than I do right now, like writing backwards in his journals, inventing scissors and flying machines, and studying all the scientific theories of the day. He never had the chance to have the problems I have with getting motivated - I was so relaxed yesterday (due to the Coffeehouse channel on Sirius) that all I did with the painting was sit near it holding my coffee cup and staring off into space. I'm Sirius!

T-shirts and paintings

Just a few pictures show how creative I've been over the past week. Last Friday I bought the book Generation-T and was inspired to make things right away - here are three projects from or inspired by the book that I made between Saturday and Tuesday. As always there was another one that just didn't work out and another that did work out, but I forgot to take a picture of it!

One side of my new tote decorated with a pin from an etsy seller and a little string doll from Cori.

The other side of the tote.

Made from a t-shirt from the demo derby that Karla, Dave, and I went to last year. I wore it on Sunday to another demo derby just to show how hardcore demo derby I am (I don't think anyone was impressed - I observed that most demo derby fans might not be impressed with my mad sewing/t-shirt re-do skills!)

This t-shirt was also worn over the weekend (to Jamie's vegan bbq).

Here's a close-up in case you weren't able to read it!

So, as you may have noticed in my blog, I haven't painted in a while. The eye on the left in this painting was really bothering me so I painted it out and gave it a crazy, bruised eye. This might not be the final edition. Also at this point I'm tempted to just give up and gesso the whole thing!


As storage is becoming a problem, I started working smaller - about 1'x1' rather than 3'x4 1/2'. This one was based on a photo of my friend Dave (not my husband - I do know other people named Dave), but it doesn't look like him. You have to stand back a little to get the effect. Go ahead, stand up and take about 3 or so steps back.

Well, after seeing some new (and revived) mediums, you never know what I'll make next... stay tuned....