So anyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter already knows a little something about this, but here is the whole story.
I’m going to Hollywood.
Okay, I’m not really sure if it’s Hollywood. But it is L.A. and it is for something Hollywood-related. The gift lounge for the MTV Movie Awards called and they want me [...]

Filed under: In the studio, MTV Gift Lounge, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on May 25th, 2010 | 14 Comments »

This weekend, the kids and I were rained out of Little League and were trapped in the house between epic gully washers. If you don’t know what a gully washer is, you’re not from the Pacific Northwest.
In short, it was a good weekend for painting, but also for cabin fever. And laundry.

 Completed: May 21, 2010
Soundtrack: [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on May 24th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

My kids are the messiest kids on the planet. Maybe it’s because they’re creative. Maybe it’s because they just want to send me to looney bin. Either way, I am constantly reminding them to pick up, clean up and straighten up.
Today is one of those days when I feel like all I’ve done is badger [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom, Random on May 22nd, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Last night I stayed up much too late. I ate dinner in a quaint bistro with another grown-up. I bought cupcakes at a storefront that only sells cupcakes.  I went to a concert.  I got carded.
It was  quite a night for my 30-something-Little-League-Mom self.
My friend B and I went to Portland to see Evelyn Evelyn [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on May 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Today is the official start of voting for the Mutt Lynch Winery label contest! I am conjuring up all the powers of Twitter, Facebook, the interwebs and beyond to launch a campaign of shock and awe.
Let’s get this face on a wine label:
Voting begins today and goes through May25. Vote here.

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web on May 19th, 2010 | 8 Comments »