There is this show coming up at the end of the month that’s calling for art inspired by Dia de los Muertos. I had such luck painting my daughter as a two-headed girl a few weeks ago, that I thought I’d try my hand at painting her as a Catrina figure.
Today we drove to my parents’ house on [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Portraits, Resolutions, Step-by-step on August 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’ve got two additions to my New Year’s guideline list, and they’re actually ones I’m looking forward to.

Spend 10 minutes every day looking at something beautiful.
Spend 5 minutes every day making something beautiful.

The first one is easy. Seemingly. I have piles of books, magazines and a list a mile long of blogs that I want [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, In the studio, Not painting, Random, Resolutions on January 5th, 2010 | No Comments »

I have a full-time job. And I don’t mean the one that includes pouring milk, doing laundry and feeding Webkinz. I mean a full-time, grown-up, wearing-suits-to-work kind of job. It’s not very often that I take vacation of any significant length, but I do try to when my kids are out of school. This year, [...]

Filed under: Art, Cooking, Mad Mom, Not painting, Procrastination, Random, Resolutions on January 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Despite the unfortunate events of the past 24 hours (hint: hundreds of dollars at auto mechanic and a break-in at my husband’s office) I am determined to cocoon myself in good thoughts (and chocolate if necessary) and make this a good day.  
As all good days start off, I began at Dutch Bros. with my usual [...]

Filed under: Art, Cooking, In the studio, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random, Resolutions on January 1st, 2010 | No Comments »

The way I figure it, if you don’t make your resolutions directly on New Year’s Eve, they’re more like guidelines. Non-binding suggestions, if you will. Maybe I’m being a bit cautious (some might say chicken) but here’s my list of New Year’s Guidelines, for myself. Right out here for the world to see.
Caution be damned.

Drink [...]

Filed under: In the studio, Mad Mom, Random, Resolutions on December 29th, 2009 | No Comments »