Lucha Cameo + Press

Niño + Niña || $250 ea || 20"x20" in frame
contact Ami Bennett at SPACE 242 for purchasing inquiries

PROCESS || After drawing the image in blue pencil, I put down a layer of very bright acrylic blue. Then a layer of gloss, then after it dries a layer of oil. It really allows me to let the acrylic paint glow through the oil, which tends to be darker and less saturated. Then when it dries, a layer of fixative, then some colored pencil.

I posted a little bit about it back in April

ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE

Before our show opened, Andy and I were interviewed by ArtScope in May. It came out this week - which is perfect because the gallery's next available visiting hours are this Friday. We're excited about our Artist Talk this July 21st (a Tuesday) from 7 - 8pm! Hope to see you there!

Andy, Lindsay, Allison + myself will be briefly talking about the show and our process..es... processss.. okay the plural of process. { My writer friends are ashamed of me, I'm sure ... }

I think I'd like to work with this vector version more and create some t-shirts!

working on a couple personal paintings - feel like drawing pastries lately
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Stay Happy + Art For Five

done as a quick demo for the Photoshop class
I'm currently teaching at the Museum

{they are 11 - 13 years old, so we had a good laugh over this}

Here is a picture of the super, ginormous, mega marshmallows we brought to our 4th of July picnic this weekend. They were literally too big to eat (and I never thought I'd say that about anything marshmallow related.... okay, except the Stay-Puft Man in Ghostbusters)

☛ ART FOR FIVE

I am about to receive a super cool piece of artwork by friend and amazing artist Jennifer Lewis. So, in keeping with the project, I'm upholding my part of it and posting the same for anyone who would like me to make them something!

I will make something for the first 5 people who comment "I'm IN!" and who commit to do the same on their blog. Just read below and if you feel up to the task, and copy the following...

1. Whatcha get is whatcha get.
2. What I create will be just for you, with love.
3. It’ll be done this year (2009).
4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world, not something cyber. It may be weird or beautiful.
5. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post.
6. Send me your mailing address after I contact you.

Come on, don't be shy! Even if you don't think you're the creative type, you might end up surprising yourself - and making 5 other people very happy too!

If you don't comment 'I'm IN!' I'll assume you are just stopping by to leave a lovely note for me.

This continues the chain from MUCH LOVE, to Brandi Milne, to Jenny Lewis, to me, to you!

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Hanabi + Fireflowers

We had a fantastic 4th of July yesterday! Ayaka and Yuka made some teru teru bouzu, { てるてる坊主 } since the weather here in New England has been nothing but white sky and drizzle ... and magically, they worked! The sky opened up and it was a breezy, lovely 70° in Newton.

We had a great picnic (hotdogs, yakiudon, pinenuts with fruit, and GIANT marshmallows)
Alex was the only one brave enough to tackle a giant pink marshmallow - it took about 45 minutes to even get toasty, it was like roasting a softball.

If you're in the New England area, and check out the 4th on the Charles River with the Boston Pops, I'd reccomend trying Newton, MA at least once. (Andy thinks I say that because John Krasinski (JIM) and BJ Novak (RYAN) from "The Office" are from Newton and go back from time to time, but seriously - it's worth it)

♥ sometimes being an illustrator gets lonely, working in your studio all the time - days like this are really special

Fireflower // acrylic + ink on wood // 6"x6" // $50
available on request
a bit of an homage to Mario Brothers.

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Flash Gordon Series

Flash! Ah-aaaah! ♬ ♫ ♪ ♩

I have an affinity for this movie, and the comic strip as well. There are a number of things that really come together; the saturated colors, the silliness, Max Von Sydow + Timothy Dalton are just too cool for school ... etc (maybe someday I'll get Dalton to do my voicemail ... )

After some recent fidgeting with the coding for this blog, I added expandable posts - let's see how it works!

Flash Gordon + Dale Arden // Princess Aura

Ming the Merciless

For purchasing inquiries, all 3 art pieces are all available through
gallery director Ami Bennett for SPACE 242 until July 24th.

All 3 art pieces are oil + mixed media on paper // 23"x30" // $750 each

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