“Sail on Silver Girl, Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine If you need a friend I’m sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind”Simon & Garfunkel“Silver Girl”, 8×10″
Painting a Day Project: #85
Who doesn’t love a canary yellow punch buggy? Makes me smile & laugh just thinking about these funny rides, conjuring memories of my first car, a 1970 banana yellow VW convertible, a car so adorable & so dysfunctional I needed to buy a second scrap heep VW just for parts!!!!!! True story. “Always laugh when […]
Painting a Day Project: #84
My dear friends Michael & Albert of ElizabethW in San Francisco have requested more San Francisco imagery for their shop. Not only do I Heart SF, I Heart requests like that so I’m on it! First of a series: sailboats, rowboats, docks & cappuccinos sitting on the dock of the bay coming up. Happy Saturday. […]
Painting a Day Project: #83
Aqua typewriters & vintage wallpaper are two of my favorite things. Dug through some vintage ephemera today & found rolls & sheets of fabulous wallpaper that I’ve been “saving”, for what, who knows, but got them messy & had fun tonight. Feeling sentimental, a little homesick but grateful for the small quirky things that I […]
Painting a Day Project: #82
It’s my Nana’s 95th birthday coming up (95! hello good genes, fingers crossed she’s sharing!) & I’ve been playing with her palette, imagery & ephemera she’s fond of in hopes of putting a little artistic birthday care pack together for her. “Les trois fleurs”: vintage french ephemera & acrylics, 5×7″. xo
Painting a Day Project: #81
This is Rocky, Suzanne Etienne‘s beloved dog who left us last month. He was gentle & loving & is dearly missed. In my book, pets are fur people, part of our family, the loving thread that stitches our story together. This is for you Bob & Suzanne (& Moo.) xo
Painting a Day Project: #80
Please meet “Don Quixote”. (Say it fast, it makes more sense.) He is a wee donkey painted in large scale inspired by the animals at my mum’s farm in Colden, NY. He has been many iterations, shades of pink and a great exercise on painting over, having fun, letting go and laughing your ass off […]
Painting a Day Project: #79
I did this painting several months ago, sat on it, thinking it needed that thing, that quote or that background wallpaper or…turns out I’m leaving it as is. When I had it photographed, there was something quietly elegant about a Little Black Dress sitting on a chair. And so she sits. “LBD”, 20×28″, acrylic on […]
Painting a Day Project: #78
And then there were four. I’m not sure if my parents remember this, but many moons ago, they (maybe so long ago it was Santa?) gave me a child’s portable plastic Royal-lookalike typewriter. There is a picture of me on Christmas morning in pink pj’s, age 8 or 9, staring at this 1970’s version of […]
Painting a Day Project: #77
Last September I traveled to Paris. It was everything one hopes & dreams a “I went to Paris”sentence will entail: delicious food at Parisian cafes, world class art galleries, museums, cobble street roads with bakeries, patisseries & charcuteries, afternoons watching the world go by sipping a cappucinno and this: this little sailboat cart in front […]
Painting a Day Project: #76
Pugs, Corgis, Old English Sheep Dogs and Brittany Spaniels…all breeds that have played a role in my life, all quirky & lovable dogs & without a doubt, cuter in clothing because dogs in clothing, that’s normal, right? Another weekend of painting, these are the peaceful & sweet hours in life. xo “All his life he […]
Painting a Day Project: #75
Forest Green Hunters, Lilac Socks, Burberry Skirt…sure, why not? Experimenting with chalk board paint as background & I like it–makes for a nice smooth background. I’ve had these Hunters for a while, have great aspirations of wearing them cute-like with a skirt & crazy socks but real life has decided that they look better propped […]
Painting a Day Project: #74
I’m not sure how to begin explaining this painting other than…um, cats in clothing crack me up. It’s true. And dogs. But cats especially. I was flying home from New York this week and googling “cats in berets”, “cats in boots”, “cats wearing clothes” (you get the gist), and the gentleman beside me was eavesdropping […]
Painting a Day Project: #73
Yes, they do. Or I like to believe they do & that’s all that matters today. I’m practicing & remembering the art of being in the moment and these little pieces, cakes, typewriters, still life collections of flowers, they are sweet reminders of the simple things, the joy in the doing, the being, the results […]
Painting a Day Project: #72
Before I left last week on my work trip to NYC, I was in a flurry of creativity, finding subjects that spoke to me and painting a series…and the winner this week is….vintage typewriters! I really enjoy painting in collections, it’s a fun, freeing process that reminds me how fun art-making is, how color changes […]
Painting a Day Project: #71
I have a stack of various shaped canvases that are partially painted, primed or finished and not quite right or I’ve lost inspiration, momentum, who knows. Last night, I took a stack of these abandoned little guys and painted over them to give them new life. So much fun!!! Painting over a canvas has always […]