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Sneak Peak Nice School

Here is another image from my upcoming show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. It is called Pleasant Thinking. This show is about being nice, thinking pleasant thoughts, being selfless, putting everyone else first. These are qualities I was taught are desirable in a woman. While being nice is a good thing, a person can get lost in one's niceness. I explore this theme by using humorous images to show the ridiculousness and futility of trying to be nice and perfect all the time.

This isn't to say that everyone should be a jerk. On the contrary, people should be nice, but not to the point where your identity disappears.

If you are in L.A. next week please come to my opening! It is from 8-11 on Friday, April 3rd. Coolness!

Bon Appetit

Here is what my art looks like in a beautiful spread by an art director who knows how to use illustration! There are actually more spreads to this article. I thought it was very daring to use paintings rather than photography in a food magazine. Thank you Matthew Lenning!

I hope more designers start using illustration in more daring ways. There are so many amazing artists doing really interesting stuff out there right now. The potential is staggering. AND illustration is lower maintenance and more cost effective than producing a photo shoot.

Git yer nails done!

Here is another painting from the "Dear New Girl" book. I think working on these paintings with Esther was the precursor to our Beauty Road Trip. We had such a good time doing these that we looked for other ways to work together on stuff. Do what you love and good stuff will happen!

Jam Time!

It is time to JAM! This is a collaboration I did with Esther Pearl Watson for a book called "Dear new Girl or Whatever Your Name Is" published by McSweeney's. I may have posted this before a while ago. Cawn't remember. It was in that Italy show so it seems brand new cause I haven't seen it in years. Woohoo!

Forgotten Art

So I just got back some art from a show that has been touring Italy for FOREVER. I had totally forgotten the art I had sent. It has been gone for over 2 years. Anyway I'll post them over the next few days. They are all for sale in my store which I just updated today. Yeehaw! Also posted some new stuff on Esty.

In order to keep the economy going we all need to save a little AND spend a little. If we all did that then things would be Groovy. Right?

Anyway this here picher is of my all time favorite person Loretta Lynn!!

Pessimistically Optimistic

Now that my favorite Adam Carolla is no longer waking me up in the mornings I am forced to go to public radio. I don't like music in the morning. I need talk.

Anyway this morning I woke up to this: bailout, bailout, 60 billion loss, death, death, starvation, war, global warming, poison, mining, destruction. GEEZ. Why get up? YAY everything is going to hell! Would it kill the newsfolks to throw in a little something positive like hey the sun rose this morning and it sho was perty. Or 90% of the people still have jobs for now. Or I went outside this morning and smelled the jasmine and it smelled real dang good.

I can take the bad news but waking up to it ain't good. Why did 97.1 have to go top 40? I need FUNNY! I need Adam Carolla back.

Anyway here is a sneak peak of art for my April show. It is called "Pessimistically Optimistic." That's pretty much how I deal right now. I might change it and the name might change but it is a start. Peace out.

At Least We Have Unicorns

I got these wonderful sparkly horses from this website.

Neo Ultraman Escapism

Everyday I get some sort of bad news about the frickin' son of bitch economy. Friends and family being laid off or having their pay cut, magazines closing, big businesses trying to get artists to give them their work for free, all around suckiness. I am normally a very optimistic upbeat person, but each piece of news just makes me more pissed off and cranky.

I have to nip it in the bud before I become a solid bitter crotchity old lady. I am sick of all the crappy stinky shit so I am going to frickin' paint ridiculousness and the economy can suck it. I am escaping into my own ultraman laser art movement. Neo Ultraman Escapism. Whatever. It makes me feel better. Anyway these two paintings represent the sweet laser love between Ultraman and Marcia Brady. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Smile Through the Panic

I have been working on paintings by myself this past rainy gloomy week and not being my super social self cause I have so much work to do. When you are alone with yourself too long listening to NPR, reading the paper, checking out the news online, it is not a good thing. I am turning all Stuart Smalley. "I'm going to die homeless and penniless, twenty-five pounds overweight and no one will ever love me." I should probably go outside and talk to real people. Smile through the panic!

Someone should do something

I used to think that maybe I was an interesting and different type person, but when I delve into the world of blogs and facebook and computerness in general, I find that I am not all that original. Sucks. Anyway this economy is bad right now. Someone should do something about it.

Nice Droppings

I haven't been all that good on doing my drawings. Shame on me. Trying harder. I am a busy person. So this is a bird. Everyone draws birds. This bird is dropping some nice.

I posted a lot of new stuff in my Etsy store. Stuff for $20 bucks! I found a whole bunch of art I did for the Giant Robot Post It show a couple of years ago. Crazy.

Yesterday n' Today

Here are two drawrings for today and yesterday. I forgot to post the Obama drawring yesterday. Hey if you feel like buying some of these drawrings, I am posting them on Etsy. Trying it out, you dig? On another note, not that you care, I have anxiety and feel blah and blue. I'd rather feel free and pretty, but there is no way my boobs would work in this cocktail bra. Why bother anyhow? You might as well go braless. They are still flapping around. You know? Random.

This Summer Things Will Be Better

I am going to be optimistic and say that things will be better this summer. It is like what my mom used to do when we went on our summer vacations. We would drive to Edisto Island from Philadelphia, a long drive for a kid. Every time we asked how much farther she would say 20 minutes. For some reason it made the 12 hours drive much easier to take.

Join

OK I am back to doing a drawing almost everyday. Please check back often! You should join for sure.

Jam On It

This drawring is inspired by a playing card that I found while cleaning my studio. Jam on it sister. Wikki wikki wikki! Shake your booty and scream "Oh Yeah!"

I must! I must!

Going to try and post a quick drawing everyday, keeps me on my toes. This is the first one. I must, I must, I must improve my bust. The bigger the better, the tighter the sweater. I must, I must! Truth be told I don't need to improve my bust. It is already big and needs no improvement. WOO!

Last Day on Freedomwig

Monday, December 15 is the last day of Buy One Get One Free before Christmas. I am leaving town on Tuesday and won't be able to ship art until I get back January 7th. Woohoo. So if you want art for a gift now's the time to get it. YAY!

Really Cheap Good Art!

Hey here is a chance to buy some SUPER reasonably priced art. Collect a bunch! Giant Robot is hosting the next Post-it show. All art is done on post it notes and they start at $30 each. Art makes really good Christmas gifts.

ICON6 / Illustration Conference

Howdy. Here is a picture I did recently for freedomig.com. Groovy. Lots o' stuff going on. Top of my list is working on paintings for my La Luz de Jesus Show in April 2009. It is going to be GOOD! I'll keep you posted on that.

Secondly, I am heading up the transition team for ICON6! The new board was just announced too, so start saving for 2010. Location and dates to be announced later. It will be a FANTASTIC conference if I have anything to do with it and since I am on the board I WILL have something to do with it. Here is the new Board:

Alex Bostic
Soojin Buzelli
Fernanda Cohen
Troy Doolittle
Michael Fleishman
Andy Hayes
John Hendrix
Melanie Reim
Mark Todd
Jaime Zollars
and moi

Fernanda Cohen, Mark Heflin and I make up the Transition Team. Mark Heflin is going to be the new permanent Director of ICON. Check the ICON website for updates and info.

Lastly, I am traveling fool. Going to Pittsburgh (10/28 - 11/1) next week and then NYC for the American Illustration Party (11/11 - 11/15). Yeehaw! Call me if you want to meet up.