Dick and Jane’s Spot

 

Its November!!! Its raining and cold AND gray!

I know lets take a walk down to a beautiful summer day   looking at an AMAZING art house and dream of  making my house look “like” this some day…..

NOW BACK TO WORK!!!!

 

 

 

    

Xmas Rush

I am eating sleeping and breathing making art right now…

I LOVE IT… its definitely not the most balanced way to live and my body misses exercise and healthy food.. lol…

But I am thriving on the rush of it…   Here is a peak at some of what is happening in my studio…

 

 

work table

 

 

 

booth at Ruffles and Rust

New xmas ornaments

 

 

   

 

New dolls

Allied Arts Featured Artist

2011 Juried Artist Series: Faces and Places

October 7th — 29th, 2011
Opening Reception: October 7th, 6-10pm
Exhibit Walk-Thru: opening night, 6:30-7pm
Gallery Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 10am to 5pm, Sat. 12 to 5pm

Faces and Places is a show featuring the work of Irene Lawson, Doug Banner, John D’Onofrio and Doug Waugh, all of whom have one thing in common; they are inspired by and find beauty in other cultures, folklore, and even scenes from our everyday lives.
In conjunction with this show, Allied Arts’ Inside the Box Series will feature work from Clarissa Callesen.

Callesen is a self professed “creator of strange and wonderful things.” 
For more information visit www.alliedarts.org

Allied Arts October Newsletter

a little preview of some of the new pieces featured

 

Funky Seattle Restaurant Interior

Bathroom door details with fancy ribbon

cool lamp

Amazing door… this is what I want my front door to look like

and Mary watching over the front door…

The food was mediocre but the decor was great…

Artsy Pictures from Portland Trip

Layla and I took a lovely trip to Portland this spring to celebrate Layla’s Birthday.  I had been to Portland several times to work, but they had always been quick trips mostly spent in hotels and convention centers.  So I had never really got to enjoy the quaintness of Portland.  Of course the quaintness of Portland has been artificially enhanced throw layers and textures on Photoshop.

This was a light fixture in an Anthropologie store made of plastic bottles that had been cut and painted. Brilliant use of recycling trash into art. 

 

Architectural details on an unknown building

The disco version of the same details…  Its too bright and weird for me, but thought  the contrast was amusing.

 

More Anthropologie store decorations.. You know I really am not that crazy about the stuff they sell but they have brilliant store designers.

Portland love and a great use for a lot of wine bottles.