accidental art making

This is the beginning of an ongoing series of photos which I am calling "Sometimes the Things I Make by Accident Are More Interesting Than the Things I Make on Purpose."

this video camera wouldn't play the video i was trying to play, and instead showed this weird pattern.

i was setting my paintbrush on this scrap of fabric in between painting things.

papier mache drips on floor of studio.

fabric scraps from sculpture attempts.

Looking up.

I have not posted to my blog in a really long time.  I am suspended and morphing in the cocoon of grad school, which has made me rethink what it means to be an artist, what my priorities are, and whether or not I should actually continue being an artist.

I am tempted to play catch-up here, but I think I'll save that for another day.

Here is a collection of photos I took of ceilings on a trip to Ensenada (Baja) and San Diego.  Everywhere we went, I kept noticing ceilings.  So here they are!

Restaurant in Ensenada where we met an American dude who worked there.  He pointed us in the direction of some excellent activities.

Cultural center in Ensenada.

Cultural center.

Cultural center.

Another restaurant in Ensenada.

Same place, weird light encasements.

Our hotel room at the Days Inn in Ensenada.

Inside the wine aging building at a winery/vineyard.

In the living room at the B&B attached to the winery.

Another room at the B&B where we couldn't afford to stay, but got a free tour.

Bar in Ensenada.

Same bar.  Hundreds of billz around this place.

Oddities/stained glass shop in Ensenada.

Liquor store next to our hotel.

Same liquor store.

Second hand store in Ensenada.

Golden Horseshoe Revue in Disneyland.  (Yeah, we went to Disneyland.)

Carnation Cafe at Disneyland.

Gibson Girls ice cream place at Disneyland.

Tasty Thai restaurant in San Diego.

Coffee shop in San Diego.

My sculpture is at OMSI!

Several months ago, I applied and was accepted for the opportunity to make and display artwork for OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry), as a "reuse artist."  They created a new exhibit called "Clever Together" that deals with sustainability, reuse, energy conservation, etc.  Four artists were chosen to participate and make additional decorative elements for the exhibit.

My sculpture Memory of Bear, or The New Sacred is now on display!  Made from papier mache, discarded fabric, and discarded plastic packaging, this piece imagines a future in which animals and indigenous cultures are merely memories.  We struggle to remember and try to rebuild a mythology about our planet's past, using the materials which are now unintentionally sacred to us.

I am honored to have my art be a part of a display at OMSI; it's one of the best things that could happen to me as an artist!

Summer Cats - A Coloring Book

 After many hours of ink & obsession, my coloring book is finished and printed!  Go check it out in my Etsy store if you please.

The best part of this project was designing all the cool clothes for the cats to wear.  If it were up to me, I'd do that all day every day.  I'm hoping to do more coloring books in the future, so watch out!

Heaps of thanks to Ilan for helping me with the image formatting & touch-ups in the digital world!  Also big thanks to Mitch at Documart in northeast Portland!  Nice folks at that place.

coming soon...

I have been working on a children's coloring book that will be printed this week!  Stay tuned for the finished product.

Road Trip Doodles, part 3

And a few more, in case you didn't get enough from parts 1 & 2.

So now you've had a peek into my head.  Or at least the way my head manifests itself through my hand.

Garth is never far from my mind.

Road Trip Doodles, part 2

Here are a few more doodles from the road (probably done while listening to Radiolab or All Songs Considered).

Ladies lovin' music.

Another fluffy dog, this time with radiance.

Hate it when I barf dogs into coffee.

The Future and/or 80's, with androgyny and sunglasses.