sweaters and stars

I used the last few days of summer making and thinking about drawings. I had a really great studio visit from Heidi and cranked out a bunch of work including a bunch of small 8" x 10" drawings which are now up in the shop.

a new home

Kira just posted an image of my drawing all framed and hanging up in her house. It's so nice to see how people live with your work.

a nice end of summer surprise

Abbey from Aesthetic Outburst wrote up this super little post about my work for a guest post for sfgirlbythebay. It's always good to get a little shout out and I love seeing that new 'awesome drawing' out and in the world. Perfect thing to find the last morning before my back to school meetings really begin.

letterpress prints- now in the shop

Back in 2006 my pal Kyle Van Horn and I made a big ol' stack of letterpress prints. They've been kicking around my studio and given as countless thank you gifts but in the effort to clear up more space in the flat file I've decided to list them on etsy.

The feature hand-drawn wood grain botanical shapes along with some bird friends and are overlayed with the words "thank you" and "you're welcome" as if they were shadows coming through windows.

Since the prints are in fairly large editions they're at a much lower price point than most of my work- if you've been looking at picking up a work on paper but originals are out of your range here's your chance!

Website Update!

My super star web designer and I just completed a big summer update for my site. The redesign we did in January ensures that these things happen much much faster. Did I mention that if  if you're in the market she's the best? As I've said to some people in person it's wonderful to have another set of eyes helping you showcase your work- I'm pretty close to my practice and think I've found a way to notice everything- Melissa always sees something new. I've been asking her to choose the front picture and I just love what she comes up with. I know I'd agonize over it- try to find the little studio view that's just right and end up with something that feels forced, and not natural. This one's perfect. Thanks again Melissa!

Click on over to check out the new drawings and sculpture.

Collaboration Update

The prints are done, we've presented to the committee and I've started to post each of the six images over here. 

Now it's time to get back to other projects and start getting these out in the world. I've got some ideas but would love to hear from other people who might have a good venue for these.

Wowee Zowee!

I just got back from a trip out to my suburban Chicago hometown for a wedding and got a peek at this newly finished piece my Mom made based on my wall piece at Goucher College! In addition to being my number one fan my Mom is a terrific quilter and it's fun to see my drawing translated into a different material. I love how the quilted texture exists only on the white space and not on the dots, stems or flowers and or course that teeny tiny precarious stem!

She did all this just cause she liked that piece. I wonder what something we planned together would look like.