View From My Table (Casa Guadalahara)

Casa Guadalahara

Walkin' Her Shoes...

I took my daughter's last Barbie just as she left it, punked out for the '80's, and placed it on the sands of time with her kidhood shoes loaded with toy parts culled from the floor of her room.  The little duck bringing up the rear is a reminder of the many we loved to see on the marina where we lived in Hawaii Kai.

                               …Backward Through the Sands of Time

Decotherapy-As Time Goes By

House Across Dove Canyon in Mission Hills

First Blossom

The apricot tree on my balcony is blooming late this year.  This lone blossom has finally arrived!

San DiEGGo!!!

For a fascinating look at a lot of "artist's eggs" check out this site:  thebigegghunt.org 

Here is my tongue in cheek contribution:

Sketch Sandwich on Photo Bread in Japanese Garden

Bali Laundry Day

Found this old watercolor 'start' while cleaning out the garage. Doctored it up in iphoto to enhance colors.  It's from a photo I took on my long ago trip to SE Asia - sigh - memories!

The Bay Today

Golden Workshop

Just finished a 2-day workshop at The Art Department learning to use new Golden products, and some old ones.  Lots of textures and 'skins' - perfect for JELLYFISH!

3D WITH 'SKINS'

PRINT

TEXTURES

PRINT PLATE

Mirroring

Yesterday at Lake Murray

acrylic on hot pressed watercolor paper 6"x10"

San Diego Skyline Redux

Just pulled this unfinished cloth piece out from under the bed.  The previous incarnation didn't exactly look right to me 'in person', but made a great photo:

I still want to make the ocean/bay more interesting and figure out how to display the whole thing which is about 40"x40".  Problem is I think I need the help of a creative framer - where to look?

Here are a couple of closeups:
 I'm hoping that unearthing the project will inspire me to finish it.  Stay tuned.

Sketchy Sketches

Whenever China

Whenever I haven't painted anything for a while I like to look at photos from my trip to China and wonder why I don't make some art from them...

…then I decide the photos ARE the art, as well as the memories.

Worth Reviewing: Bayou Book February 2012 and Who Will Cry - Artist Books

http://cocoonedartist.blogspot.com/2012/02/bayou-book.html
     and
http://cocoonedartist.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-artists-book-who-will-cry.html


On KPBS Spectrum I found a book artist: (counting-coup-press.blogspot.com) whose work inspires me to make another altered book!  I don't know where she lives, but would love to visit her in her studio.

Testing…testing...

I sketched this with aquarelle crayons and then sprayed it with water.  Didn't get a good effect so went over it with colored pentel pens. Still didn't like it much so I iphoto shopped it in vignette matte and sepia.  I like sepia best!

Cupid Unarmed

                                                                         

                                                                           

Up Juan Street Hill

direct watercolor