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Hello friends! Some of you might know that we moved house a little over a year ago. It was a bug pile of mess and we have been working for 12 months to make it a space that we love. We still have a lot of work to do but recently put together a before and after of a corner on our 1 year anniversary that helps me see the progress.



So I did a show about it! Now live on Buy Some Damn Art I mapped our journey through making this house a home and dealing with the history of a space. Some of the materials used came from the house when we moved in... things that had been left behind and things that have been here for decades.


Prequel


The Past And Us


Overcome

As you all probably know, it's a wonderful site for art so go have a look! The work is up for 6 weeks.

Buy Some Damn Art!

ETAS 12

I am honored to have been asked back once again to participate in the Enormous Tiny Art Show at Nahcotta and for the event I made a set of some of my favorite spooky houses. Even though I don't actually believe in ghosts I have an insane love for horror movies especially those starring a haunted house.



Clockwise from the upper left box...

The Croke-Patterson Mansion
The Bates House
Ram Inn
The Henry Treat Rogers Mansion
The Bell Homestead
Borley Rectory

The opening is Friday but all the work is available online now.

Noctua

"Noctua" 14"x14"
Giclee on cotton rag
Edition of 100

New in the shop. I'm in love with this print. They turned out really great thanks to the amazing LAD (print-master genius) at Sebastian Foster. Where, I might add, this original work is available. Prints are available here!

New Work

Hello all! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your summer. I have some work available this month at Nashville's Smallest Art Gallery. It's going fast so have a look.

Also, there are some originals and new prints in the shop. I'm going to try to post more here but for more frequent updates you can check my facebook page.

Just In Time...

Hello hello! Just in time for holiday shopping I have added a few original pieces to my Etsy shop. Hope everyone is having a wonderful season so far!

The Winner

"Time's Curve" - 10" x 22" collage on panel - Another of the new pieces currently being hung for the opening tomorrow night!

And the winner is... #25 which is Jerangela! Yay! I'll be emailing you soon to get your pick and address for shipping.

You guys don't know how much your sweet words mean to me. So inspiring! We'll do this again soon. I have another big batch of prints coming in within the next few weeks for the holidays and I'll have another giveaway then.

Have a very wonderful weekend!

new prints and giveaway!

I have been asked a lot to offer these two prints in a larger format and here they are! I'm so excited about these as they have always been favorites of mine. They are each archival giclee editions of 170 and measure 11" x 14" and you can find them here.

So how about a little giveaway? Just leave a comment here to enter and I'll draw a winner on Friday. That person can pick a print of their choice from the shop! Easy peasy.

Wyatt Art Studios - November Show!

"The Making Of" and more new work will be on display and available through the month of November at the wonderful Wyatt Art Studios Main st gallery! The opening is this Saturday from 5 - 8pm. Check out the site and rsvp on facebook. If you're in the area definitely stop by!

I have added an "artist proof" section to my etsy shop. we are in the process of moving house and the less i have to move the better. i only have one or two of most of these and all of them are from either sold-out editions or editions that i have never offered in my shop before so get them while you can!

for more frequent updates on goings on visit my facebook page here.

ETA 10!

nahcotta gallery is celebrating its 10th anniversary of the enormous tiny art show and i am so pleased to be a part of it again! to mark the occasion they have put together a sweet little video that all of the participating artists contributed to. the show runs september 1st through october 2nd with the opening reception this friday. if you can't make it then all the work is available online.

fine line prints and release party

fine line magazine is having a release party and print show to launch issue #4. i was lucky enough to be one of seven previously featured artists to offer a limited edition run of 10 prints for the show. we choose "fresh courage." you can purchase these prints as well as the magazine at the launch party on the 26th and can find more info here...

scrapbook

i wanted to share this charming find i picked up yesterday. these are a few of my favorite pages.

jamelia

since this song came out last year i have passionate surges of appreciation for it every once in a while. surges that push everything else out of my head. surges so strong that nothing else will do for an hour or more and i'll just leave it looped while i work. it's a brilliant song in itself but it doesn't hurt that the track is heavily arthur russell influenced. arthur, a musical hero of mine, got us through the hottest part of yesterday hiding inside with world of echo and scissors and books.

update

isn't this the way it usually is in the summers? there's so much to do and the kids are home and i'm running in circles all the time. so i have a few things to share. i'm currently working working on original work for several things, one being another solo show in november. hopefully i'll have some to share with you soon. in the meantime i have added a few new spots where you can pick up some prints locally! one is the dandy lion in new albany, indiana and also wyatt art studios in rochester, new hampshire.

There were a few original pieces added to the shop earlier this week and there is one left!

new prints

there are three new prints in the shop! "bob allen", "patience" and "future" are all giclee prints in editions of 100.

yellow umbrella

i'm so psyched to now offer prints and paper goods locally in bemidji, minnesota. yellow umbrella just re-opened in a new space last week and look! math clouds?? i want to live there. how does minnesota law handle squatters rights?

you can see more pictures and find out more on their blog.

summer so far...

once school is over for the year and the kids are home, balancing work and play time is stressful. you would think there would be less to keep up with so it would be easier. i honestly think that myself every may when we start thinking about summer break. "oh man, it's going to amazing not to have to get up early and pack lunches and check homework and help with research projects. we'll play outside all day!" i forget over the fall and winter and spring - three seasons to wipe experience from my brain - that balancing the "play all day" with the "work all day" is tricky. there isn't enough "all day." we're working on it, though. we tackle the summer reading and the snipping paper in the hottest part of the day while the pets nap in the shade. mornings are for errand running and evenings are for roasting fresh vegetables and walks to the river.

of all the things i come across as i'm looking for material, hardly anything makes me happier than old medicine. not strictly the medicine packaging itself but the advertising as well. the simple but bold typography is so beautiful. when we visited saint augustine a few months ago one of the stops i had to make was an old pharmacy in the center of town. it was a little hokey but i expected that from such a touristy city center. what i was thrilled with was their collection of medicine bottles. walls and cabinets and shelves and cases...







i might have taken more pictures in there than i did of the kids at the beach. ok, not quite but almost. it was amazing! so since then i have added a few things to my own small personal collection.






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i bought these labels from a seller on etsy. they are authentic but were never used so they are flat and perfect without creases. I LOVE THEM. i still don't know what "sweeny" means.

giveaway news

everyone needs to know about this! there is a huge giveaway taking place very soon over at habit of art. cathy has brought together 10 artists with a total of 25 works of art. that's huge! it starts on may 26th and the winner will be announced on the 31st. there is a sample of work above but you can see a full list of participating artists and all the work included here. there will be three winners so mark your calendar for a chance to be one of them!

"castle dangerous"
11" x 14" collage on panel


"patience"
8" x 10" collage on panel


"losing track of the tragic seasons"
10" x 10" collage on panel


"thirteen"
collage on book cover

...a few works currently showing at the naked art gallery in birmingham

i want to send a belated but very heartfelt thank you to birmingham for making my gallery opening last weekend so much fun. i fell in love with white cucumber sangria, met so many wonderful people and had the best time with friends. after the opening we walked from the hotel down to the garage cafe and ended the night on the patio. if you live in birmingham you are a lucky little beastie to have this place in your city. i can't wait to go back. even though i packed my new camera ( "if i get this i'm going to take it everywhere i go and document my travels like you don't even know") with an extra battery i didn't take even one picture. next time. i promise.

you can purchase work through the gallery here and feel free to email vero with any questions you might have. the show is up until june 4th.

it seems like after over a month of stress and constant deadlines i always need to take a week to do a whole lot of nothing. of course with two kids and pets and orders to fill then "nothing" still feels busy but it's nice to let that tightly-wound, excited anxiety go. i fit in a few movies and cleaned up the studio space and even picked up a book, can you believe it? today, weirdly enough, feels "back to busy."