Black Paint and Zombies

Every time I'm in an art store, I think I need black paint. I was in Flax with Carter this week and bought another one. Here is what I added up at the studio this morning. No more black paint!

Last night we watched I Am Legend. I have never been so tense watching a movie; the suspense was incredible, but the story was weak and the zombies/infected people were standard-issue CGI beasties. I loved the scenes of a deserted Manhattan with weeds sprouting through the streets, and I think Will Smith is great, so I'm still glad I saw it. Loved the dog too.

I went to The Beholder opening at Rare Device on the way home last night too. Very nice stuff, but the store was packed, so I didn't stay long. I did pick up a beautiful set of little cards by Finnish artist, Hanna Konola.

You can see how inspired I was by her here. These are some drawings I worked on last night. Too derivative I think, but fun to do, especially since I found the best non-leaky paint pen brand (Elmer's of all things!)

And here are a couple of paintings I am working on today:

Comments

[mrs. french]

You are remarkably talented!

[darrelplant]

"28 Days Later". Much better zombie flick. Deserted London instead of Manhattan and the zombies aren't all CGI'd. I haven't seen "I Am Legend" yet, but they look cheezy even in the previews.

[Nathalie]

Hi Annie !
just dropping you a quick line as i read your comments on homebug. I have been following your blog since your appearance on the lovely Victoria of SFgirlbybay. I read you are coming to Dublin for 2 weeks so just wanted to tell you that i put together a design guide on Dublin that's over at Design Sponge, if you haven't been here for a while there might be some new shops worth looking ...If you want to meet up I would be more then happy to go design scouting with you !
let me know !
Nat in Dublin

[zee]

Oooh Annie I'm loving all your recent work. I can see the inspiration from Hanna Konola's work, but I don't think yours is overtly derivative. Those paintings are just divine too. Thanks so much again for your kind offer on Homebug - all I can think of that I would request from you is a sample of your awesome artwork!! :-)