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My brother-in-law is giving me a hard time for not posting enough!
Seven years ago today, I married my best friend. It's been a rich and wonderful seven years, not without its hiccups, but we know and love each other more than ever. I can't believe I found this man - artist, entrepreneur, kind soul, gourmet cook, Amadeus-laugher, gardener, risk-taker, and partner in life and love. My husband.
I am wildly in love with this clock by Netherlands designer Christiaan Postma (link from BoingBoing). It's made up of slowly rotating hour hands from 150 individual clockworks that spell out 12 words from “one” to “twelve” as time progresses. I wish it was for sale, but I think it's just a concept piece.
Watch the clock in speeded up motion here.
In other news, one of my favorite stores in the city, Egg/Urban Mercantile has a yummy new blog. If you've never been to the store, get down to Cole Valley immediately to check out their gorgeous items. Stumasa, another fave, is nearby too.
I call this new painting "Cirque du Perdu" although I suspect that's a pretentious title.
And another few I'm working on:
This is a nice laid-back weekend. Last weekend we were camping in Russian River, and in a couple of weeks I go back to Ireland for two weeks. Oh and next weekend is the Louie show opening, and I hope to see all you Bay Area peeps there.
Until this past Thursday, I hadn't seen my dear friend Deedee for months. It was a shameful expanse of time, but the weekends just kept filling up, for her and for me. So I decided to pop down for an overnight on Thursday (She's only in Campbell, about an hour south of SF, but with commute traffic, it's a journey that can be daunting.)
It was so great. I arrived about 6:30 to hugs from everyone, and excitement from Belle (9) and Ella (6). Dinner was ready, and we ate outside. The air was warm and fragrant; it had been quite hot that day, but unlike San Francisco, the Peninsula retains its heat after the sun goes down. Then Nick took Belle and Ella off to a fathers/daughters shindig, and Deedee and I stayed and talked, and drank wine, and played with happy 9-month-old Renee. The two of us just filled up on each other, the way you do with good friends who have known you a long time. The next morning, we had breakfast and I got to spend an hour with a busy loving family getting ready for work and school. Traffic coming back to the city wasn't bad at all. It was such a nice break in the middle of the week.
This is the only photo I can find of us right now. It's from 2004:
I have been such a lame poster lately, but have you been reading Eric's posts? He did some beautiful new prints yesterday that remind me of Hugo Guinness's work.
It's beautiful weather here in the Bay Area. I believe some parts of the country still have vestiges of snow, poor duckies. Spring weather like this always reminds me why I love to live here, and also why it's more expensive to live here.
I just found this image of a cushion in my "inspiration" file. It's lovely, but I don't know whose design it is. Does anyone know?
And here is a random shot of me at the studio, painting swirlies:
I'm excited about this show coming up at Louie Hair Salon (in the postcard that Eric designed below, he mis-spelled the name, but we fixed it before sending to the printer).
It's a tres hip spot, and deceptively big; it looks smaller from the street. Right next door to the gorgeous little store with odd opening hours, Bell'Occhio.
April 26th, put it in your calendar and come on out for the party. There will be about 80 new paintings of bears, girls, surfers, and other deliciousness.
I painted these last night, while watching the absolutely fantastic HBO series John Adams. Oh I do love Paul Giamatti.
They are acrylic, ink, and collage (including pages from a French copy of Les Liaisions Dangereuses) on black paper. When I finished, they reminded me of the Kylie Minogue sequence in Moulin Rouge as the green fairy, so I'm calling them Absinthe Bears. They will be for sale in the 3 Fish Shop toute suite.
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:
here is a mural I did over the weekend for Carl and Stephanie's nursery (baby boy is on the way in a few weeks.) It was fun to do. Stephanie was a great client because she knew exactly what she wanted, but she gave me freedom. I was going to do other colors of leaves, but she just wanted a monochromatic look, brown against the blue wall, and I think it looks really good.
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