What the Cuss?

my pieces for the 2nd annual Bad Dad's.

"Still painting storms, I see"

16x20 - oil on canvas

so the show title is obviously inspired by the fathers in Wes's films. These confused men, trying to find their "Father" status. Which leads to the strong women in his films. 

I really like the Mrs. Fox character, I think I feel I can relate more than any other character of his. 

So doing a piece on her, bringing a more human perspective to the character just made sense, for me at least. 

I used one of her paintings as the backdrop.

this painting is also part of my recent surge of inspiration from classic art. I tried a few new things on this one. 

and then I just wanted to do a little fun piece, and maybe indulge in darker colors, considering the Mrs Fox piece has every color in the rainbow in it.

"Rat"

11x14 - oil on canvas 

the show opens this Saturday and has been extended to Sunday as well.

Spoke Art

816  Sutter Street

San Francisco, CA 

www.spoke-art.com 

To us!

next show

this show is curated by the lovelies over at Perfect Laughter

when they asked me to be part, I didnt hesitate, and I liked the idea of stepping outside of my normal process.

I didnt realize how difficult it is for me to do so. ha!

But it all worked out and Im pretty happy with my piece

heres a little preview.

its a bit hard to tell whats going on maybe, but I'll explain later ;) 

if any of you live in Michigan, they show is at Rivers Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, on Friday the 21st

speaking of

wow. just wow. 

my husband remembered this commercial for some reason...

my son asked, "did you guys actually think this was cool?"
we laughed pretty good.

Happy October

This is the first October in a long time, that I feel I can enjoy. 

So I got Halloween on my mind. 

I also recently went to the D.I.A ( Detroit Institute of Arts) and was so inspired.

I mean you can go online and look at art, but nothing ever compares to seeing them up close.

So with my 2 recent inspirations fresh in my head, I started a couple studies with a Halloween twist.

I'll probably have them done soon. 

Ive also been working on my Wes Anderson pieces for the 2nd "Bad Dads" show coming up on Halloween!

I couldnt decide between 2 characters, so I ended up doing both.

you can see a peak in both photos 

I hope I can get back into updating my blog more often.

Ive been super domestic lately, and with painting I feel like there really isnt much time. 

Plus Ive recently started playing the original Zelda, so any free time I get thats what Im doing. ahem.