my holiday show

My holiday sale was a success! Thanks to everyone who came and thank you Tully and Sophia for the DELICIOUS treats. The Gluten free cupcakes were such a hit and the goat milk yogurt was such a happy delicious surprise. check out Tu-Lu's Gluten Free bakery http://tu-lusbakery.com/ and Victory Garden http://victorygardennyc.com/

color palette change.

new small things

some small drawings

bright stuff coming out of my studio these days

shot of the studio today

family

I went home last weekend to be with my family and to take care of my dad. It was really nice to be in memphis.

We took a road trip to the cotton fields in mississippi. they use this is new technology to harvest to cotton, the cotton used to be barreled in square bins now they use these bright orange cylinders. I LOVE them.

There was a cotton gin close to Lula Mississippi we stumbled upon and the owner was there and gave a little tour. Southerners are just so hospitable!

cotton fields, photo courtesy of the amazing Mimi Hurley (my mom).

So good to be with Dad. we took a walk down my the mississippi river.

take care

dinner party for Dan

Dan in NYC.

RISD crew reunites.

Dan and Graham and me.

Moroccan Meal: chickpeas spinach and Cauliflower dish and Tabuli Salad. Was delish.

painting, road trip, brunch, and a 2 hour bike ride

I've been spending so much time in studio that I decided since the sun was out this weekend I should take a break and breathe in some fresh air.

working with a lot of sewing these days, this one above is not finished yet, but close..

whipped up some eggs, pancakes, toast and salad for Sunday brunch. so fun.

hard to believe but this pic above is in NYC, on the west side highway close to the GW bridge, We took bikes all the way up the west side highway which I have never done.

this is a little look out spot we found along the way, reminds me of the sound of music.

the GW bridge.

My friend and I decided to get out of the city so we rented a car and went to the hudson valley, the picture above is in the bear mountain state park which is just gorgeous.

more shots of the hudson valley..

such an amazing Sunday road trip, and the best part of all I feel really ready to paint again tomorrow.

stretch

I started stretching my own canvases again. I bought some nice linen for this one. Not only is it the way I like it with the corners just so, but its a different kind of relationship with the work. I treat the canvas differently when I stretched it with my own two hands. Custom canvases are awesome, don't get me wrong, but its nice to sweat a little.

working back into these canvases.

I LOVE this photo. 

this weekend

just a preview of what happened in studio this weekend.

new

this one is called "someday.. "

On my roof, I can't believe I can see the sky, its been so long.

this one's called "solid base"

My shipment of paints came, I really love this company: Nova Color. Its an early bday present.

I also got a bunch of yards of linen and canvas too, excited to start stretching.

rain rain

its been so rainy this fall, here's the view from my studio desk, good thing I have a little lamp to shed some light on these gray days.

finally the sun came out.

dumbo and my preschoolers!

This weekend was the dumbo arts festival. I set up my studio like this photo below, some new drawings and some old ones. a collage of sorts

and these two photos are of my preschoolers art work! we are learning the color red so we made red roses. how pretty. and this one below was my personal favorite created by a little girl named tiffany. no tissue paper JUST tape. cool!

drawings

these new drawings are some collages I am working on. trying to get ready for a couple open houses and wanted to put some new work up. These are inspired by my trip to Bali.

this is an old work of mine that keeps popping up in my mind..

cut and paste

I have been cutting into old drawings reusing old fabric and putting it all back together again in a new format.

more space

switching to blogger instead of iweb for my blog from now on, I need more space to explain where I'm at these days...