February 5, 2010

scripps ranch farmer's market tomorrow?



so, i'm pretty bummed about the weather. normally i welcome rain, but not tomorrow. i'm set to have a booth there and reports say a 70% chance of rain and thunder storms. i'm doing the market with a fellow artist (check out her desert gypsies studio at julieharrisart.net) and we are back and forth on what to do. as of now, we'll see how the weather is at 6.30 am and then make our decision. (photo: another one of my new designs)

February 1, 2010

" ? "


scan of my mixed media art piece titled "?", then cut into heart shape. (i'm not liking the white background on these heart images but i can't figure out how to post them floating on the black background)

valentine' heureux ; jour de s



mignon, oui?

peace and love



this is one of my favorites. it comes in a set of four hanging hearts that say "peace and love" in four different fonts.

new valentine designs for 2010



i'm going to begin posting images of my valentine designs for 2010. this one is a scan of my red and black mixed media art piece "moulin rouge", that i've digitally manipulated.

viva la roman


i started this collage a couple years ago for my sister-in-law. her and my brother lost their beloved dog roman and i wanted to create something special for them. i've been working on it for the past couple years and finally decided, finished or not, i needed to finally give it to her. i did, this past christmas, with the caveat that i needed to borrow it back for some finishing touches. i've got it back and my goal is to finish and return it by the end of february... (in case you're curious, pook was his nickname)

the catcher in the rye


last wednesday j.d. salinger passed away, at 92. his book, the catcher in the rye, was a huge influence in my young life. i don't remember how young i was the first time i read my mother's original hard-bound copy, but it was old enough to fall in love with the book and its protagonist, holden caulfield. i could relate to him in so many ways and he made me laugh. i appreciated his dislike of phonies, i adopted his phrase "it kills me" and loved how he described his sister pheobe as "rollerskate skinny." i always wanted to be rollerskate skinny. last night i pulled my mom's copy from the bookcase and just holding it brought back so many memories. now that my mom is gone, i'm so grateful i have this small piece of her teenage years and cherish it even more. if you've never read the book, i recommend it.

January 28, 2010

recently finished pieces...

just finished 10 more for art-o-mat. i have about 35 left to do. i'm hoping i get them done this weekend. then it's just a matter of drilling holes for hanging, and adhering my information on the back.

January 20, 2010

croatia in september

accommodations are officially booked for the last two weeks in september. me, joel, pappy, michael and saja are renting an apartment in dubrovnik that'll be home base, and then travel out from there via auto. as you can see, the dalmation coast is just gorgeous. 


we fly into amsterdam first, so we'll spend the first couple days mingling with the dutch and riding bikes along the canals. it's the bike capital of the world, after all. kunt u strand-kruiser zeggen?




image of the day...




January 19, 2010

valentine's day

i spent the 3-day weekend designing valentines. i came up with about 8 or 9 designs. might be overkill, but i'm doing a farmer's market the week before valentine's day, so we'll see how it goes. i was also invited to participate in two upcoming valentine's day events for the american heart association. 15 percent of the proceeds will go the organization. this is what i designed from the image i posted last week. you won't see any of the white space on the finished card, just the heart shape. i dig it, but will other people? (more images to follow)

January 13, 2010

peggy guggenheim's silver bedhead

(continued from previous post below)
unfortunately this photograph does not do the silver bedhead justice. it's much prettier in person.

one of my top 3 modern art museums


located on venice's grand canal, the peggy guggenheim collection is one of europe's premiere museums devoted to modern art. with masterpieces ranging in style from cubism and surrealism to abstract expressionism, the collection has become one of the most respected and visited cultural attractions in venice


 
my favorite piece in the museum (besides the throne in the sculpture garden) is the silver bedhead in peggy's bedroom. she commissioned it from artist and sculptor alexander calder in 1945-46.

January 12, 2010

new design

digitally manipulated version of an acrylic on old wood door piece i painted to honor my mom in 2008. i might use this digital version to create my signature hanging art cards for valentine's day. (i wonder if it needs more blue?)

January 6, 2010

my favorite architect - antoni gaudi

casa batllo in barcelona. i recommend seeing his work in person. it's stunning.

January 5, 2010

inter-office mail

this is the kind of inter-office mail i like to get.

one of my favorite artists

an artist is somebody who produces things that other people don't need to have. -- andy warhol

January 3, 2010

my cute husband (and a peek our latest art purchase)

these colors are pretty subtle compared to what we're usually drawn to, but it spoke to us. it's by malibu artist robert weil. acrylic on metal. the fat frenchmen walking his dog is a recurring theme in his work. check out his website: robertweil.com

January 2, 2010

art-o-mat project















art-o-mat is the brilliant brainchild of clark whittington in north carolina. i discovered his site by accident several years ago and have been spreading the word ever since. it's been on my "to do" list to become an artist in cellophane (check out artomat.org to see what that means) and i finally got my act together, sent in my prototypes and was accepted. that was about four months ago. my next step was to make fifty pieces of my art and send them off to clark. i haven't yet, so i made a resolution to complete them by end of january.

January 1, 2010

resolutions

welcome 2010. i hope you are good to me, my family and friends. okay, this blog is about art and here are a few frustrated artist resolutions: 

  1. FINISH 50 ART-0-MAT PIECES
  2. OPEN SHOP ON ETSY
  3. WORK ON LARGER PIECES THAT ARE GALLERY WORTHY 
  4. maybe join FACEBOOK for art promoting purposes
but, first things first...art-o-mat.

December 31, 2009

new year's eve

THE PLAN: drive to san clemente to pick up our favorite TexMex BBQ chicken burritos. settle in with tsuki and dharma, to watch the third season of dexter, and hopefully stay awake until midnight for my dad's happy new year phone call.

December 30, 2009

bienvenue à mon blog

okay, i can cross this 2010 resolution off my list...a couple days early! i'm curious to see where this technology takes me and my art in the new year.

best regards,
suzie joganic hill
frustrated artist