Tuesday, June 28, 2005

It's been a big week

I was just coming down from having a small piece in Somerset Magazine when Earl one-upped-me by getting in 2 articles with photos in the latest Hot VWs Magazine. They did call him Eric in one spot but they got all the facts right. Then the tickets for the "Earl is 6-0" cruise came and THEN I got an Email saying I was chosen to teach a workshop at ArtFest 06! Unreal....

Monday, June 27, 2005

3 Wendys


3 Wendys
Originally uploaded by art nest.
Jill got me these cute clips on her weekend at the ArtBar. I just love 'em.

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Carlsbad NM


Carlsbad NM
Originally uploaded by art nest.
Herbie and his girlfriend. Earl had to miss this to get on the road back home.

scrap not crap


scrap not crap
Originally uploaded by art nest.
close up top

art from scrap


art from scrap
Originally uploaded by art nest.
here is my entry for the July show.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Somerset

Well I finally got my issue of Somerset. I think it is page 65 I am on. So exciting! Especially after my root canal this AM. Still had some panic even with the valium. But I am done with that part anyway.

Carol and I are cooking up another class idea. Fri she is coming over to brain storm etc.

I am entering a show at Art from Scrap. I am really happy with the finished piece....which is rare for me. I will photo it tomorrow.

I joined a couple more chunky book things...which I said I would not do...but one is Poppets ala Claudine Hellmuth etc...I HAD to. The others are funky birds and Nightmare before Xmas...

I have about 10 more things I am working on the most exciting is a round robin with 23 other artists. Most of which I am so in awe of. I am freaking out at the idea that I will have to put something in their book. It feels like I am going to spray paint over the Mona Lisa...

Jill goes to the ArtBar Fri. I hope she, Mary and Penny have a good time. Just to see those True Color journals should be worth it alone.

More to come....(I need to work on a tag line)

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Cueball is a winner

Got word today from Earl in Roswell that he got best in show. So he is bringing home a big ass ugly alien trophy. He is very happy. He did not lead the parade through town because Herbie was there with Disney to promote the movie and they got the lead etc.

Went to Santa Paula today to see my brother. The next best thing to having my dad is to have a fun big brother to hang out with. We went to a great fish and chips place on Seaward in Ventura. I got the fried clams I have been craving since March of last year. It was a beautiful day at the beach and the drive was great down and back.

Is anyone out there watching the Comeback on HBO?....Tooo funny. I want to know what Melissa, LE's buddy, thinks of it.

Oh and my other big news is I am in Somerset Studios Magazine. I have not seen it yet. It is the "chunky book" article and there are 18 artists in it.

Speaking of my art. Carol and I are going to teach a visual journal class. We are planning a 1 day workshop in Sept. We are penciling in the 10th....Athena's Rumpus...WAR...women's art retreat.

Quote of the day: Pull up your big girl panties and move on.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

When I get old I want to live next door to you

These are my latest pieces of art.

Harry on the Highwire


Harry on the Highwire
Originally uploaded by art nest.

Dance by the light of the moon


Dance by the light of the moon
Originally uploaded by art nest.

cabin #7


cabin #7
Originally uploaded by art nest.

by the stickman


IMG_0155
Originally uploaded by art nest.

hookey

Yesterday I did some fun stuff. Went to Carpinteria and went to Step One Gallery to see Susan's and Colleen's work from class. It was all very impressive. I went to Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens to see the willow house there by Patrick Dougherty. It has started to sprout from all the rain. I went to Island View in Carp. a great nursery and drove by our old house in Carp. It is now white with blue trim. I still really like Carpinteria. Had a lunch on the fly with Jill so she could get a new passport. She had to get a marriage certificate too. Ended up being almost $200.!!! She also had car AC bad news...what next. The cruise can't come soon enough.

I am posting some of my latest art.

Tweed

Tues. I had to take our cat that was 20 plus years to be put down. She was the sweetest cat I have ever had and we all have so many Tweed stories. Like when she got run over by Jill in my VW van and when I closed her in the dryer...She was always very tolerant....even when Molly, a 2 year old neighbor, would drag her all over. One down 3 to go...

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

coral lime


coral lime
Originally uploaded by art nest.
This is my cover. Can't wait to see it all filled with other artists work.

Monday, June 13, 2005

red


red
Originally uploaded by art nest.
This is a round robin altered book group called true colors that I have been in for almost a year. My book is lime and coral. I am anxious to see it finished.

I have join the world of Blog

I just started out trying to leave a comment for Jill on her blog and before I knew it I was a blogger....so I guess this is a good thing. It can only improve my typing skills...if nothing else.