Month: December 2010
“Let the ugly out” #TheSketchbookProject as #arttherapy- I recommend it!!!
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR I really recommend this- you order a sketchbook, it arrives, you add when you feel like, mail by the deadline and share with the world! There is a beautiful camaraderie/community to it and all levels of abilities can join. It simply is a beautiful experience! And your art tours and…
THE END #TheSketchbookProject pages 36-39 #LyndaBarry #arttherapy
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Pages 36-39 and cover December 30, 2010 9 AM New Year approaches fast now and my head swims with to-do lists and the knowledge that I have to find a way to market myself that reflects what I need to make. Never mind the concept…
Write and read anything… #TheSketchbookProject pages 33-35 #arttherapyforone
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Pages 33-35 December 28, 2010 Write and read anything… Wasting prisoner went down stealing. He needs to get away so we allowed the watermelon to hide. I see a chance. And he smile and answer all calm. Monkey. Thousand. Choice. Invent tales. His choices need…
@peeweeherman #TheSketchbookProject page 32 #childhood
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Page 32 December 26, 2010 For links to pages 1-31 go to LINK
December on Purpose #TheSketchbookProject pages 29-31 #arttherapy #journal
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Pages 29-31 December 26, 2010 The therapeutic power of journaling stream of consciousness –> reduce anxiety. Note: the antique book pages were purchased on ETSY from DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS & ARTFUL PAPERS! For links to pages 1-28 go to LINK
5minute6Bpencilanderaser backofanindexcard portrait no.26- @Kris_Carr!
UPDATE JAN 15, 2011! CONGRATS KRIS on the launch of your new book: — There are people in our lives that can say just what we need to hear when we need to hear it… One of those people, for me, is Kris Carr. Kris Carr is my role model/mentor and her books and DVD got…
Grace, Xmas cookies and @trampolinah #TheSketchbookProject pages 27-28
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Pages 27-28 December 21, 2010 To see pages 1-26 see LINK
5minute6Bpencilnoeraser backofanindexcard portrait no.25- Pug
Just sold a sock pug to Colorado! Each of my POST STREET ETSY orders includes an original pencil sketch and this was today’s sketch…
Woman-Artist-Pain-Power. The #FridaKahlo series.
Frida Kahlo is an icon and muse that I return to again and again. I am infused by Frida and I consider myself a Kahloist. She epitomizes the artist and woman in pain. As I was going through my divorce, I was driven to draw Frida as a child. The medium I chose (or it…
Kaholism #TheSketchbookProject page 26 #arttherapy for one
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Page 26 December 19, 2010 To see pages 1-14 go to The Sketchbook Project Links To see pages 15-20 go to Disintegration To see pages 21-25 go to Graffiti TO SEE MY FRIDA SERIES GO TO FRIDA KAHLO
New drawings by Roar Thorsen plus his 1966 Xmas magazine cover!
3 new magical drawings by my father, Roar Thorsen! Check out his current project: THE OLD APPLE TREE. I have also included a Xmas drawing he made in 1966!
Graffiti in the forest #TheSketchbookProject pages 21-25
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None Pages 21-25 …there is a time to kick the whole bloated sensation of ART on its whore-ass. – Bukowski December 17-18, 2010 To see pages 1-14 go to The Sketchbook Project Links To see pages 15-20 go to Disintegration
Dec 13 #Lucia- childhood memories of wearing a crown of candles
Today is Lucia Day in Sweden. As I was the only daughter, I was the one to wear the crown of candles (when we used live ones, we would place a wet rag on our head inside the crown- the crown being made of lingonberry bush or pine branches). I had an electric candle crown…
Capturing dance in 2-D…
My colleague asked me to sketch her niece, Laura Ward- founder of Octavia Cup Dance Theatre, New York. Founded in 1998, Laura Ward/Octavia Cup Dance Theatre is an all female, contemporary ballet company devoted to highlighting the dynamic strength of women. The choreography and staging challenge both the dancers and the audience to delve a little…
#Disintegration- #TheSketchbookProject pages 15-20
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT 2011 TOUR Theme: And Then There Was None My journal pages feel ugly and messy and dismantled. But as the disintegration and Kafkaesque fragmentation occurs, both in life and on paper, the truth is revealed and it would be dishonest to pretty them up. Pages 15-20 November 25- December 10, 2010 To see pages…
Recalling a fave @VanArtGallery visit thru a drawing… #Picasso study
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY: Protean Picasso: Drawings and Prints from the National Gallery of Canada & Selected Paintings from International Collections October 15, 2005 to January 15, 2006 PRESS RELEASE PDF: picasso
My favorite #illustrator: Björn Berg #MySwedishChildhood
I can hardly write this without being overcome by sentimentality and childhood memories. Björn Berg illustrated Astrid Lindgren‘s and Alf Prøysen‘s work and my Swedish world perfectly. His depictions of Emil and Teskedsgumman (Mrs. Pepperpot) are searing in their spartan simplicity. The role of the illustrator is to illuminate the text. Björn Berg says so much…
What a night! Fa* Friday at @Oasisondavie- it was all about the FANS
Jay, Carlitos and Fabricio performed last night with DJ Adam Dreaddy at the controversially named FAG FRIDAYS at the OASIS on Davie Street in Vancouver. I had the pleasure of painting 10 giant fans last week (see some details below) for the venue as decor and spending last evening getting the boys ready for the…