PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 — To help fund this graphic novel go to KICKSTARTER! Note: All backers will receive a mention in the book (if they so wish). Take a look at the fun…
Month: August 2011
Two children’s aviator helmets. Cold case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter @annatfabulous
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – The case itself centres around two unknown children, two young brothers who deserve to be identified. — By its very nature, physical evidence is circumstantial; it provides…
Children’s tartan jackets. 1940’s. Case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter @annatfabulous
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – The case itself centres around two unknown children, two young brothers who deserve to be identified. — The April 15, 1953 edition of The Vancouver Sun ran…
Page 20 The Sketchbook Project 2012 @arthouse featuring @annatfabulous #lipsticksmear
The Sketchbook Project 2012 To see pages 1-8 go to LINK To see pages 9-14 go to LINK To see pages 15-19 go to LINK August 27, 2011 Anna T Fabulous Recall I participated in The Sketchbook Project 2011 and chose the theme And Then There Was None. You can view that sketchbook online.
Pages 15-19 The Sketchbook Project 2012! @arthouse Theme: #HOPE
I chose the theme: HOPE. Besides my own journal entries and drawings, I am including drawings by my art therapy students. The Sketchbook Project 2012 To see pages 1-8 go to LINK To see pages 9-14 go to LINK [click on images for larger view] August 25-26, 2011 That was all a man needed: hope. It was…
A child’s belt, safety pins, buttons. Heartbreaking case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – The case itself centres around two unknown children, two young brothers who deserve to be identified. — Case evidence: In 2004, I thoroughly examined the evidence originally…
Eyewitness. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter @annatfabulous
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – Our Kickstarter campaign ends on September 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM. Please consider donating! LET’S DO THIS! Love, Anna (producer) and Katarina (writer, illustrator) See more links and posts about…
An Irish Catholic childhood. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter @annatfabulous
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. – Angela’s Ashes [1] Families sometimes maintain secrets. They…
A child’s lunchbox. Heartbreaking case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – The case itself centres around two unknown children, two young brothers who deserve to be identified. — In a child’s lunch box, a mother’s thoughts. [Japanese Proverb]…
Primary sources. Molly, the #graphicnovel. #Vancouver @Kickstarter campaign
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – See more links and posts about this cold case and the project at GRAPHIC NOVEL. — Primary source is a term used to describe source material that is…
A woman’s fur coat. Heartbreaking case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – In this post, I continue to share a piece of actual evidence from this cold case. I will do it daily until our Kickstarter campaign deadline is reached on September…
Pages 9-14 The Sketchbook Project 2012! @arthouse Theme: #HOPE
I chose the theme: HOPE. Besides my own journal entries and drawings, I am including drawings by my art therapy students. The Sketchbook Project 2012 To see pages 1-8 go to LINK [click on images for larger view] Pages 9-10 August 17, 2011 (includes Alicia and Miko) Pages 11-12 August 18 and 20 , 2011 (features Roar)…
anx·i·e·ty /aNGˈzī-itē/ Defined in china marker. #arttherapy #tools #honesty
Those of you that know me are familiar with my lifelong battle with anxiety. I’m slowly learning to sit with it and let it be. It is what it is. It’s a part of me. Whatever. But sometimes it paralyzes me internally and I hate when it picks away at my self-esteem. It’s an interesting…
A child’s shoe. Heartbreaking case evidence. #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 – I must address why my daughter and I are championing this project. There are many reasons besides the simple artistic one of my dream to create a…
Immersing oneself in history #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 — I believe that to best research a cold case one must immerse oneself in the history of that time. I was elated to receive my order from…
Crime re-creation using small axe and melons #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 — From project backer, Joanna Harks: “I always felt this crime was a part of me… Every morning I look forward to these updates….. I get tears in my…
Forensic taphonomy, wound patterns, bluntforce trauma #graphicnovel #Vancouver @Kickstarter
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 — In 1953, the police focused on the investigation as a deliberate homicide. As the victims were children, it is highly likely they were killed with pre-meditation and precaution but not…
Pages 1-8 The Sketchbook Project 2012! @arthouse Theme: #HOPE
I chose the theme: HOPE. Besides my own journal entries and drawings, I am including drawings by my art therapy students. Recall I participated in The Sketchbook Project 2011 and chose the theme And Then There Was None. You can view that sketchbook online. The Sketchbook Project 2012 [click on image for larger view] Pages 1-2 August 6, 2011 …
Forensic facial reconstruction of unknown victims #Vancouver #graphicnovel
PROJECT FUNDING HAS LAUNCHED on KICKSTARTER: He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 — The story in my graphic novel is inspired by an actual unsolved cold case. The victims were children who at one time breathed, ate, laughed, cried and who were-…
THE CRIME SCENE. #StanleyPark #Vancouver #graphicnovel @Kickstarter @annatfabulous
He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 It is difficult, yet marvelous to visit the scene. Difficult, because my mother is no longer here to enjoy it; we went to the site religiously and maintained it with flowers and trinkets….
Molly, a story of filicide: parents killing their children. #Vancouver #graphicnovel #fundraising @kickstarter @annatfabulous
He brushed the leaves aside and uncovered the most baffling double murder Vancouver has ever had. – The Vancouver Province April 15, 1953 The story here is one of FILICIDE- the act of parents killing their children. Child murder by a parent is an archetypal tragedy, the classic drama. Resnick defines five categories of filicide: altruistic,…
Ready to tell the story… A Vancouver mystery. @kickstarter
I was born to tell Molly’s story. The research phase, started in 2003, is complete. And now… onto the next chapter begins as we launch our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for my graphic novel! I am elated to partner up with my daughter, Anna, to see the project to its fruition. Note: Backers who…
The extraordinary journey and legacy of Kirsten.
The glorious spirit of Kirsten Andersen lives on in her blog, her incredible writing, her students, her family and her husband, Ian. I am so grateful to call Ian my friend. Kirsten’s honesty and humor about her journey through cancer leaves me breathless and empowered. Personally, I am fascinated by the journey family takes after…
Bibliophile: #GRAFFITI. #streetart
Cooper, M., Chalfant, H. (2009) Subway Art- 25th Anniversary Edition, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books Almqvist, B., Lindblad, T.B., Jacobsen, M., Sjöstrand, T. (2007) Gates of Graffiti, Åstra, Sweden: Dokument Förlag (now Dokument Press) Stewart, J. (2009) Graffiti Kings- New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s, New York, NY: Melcher Media Emmerling, L….
Maryellen.
I am so blessed to call this young woman a student and a friend. EXTRAORDINARY talent. Keep an eye on her career. I am so excited to see where she goes next! Portrait in Pencil of Maryellen Groundwater.
Sometimes I need to remind myself that self-celebration is a good thing… #testimonials
It has been an incredible pleasure to watch Katarina work with our youth, some of which were the more difficult youth to manage… She has an amazing rapport with all the kids and staff alike. In all my years in corrections I have never witnessed an individual with such a powerful connection with the…
Happy 81st birthday, Pappa! His WWII 1942 birthday card and his latest VIKING drawing
I have posted this incredible card before, but appropriate to re-post it today as my Dad turns 81! It’s AMAZING!
ART QUOTE OF THE DAY: Art and Visual Perception
The inborn capacity to understand through the eyes has been put to sleep and must be reawakened. This can best be done by handling the pencil, the brush, the chisel. But here again bad habits and misconceptions will block the path unless there are protection and help. Inevitably such assistance must come through words, since…
Death studies no. 2; china marker, acrylic on newsprint
See also: Death studies no.1 — My art therapy has one rule: