Huge thank you to English Dan for graciously allowing me to witness the process of inking Jay Fisher. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves: Looking forward to Dan’s interpretation of my sketch for my Frida Kahlo tattoo next Saturday! I give him free reign! “I am in my nurse’s arms, with the face of…
Month: July 2012
Fashion blog foreshadowed. @annatfabulous’s journal, 1997.
In celebration of my daughter’s birthday, I will share with you some amazing pages from her 1997 journal (age 12). They certainly illustrate the shape of things to come. Fashion, events, life is planned and analyzed and celebrated. Anna is now founder and editor-in-chief of the online fashion magazine/blog: THE SOCIAL LIFE– where fashion, events,…
#Graphicnovel update! Checklists, mindmaps, plotting out chapters, inciting incident… #startattheend
I love that all I am doing in my art and career feeds the graphic novel, even if I’m not working on pages in the book per se. When I do my street art, I am utilizing the style and perfecting the technique and medium I am using in Molly. When I am working with…
Exquisite portraits by Tony Noh #photography
I asked my colleague (filmmaker/photographer) Tony Noh to capture my students in the style of Rineke Dijkstra. I asked for stark raw sources. He delivered, beautifully. More student portraits by Tony Noh: — —
Evolution of a #wheatpaste portrait: Justine.
I start with an inspiring person and a photo that really draws me in. China Marker of course. Guidelines in orange. Detail in black. Highlights in white acrylic. I encouraged Justine to cut out the portrait when I finished. She will paste it herself in a few days. It thrills me to watch…
Approaching fruition: my weekend with @InspireABook and Influence Publishing
I just spent an intensive and fabulous weekend with Julie Salisbury of Influence Publishing at her Inspire A Book Mastermind class! Incredible! I am working on the book that showcases my Dad’s art and our journey together. Julie has a brilliant way of facilitating a group to support each other in the creative process and…
“American Gothic” with Diane and Dr. Douglas Clement, aka #HBD @dclement007
This is truly the most inspiring couple in Canada! Their lust for life is infectious and I thank them for their generosity, guidance, wisdom and friendship all these years! Happy Birthday, Doug! Diane and Doug Clement From Whitecap: Diane Clement was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and has led an eventful life. Not only was she…
Frida Kahlo d. July 13, 1954
I hope the departure is joyful and I hope never to return. – Frida Kahlo
Cornucopia from @CloudscapeComic!
I just received a fantastic package of 5 anthologies from: purchased at Cloudscape’s televised 24-hour fundraising comic jam — The Cloudscape Comics Society is a community of comic creators in Vancouver, BC who together publish and distribute quality graphic novel anthologies, as well as host comic workshops and other related events. Here enterprising comic artists…
ART: Maud Lewis, folk artist
Maud Lewis Watch: Set against a background of her paintings and the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, landscapes they depict, this short documentary is a portrait of the life and work of one of Canada’s foremost primitive painters, Maud Lewis. Emerging from her youth crippled with arthritis, Lewis escaped into her painting at the age of 30….
Fifth Chakra, I love you but you’re bringing me down.
I love the concept of your biology is your biography. It’s not science but I find it a great way to address pain and blockage and to reassess your life. It just makes you go hmmm. Caroline Myss explains: What I recognized is that your biography becomes your biology–you are one and the same with…
Her Catholic childhood. #Vancouver #coldcase #graphicnovel
“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.” ― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes — — MOLLY-…