Currently working on a page focusing on a child’s hand on the forest floor on OCTOBER 5, 1947. — MOLLY- the graphic novel — Many have been asking if they can still contribute to the graphic novel project. YES PLEASE! You can donate via PAYPAL here: DONATE —
Friday night journal exercise: taming the inner critic. #arttherapy
With your dominant hand write all those nasty things your inner critic hacks away at you. With your non-dominant hand, tell the inner critic off, tame it, write positive things about yourself. This exercise allows those racing thoughts to purge out on paper with the hand you usually write with. Forcing yourself to write positive…
“Fresh sheets.” Journal exercise: your favorite memory. #arttherapy
Write for 10 minutes about your favorite memory. Maybe a favorite unusual moment in time. Stream of consciousness. No censorship. Keep the pen moving. Don’t worry about grammar or making sense. Sometimes favorite memories can feel poignant, sad, sentimental, amazing. A favorite memory. I thought of it last night as I changed the…
The Social Life is launched! Congrats to @annatfabulous!
Congratulations to my daughter, Anna T Fabulous, on the launch of her stunning new site: THE SOCIAL LIFE There are People to meet, Places to go and Things to do. The Social Life profiles the fabulous and fashionable People, Places and Things from cities all over North America. Their Editor-In-Chief, Anna T Fabulous, currently lives in San Francisco. I love you, Anna!!!
New minimalist work by Julian Bowers
These two new pieces by my son, Julian Bowers, are clean, quiet and peaceful, yet they still have the powerful and voracious exploration found in his previous work. Stay tuned for a blog post on Julian’s band Sleuth, as they prep for their trip to New York!
A day of creativity with Darcy Glip!
Spent an amazing day with Darcy yesterday creating and chatting and eating in his beautiful new space. Reconnecting with old friends is very healing. Find the recipe at: I added a few things, Tandoori spice to the onions near the end of cooking as well as crumbled pecans. Instead of dijon mustard I used a…
On Becoming a Woman- vintage treasure. #graphicnovel research #Vancouver #coldcase
I found a glorious and heartbreaking book on ETSY at LOST BEAR STUDIO as I was searching for 1940s/50s items for my graphic novel research. On Becoming A Woman by Harold Shryock, MD. The information teenage women were receiving at the time regarding their physical, personal and sexual development was truly horrifying from my perspective…
Molly’s birthday: April 25, 1924. Evolution of the #familytree. #graphicnovel #Vancouver #coldcase
MOLLY- the graphic novel I know that my heart will be forever in this suspended animation, as I live entwined in their circumstance. — Many have been asking if they can still contribute to the graphic novel project. YES PLEASE! You can donate via PAYPAL here: DONATE —
Giddy over my vintage 1943 Complete Book of Sewing from @WhimsicalVintag! #graphicnovel research
It arrived! Absolutely delicious and perfect primary source for my graphic novel research. Whimsical Vintage is a delightful store! I encourage you to visit! I can’t wait to shop again!
Drawing on 50… journaling series Part 3. More cave time sans culpabilité. #solitude
I have a strong need for “cave time”, for cocooning, for processing. And now that I’m 50, I plan to work on allowing more of that time WITHOUT GUILT. For truly, the time spent alone with gentle input and voracious creative output is time VERY WELL SPENT. Today’s dream statement: I will spend more time…
Jessica Chau’s delightful Glitch Series 1-5 (2012) at UBC’s annual BFA/BA Visual Art graduating exhibition
As featured in the Dorothy Somerset Studios at TOO DEEP FOR YOU | UBC 2012 BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition This year, UBC’s annual BFA/BA Visual Art graduating exhibition is TOO DEEP FOR YOU. The exhibition showcases the ambitious final projects of graduating Visual Art students. Materially and methodologically diverse, artworks in the exhibition are representative…
Jasmine Schuett’s glorious painting ‘Pack: Not All Wolves Run On Four Legs’ (2012)
As featured in the AHVA Library Gallery during TOO DEEP FOR YOU | UBC 2012 BFA/BA Visual Art Graduating Exhibition This year, UBC’s annual BFA/BA Visual Art graduating exhibition is TOO DEEP FOR YOU. The exhibition showcases the ambitious final projects of graduating Visual Art students. Materially and methodologically diverse, artworks in the exhibition are representative…
Introducing Tina McFarlane, @GSNETart- artist, self-professed geek, beautiful soul.
Photos are courtesy of Tina McFarlane — I have had the pleasure of knowing Tina McFarlane for a few months now. Tina is such a talented artist, specializing in realistic drawing. Well, where do I start? My name is Tina. Some of my friends call me Tee. I’m 26, a self employed artist & web-designer….
#Tattooing journey- step 3: Testing a skin marker!
Recall my posts: Watercolor tattoos 1 Watercolor tattoos 2 The purchase of a tattoo machine Getting to know the machine Tattooing- taking it seriously Tattooing Step 1: plug it in Tattooing Step 2: testing it out — I am not interested in doing old school tattooing and classical tattooing. I will leave that to the…
Where @Etsy meets Realness. @annatfabulous and her Craftie Robot Messenger Bag by @robotgeek76
GOD, I LOVE ETSY. Along with blogging, it has opened the world to artists. I love posting on my ETSY shop, filling orders and spending hours discovering other artists. When I discovered this Hunter S. Thompson messenger bag on the ETSY shop, Craftie Robot, I knew my daughter needed to have it. Was I right?…
Protected: Drawing on 50… journaling series Part 2. Dream participant: Maud!
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Drawing On 50… journaling series Part 1. Dream collaboration. #SanFrancisco
I’m about to turn fifty. At the stroke of midnight between April 12 and April 13. From now on, I plan to: DREAM BIG, DO BIG and FOLLOW THE FLOW. I’ve got a lot of amazing projects in mind and I am ensuring that each project feeds the other. Each one develops the other. Enhances…
Cult of personality revisited.
In the late 80’s I worked on a series entitled CULT OF PERSONALITY. I feel a new art event coming on building on the work I did last year and taking portraits of fabulous people I know to a whole new level. Stay tuned! —
Weekly artist series final: Week 10/10 Part 4/4 LUCIAN FREUD: Your self.
Week 10 Part 4 Lucian Freud The subject matter is autobiographical, it’s all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement really… Lucian Freud Write in your journal whatever comes to mind as you focus on yourself: Draw a self-portrait. What happens? Next, I will be transfering this self-portrait to canvas with mod-podge…
A young woman’s healing journal.
My student, Rajwi, has an extraordinary journal and she shares her pages with us today. How lucky we are to get such insight from this young spirit with an old soul! Kudos to Rajwi’s art teacher for this great project- to create a journal within a secondhand book. There is something quite magical about it….
Drawing during ARTS WEEK at @wpgadotca! #creativity! #highenergy!
A huge thank you to Danielle Unger for the invite and to all the staff and students at West Point Grey Academy for putting on an amazing event and for being being so welcoming! It was wonderful seeing artists from the community sharing their gifts with these talented and highly creative kids! It was all…
Weekly artist series: Week 10 of 10 Part 3 LUCIAN FREUD: your self-portrait sketch.
Week 10 Part 3 Lucian Freud A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or…
Weekly artist series: Week 10 of 10 Part 2 LUCIAN FREUD: Self-portrait prep. Exaggerate.
Week 10 Part 2 Lucian Freud As we prep for our Freudian self-portrait, let’s practice exaggeration of features. Choose a face that inspires you. Draw it without exaggerating the features: Now exaggerate the features slightly to better illustrate the subject’s character: Next time, we draw ourselves in preparation for Art House Co-op Self-Portrait Project: See also: 35 PART…
Scenes from an art room… #wherewecreate
Guest speaker in my journal today is Richard MacMillan:
Celebrating #WorldAutismAwarenessDay with @canucksautism’s Family Festival 2012! #Vancouver
It was a beautiful day to raise awareness for Canucks Autism Network and World Autism Awareness Day by gathering at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver BC and walking through the city streets, ending with impassioned speeches and unveiling of the Autism Awareness Van. I was moved to tears as I listened to Paolo Aquilini pleading that we MUST provide those with…
Weekly artist series: Week 10 of 10 Part 1 LUCIAN FREUD: Let’s be honest.
Week 10 Part 1 Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a German-born British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time. His works are noted for their psychological penetration, and for their often discomfiting examination of the…
When I struggle with Critique vs. Criticism, it’s time for Critical Thinking
[Images from quote books from my art shows in the early 90’s] Ah, the artist dilemma. Or really, the human condition. The struggle with taking critique but not treating it as criticism. Juggling the constructive and the destructive. Be it from friends, family, community, clients… mainly OURSELVES! By slowing down and pulling out some…
Weekly artist series: Week 9 Part 3 of 3 SUE COE: Portrait of Truth. Who do you celebrate? I celebrate Sabrina.
Week 9 Part 3 Sue Coe What draws me to Sue Coe’s work is the freedom in her truth telling. Her technique reflects the message and there is an ease to how she produces her work while at the same time she hammers her message home. She is her art. — From Americans Who Tell the…