| 5 months |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|11:01 am] |
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wow, its been 5 months since my last post :( just wanted to pop in and say hello. I have been reading all your entries. Im hoping to update soon.
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| L.A |
[Jul. 23rd, 2009|02:26 pm] |
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the opening show for Crazy 4 Cult was last Thursday we flew out to check out L.A, I wouldnt have any better reason to go...except the Comic-con which I know is this weekend and Im bummed I cant be there.
California is a bit overwhelming. Growing up and living in Detroit, its so much different people here are bitter, tough, have a bad attitude. You constantly are preparing yourself for the worst. Nobody can afford art here, and even though we all try to keep the art scene thriving, its a tough battle, and bread always wins. but I do love Detroit, there is no place like it.
But California people are so nice, is it all that sun? I was surprise at all the politeness!
We stayed at the Lux hotel on Rodeo drive..this was by pure accident. We got a deal through Expedia. Like I said so so different than Detroit. at first I felt sick, and thought "what the hell are we doing here"
anyway the shock of it all, was overwhelming, and I didnt get over it. But now being home, it has all soaked in, and I look forward to going back! there are so many great places! And great food ( thanks Irene and Steph!) |
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| L.A |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|07:47 pm] |
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folks from California!!
can anyone suggest any places to go while Im in L.A?? resturants, shopping anything!!
I might even drive to San Fran so any places there as well?
I'll be arriving Thursday morning!
xoxo
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| Sticky & Sweet |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|01:22 pm] |
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| | Rebel rebel - Seu Jorge | ] |
Saturday was the opening for Sticky & Sweet it was a fun and sucessful night! I love Kill Taupe he is so sweet and fun! since I got free time and PMSing I thought now would be a good time to post |
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| 30th birthday extravaganza! |
[Jun. 12th, 2009|12:28 pm] |
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I turned 30 on Monday. I got to say that Im thrilled to be starting my 30's. Iam finally becoming comfortable in my own skin. everything is going great. It seems I spent my teens years ruining my life, my 20's fixing my life, now I am starting to enjoy my life.
last saturday my friends and husband threw me a party at our studio, and it was the best Birthday party I ever had! |
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| stranger in a strange land |
[May. 17th, 2009|02:07 am] |
hello LJ friends! what a boreing friend I am! My computer was running like shit and was a pain to do anything on. So I decided to get a laptop. We are inseparable <3 Im hoping to update more. I do update my blog on blogspot often. If you have a blog let me know! Just wanted to say hello!! |
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| light deficiency |
[Feb. 4th, 2009|09:23 pm] |
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I've had it with winter. Im so sick of all this snow, wearing layers and layers of clothing, and being stuck inside. Even though I usually stay inside anyway, I feel really ill, and I want to rip my flesh off. I guess I need to utilize this time well. I have been getting a chance to sleep, and watch movies. Ive been watching The Virgin Suicides alot, Sofia Coppola is so rad. oh to you's California, I will be in a group show " Crazy 4 Cult" @ gallery 1988 ( at their LA gallery) in July! yay!! maybe I'll get a chance to see some of you's? Im super excited for the show! beyond that, Ive been putzing away at a few paintings, I finished one today, that Ive been working on for a couple months. It kept getting put off for other things.  ( this way ) |
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| quickie |
[Jan. 14th, 2009|02:40 pm] |
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| | good | ] |
1: Sleeping so well dosent seem right 2: I <3 Larabars! 3: Zaka if you read this, Me and you had so much fun in my dream last night!! ^_^ and can anyone tell me what flower this is? I need to know. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 9th, 2009|09:34 am] |
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I know its a bit late but, Happy New Year. this year feels like it will be fresh and different. though I'll be turning 30 in June *-* its ok Ive been ready since 27. Im really excited about this year. like everyone, I do have new years resolutions. I dont normally do it, but this year really does feel "new" basically just to be healthier. since I am in the age when your body starts to change, my skin, and my metabolism already seems to be showing a bit of change, and my body dosent seem to be handling stress well. I need to keep up. My buddy Aimee is training herself to do a 5K in September, I told her I would love to do it with her. So I am going to start training too. I suck at running, my body can keep up, but I just dont breath right. I do love the feeling of running, its a good fix of endorphins. December sucked me dry, I did too many art events, and didnt get a chance to dedicate time to Christmas. but I decided never to do art events in December. I ended up taking a break for 2 weeks. slept in, played Guitar hero and Animal Crossing. now Im back to painting. Aaron bought me a new camera for Christmas! I love it and have been useing it a lot.  ( *** ) |
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| Christmas cards |
[Nov. 16th, 2008|08:20 pm] |
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ok Im making a screened post. So if you want to get a Christmas card, leave me your address!!
Im feeling super festive this year, so take advantage of it!! XD |
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| you buy? |
[Nov. 15th, 2008|07:36 pm] |
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ok I have a couple of Lolita punk items that Im getting rid of. I thought Id see if any of you wanted these, before I post them up on EGL sales. my pics are horriable, but my camera sucks.  ( Sex Pot Revenge and MA ) |
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| "Mr. Herman you have a telephone call at the front desk"... |
[Nov. 12th, 2008|09:49 am] |
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| | jubilant | ] |
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| | Bat for lashes - Seal Jubilee | ] |
I feel so relaxed these days. although I have some pieces to get done, I feel no rush. I think it is a result of the past commission I just did. The guy told me to take my time, and I really did, and it felt so good to not feel pressure. I really enjoyed doing this piece. crappy pics ahoy!!  ( I know you are but what am I ) |
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| ..uh...... |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|08:10 am] |
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last week I took a little trip to Chicago. It was fun, and busy as usual. my buddy was in a show, so the trip basically revolved around that. it was a themed show, dedicated to Tura Santana. Star of Faster Pussycat KILL KILL KILL.and real life bad ass! story is, she was raped by a number a guys when she was younger, dedicated herself to becoming a bad ass and got revenge on all of them. wow!  ( And I don't beat clocks, just people! Wanna try me? ) |
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| paint pills |
[Oct. 29th, 2008|12:03 pm] |
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tomorrow Im off to Chicago with a friend. Im really looking forward to it. My buddy Marc Nischan is in a group show, so we are going to check it out, and check out some galleries. Im going at a bad time, I have to make sure Im back before trick-or-treating on Friday. So its : leave Michigan at 7am drive 4 hours to Chicago check out galleries go to show at 8pm wake up at 6am drive back get Gabe ready for Trick-or-treating *-*
whatever, its worth it for a little while there, I thought I was getting depressed. I was trying to figure out what the problem was. And I think, it has to do with the fact I hadnt painted in a month. Im working on a commission right now, and I feel better. Its weird to think that, that could be what was wrong. .........................................................................
Saturday was the MAD*L citizens show. I did take some pictures, not many.

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| sick for toys |
[Oct. 17th, 2008|10:15 am] |
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Im super excited about the show! I've seen alot of the MAD*L's that will be part, and they are amazing!
even though I love toys and the whole vinyl phenomena, customizing these things are still a little out of my element. I use Acrylic on these, and I hate acrylic with all my heart. and I am awful with clay. But I do my best, and hope for the best!
say hello to Mr. Knotty Pine

( what a surprise these pics are terrible ) |
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| well.... |
[Oct. 9th, 2008|11:30 am] |
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here I am trying to embrace my year of being human. taking time out. feeling to many things. its exhausting finding balance.
this will be a pic dump, not many really. I hate my camera to death, and havent gotten a new one. So I never take pics
I dont know when I last posted. summer was busy, and I finally have dwindled my schedule down, and I only have 1 show left for the year. september almost killed me. I booked way to much, and spread myself thin. which I never want to do again, and have made it a priority.
among physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion is setting in, and I really want to get away. and the cherry on top, is the elections. Im so disgustingly sick of it all. I have so many opinions on the subject, but I would just contradict myself, if I talked about it. so thats that.
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 25th, 2008|07:05 pm] |
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| | bored | ] |
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| | Mazzy Star - into dust | ] |
its no fair Im am just utterly bored and unsatisfied if Im not painting but I guess thats the way it has to be. Its not all bad I guess out of my search for satisfaction, Im reading more, drawing, and filling my eyes with visuals, to later be mixed together at random, making for those images that pop in my head at random.
but with all this boredom, I think too much, then all the stuff I try to keep in the back of me creeps up.
I ordered tons of canvas, so painting euphoria will soon come ............................................. random image

when I was 3 my aunt bought me a doll as a gift. It was a monster like thing and character from some childrens show. I named it baby monster and I took it everywhere. I left it in stores, it fell in the toilet, and was once stolen and later I found it in the dirt on the corner of my street. It lost all its fur, it has no features, exept those hard plastic eyeballs (with no eyes) and a circle where its mouth should be. Its actually really ugly. I slept with that thing up until a few years ago. I stopped out of realization that Im almost 30 and sleep with a doll. the end
oh yes, I want to be snow white
current obsessions: Grimms stories Snow white dollmaking |
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| whats this mushy thing in my head? |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|08:51 pm] |
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| | content | ] |
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| | Radiohead - subterranean Homesick Alien | ] |
so far so good. this year hasnt been so crazy, well as far as work goes. Im paceing myself good, and not putting to much on my plate. Its hard not to, but its just to hard to balance so much.
this year has been strange, but maybe every year is. Ive had a lot of growth this year, and a lot of pain, but I guess thats where the growth comes in.
So yeah onward summer is art fair time Im getting ready for a few
did a couple new paintings, and now sewing up bags. I got a chance to learn how to do 2 and 3 color printing. It wasnt as hard as I thought, but it was an all day event to print up 14.
progress so far

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| May flowers |
[May. 22nd, 2008|09:52 am] |
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| | Ben Folds - Mr. Jones, pt 2 | ] |
long time no posty
May has been a productive month. and a good month for art, well here at least. Detroit is suffering, (but whats new) the economy is so bad here, really bad. I can understand that people here would rather buy food, than art. Im not sure if it is this reason why the Detroit art scene is none. Ive been having so many conversations about art in Detroit lately. Some say its dead here, some think its great, and some have hope. I personally think there are great artists here ( Glenn Bar, Niagara, Mark Nischan, Mark Arminski, so on), but its bread over art.
so some big people in the art world came up with "Art Detroit Now". an organization to push the art here, well at least make others realize there is art here. they put together a 3 day art tour. maping out all the galleries and art happenings. on the schedule was the Russell. the spring sale/ studio openings, was going on there. I will be moving into Marks studio, well sub-leasing, Im there all the time anyway, so I will be working there, which is a great place to work on my sewing projects and bigger paintings. yay! Its sure to be fun times.
So anyway getting ready for the day was time consuming, and the day itself was an all day event. but fun stuff. and blah blah, the Icon show was Friday, that was good, I working on another piece for it since its running till July.
bored ? heres some images.

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