Thursday, June 26, 2008

Catching up








Since I last wrote Jason and I went to NYC with his documentary fellows. We had a blast (pics to follow). It was great catching up with Shawn and JOhnny and Hoak and Bill and of course Irene! We had a hoot at the gallery and a three piece brass band walked in off the street and we started to dance. Then, Jason came in and everyone got to spend soem time with him. I think he enjoyed meeting my friends. I met with my dissertataion director and there is more work on the horizon.
I am set to be teaching at BOTH American University and George Mason University in the fall. I am really excited. I am good at teaching in literature and writing departments.

Silverdocs has also come and went. Jason and I really took in the films. We saw at tops 3-4 movies in one day----for days on end. He got to "geek out" over films, which was really cute to watch and I was happy for him to have tohe opportunity. I met a bunch of cool folks who made me wish that I: 1. still worked in the industry 2. made movies 3. lived in NYC still. C'est la vie. I sold one of my paintings while in NYC. There are still 2 left in the series if anyone is interested.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Two more finished paintings....



I like this series a lot. It is obviously inspired by my favorite artist Egon Schiele as all my body pieces are. I am obsessed with elbows. I have already started a third in the series and am using copper paint for the hair. The lacquer makes it look like it was painted on wood but it is straight canvas. Jim said my eyes are particularly nice. I painted his cat Willy for him.
Let me know what you think.

I got my hair did!



Those of you who know me know I love to get my hair done. Since I recently moved to DC I had to leave my trusted colorist behind (I miss you Rockin' Ray). I asked my friend Chambra for a good reccomendation and she sent me to her friend (now my friend Melissa). I think she did a great job, although I am going to go even brighter next time. Whaddya think?