emotion revealed as the ocean made a clearer future; morning, evening, nights with you

http://MisforMurder.etsy.com


Look out for stuff coming as soon as possible!

ok, ok, I put some stuff up!



I have been so busy. This might be the busiest I have ever been in my whole life. I am just dreaming of the moment I can relax and bask in the glory of having nothing to do. I cannot remember anything, so here is a summary of what I have been doing in no particular order:

-Visiting the Lupe in the city. Drinking wine on the beach. Devouring a whole pound of chicken strips. Waking up to tea and freshly baked chocolate croissants. Not ever wanting to leave.
-Work
-Wah Wah Exit Wound played in San Francisco with Times of Desperation at the Hemlock Tavern
-Wah Wah Exit Wound played with Times of Desperation and my pals Iguanadon at On the Y
-Lupe visiting us here, going to the river and the park, putting away wine and Mexican food all weekend
-Going to Tuesday night art party at Skinners and Kristie's, getting to see a sneak peak at what's going down at Upper Playground this month!
-An acidcop show Saturday night in Davis. This will definitely be interesting and scary.
-Times of Desperation lighting off fireworks in my heart tomorrow night at Gilman.
-So much other stuff, everything but a nap.

I've got youth on my side

Totally starting an etsy and making a website. Time to hustle.

digital=dead

Corine Sainte Ofle is so lovely. Even though she had to pack and jet away to France, she still came by work to hang out with Rob and I for a while. She took this Polaroid of me next to the drawing Nikki did of me in the bathroom at the J-Lo. It got me thinking of the land camera that I have been meaning to use. I also have a joy cam and a square shooter that I can't find film for.

I read that Polaroid is phasing out their film and so I bought a twin pack from Filco. Rob and I shot three pictures that all came out very dark. We finally realized that it needed a battery to calculate the exposure, although it was odd that we were still allowed to shoot pictures. So, we are now in the process of tracking down a 3 volt alkaline battery. Wish us luck!

I also want to get some of the 600 series film and a Polaroid one-step.

straight low key

I've been working night and day!!!
Alright, maybe not that much.
I saw a lovely fashion show and my friends have come by to visit me and nothing tops that!
Adjusting to getting up at 4:30 in the morning has really taken it out of me. I have hardly painted a thing! I did buy a huge piece of watercolor paper. I don't know how huge, but definitely larger than 18 x 24 inches.

do not worry my pet...

someone will save you




Recently someone let me know that they find my drawings of women to be interesting as they feel I might have empathy in my heart for women affected by abuse and domestic violence.

I have been thinking about this subject, and the subject of my art. It's not necessarily about domestic violence, although it certainly could be. For me, it's about women in trouble. It's too simple and I stick to this idea like glue, it's obsessive, I know. A women spattered in blood is more beautiful than a bloodied up man, a woman's look of horror is lovely, a man, not so much. The female figure is probably the most popular subject matter in art history. As a former fashion design student and a current art student, I feel it only natural to choose women over men. Fashion revolves around women, and fashion and aesthetics is the core of what I am all about.

Although, more than anything else I can think of I am completely inspired by this episode of Unsolved Mysteries I saw when I was a little girl. It horrified me in a different way than Halloween or a Nightmare on Elm Street because I knew it had really happened and the man who did it was most likely walking around, living, having a grand time. So....

A women makes friends with a man and brings him into her home. He beats her up and drags her body into the fireplace. He then brings her mattress into the living room and places it on top of her body. She was not dead at the time, but unconscious. He lights the mattress on fire. Naturally, they reenacted the whole event. I saw this episode a while back and of course, it didn't scare me like it did when I was young.

gotta straighten up your act and boogie down

Rob is play at Inferno Pizza on 16th and Broadway Friday night. If you live in Sacramento and you aren't busy you should come check them out! It's an early show.

Inferno is a wacky place. It looks like this everywhere!

This is a special message from Biaggio of Times of Desperation:
"Please note that this show starts at 6pm and needs to be done by 9pm. So, be sure to come early. Also, as usual, bring tons of weed. Especially for Roanoke. Touring bands need lot’s of weed and of course so do we."

This one of a few things I did last night. No big deal. Ok. Whatevurrrr. Her eyes are messed up. NOOOO! DON'T fucking LOOOK!!!

it's my factory

Rob and I met up with the St. Ofles at Temple last night. Temple is very nice, we haven't been there in a long time. We can't ever seem to remember where it is! We really had a such a wonderful time with them. We talked about all kinds of funny things. The St. Oh-Fool's are lovely and I can't wait to see them again! I felt especially good giving them my favorite painting ever.
After that, we secured some goods and went home. I hung out in Rob's studio and then went back to my own lair and worked on this:

I think it's my second favorite ever.