Fall in Portland

[photos taken with an iphone]

Show and Tell: Art in my home

Arthound has a series called Art@Home that I enjoy following.  I love seeing what kind of art people have in their homes and how they displ...

Recent artist finds

When I come across an artist whose work I connect with, I keep the page open on my browser for a couple of weeks.  So I guess it's a goo...

My Week

it's chestnut season! one of my favorite treats- boiled chestnuts each chestnut is like a little nutty baked potato painted the bedroom ...

Ana Ventura's illustrations on cloth

Lately, I've been thinking about working more on fabric.  Then I saw these illustrated pages today by Portuguese artist Ana Ventura .  T...

Halloween Readathon Wrapup

So I did really well with this readathon. I guess having a theme helped or perhaps it was a good change to NOT read a review book. I complet...

Artist Interview: Esti of Pintameldia

Spanish artist Esti Hernández de Miguel is the talented illustrator behind Pintameldia .  I came across her captivating "ghost" i...

My Week

  the youngest wants to be the white queen for halloween   i reused a flower girl dress and added shiny fabrics and trim/  just need to fini...

If walls could talk

An old school picture form and handwritten letters dating back to 1927.  In the French film Amélie , the discovery of a little toy hidden in...

Halloween Readathon Update (Books and Mini-Challenges)

I'm actually just getting started with the readathon. I was busy all day and have somewhere to go tomorrow too actually. I'll do as ...

Josef Frank's unfailing wallpaper designs

[image sources: Apartment Therapy , Just Scandinavian ] Some things just don't go out of style, like the beautiful and bold wallpaper pa...

Two new prints, "Sprig" and "Lake's Edge"

I rarely work from a sketch when starting a new piece.  Most of the time,  my work is a stream of consciousness.  I first lay down a wash fo...

Halloween Readathon

I got some reading done at the 24 Hour Readathon but I'd like to get some more in so I'm signing up for the Halloween Readathon hos...

Readathon End of Event Meme

Well the readathon is over. I'm not going to do the whole end of event meme since I didn't do much of the readathon. The answer to m...

Readathon Update Hour 16

So I've only read 20 minutes since my last update because after that I made dinner, ate it and then went out role-playing. I just got ho...

Readathon: Cheerleading Challenge

For this mini challenge, hosted by Fizzy Thoughts , we create a cheer for our fellow readathoners. Here's mine: Reading's Fun But Ta...

Readathon Book Puzzle

This is for an Hour 7 Mini Challenge hosted by One Librarian's Book Reviews . It's the title of a book I have for review. Fill in th...

Readathon Hour 6 Update

I've been participating in Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon. Total Time Reading: 2 hours Book: Dewey's Nine Lives by Vicki Myron Tota...

The Readathon Starts! Hour 1

So I plan to read as much as possible but will be lucky to get 5 hours of reading done. I have a household of people and places to go and sl...

Memories of France captured in paintings

Water Lilies , Claude Monet, 1914. I miss France.  We spent a few weeks of our summer in '98 traveling all over the country. I still hav...

Comparing art: Gérard Dubois and René Magritte

Works by René Magritte (left) and Gérard Dubois (right) The illustrative works of Montréal-based artist Gérard Dubois are featured in major...