Psalm 18

Fire Flowers

The Frog Prince

He got what he deserved

Take My Breath Away

done in partnership with Michael Vignola

Doodle of my Daddy

doodling while talking on the phone

still in process, the frog prince

I need to get the hell out of here

I went for a walk today to clear my head. I was upset and just needed some fresh air. Good thing I brought my camera with me. I found a ton of cool trees to take pictures of and a local nursery with a plethora of flowers in bloom. How nice to enjoy my own company and talk myself out of being upset.

Neuschwanstein and Cinderella

She no longer has need for a glass slipper, because she doesn't require rescuing.

Repunzel's True Escape

This is how the story SHOULD have gone

playing with the monochromatic idea

Snow White and the Huntsman

The Melting Tree

Should I Just Keep Walking?

soft pastels

also in progress

This is something I'm working on. I'll paint it sometime soon, but I'm trying to get my general ideas on canvas before they go away and i have another one I want to start tonight.

I have my mother's nose. It's the only indication that I belong to her, and it bothers me when i can't draw it accurately. My relationship with my mother is a collision of defense mechanisms, but we will always have those sunday afternoons with fried zuccini, the horrible chick-flicks I sat through with her, and a beautifully flat-tipped nose.

Looking In a Mirror

I have half a mind to leave it as is, I'm going for a contrast between my wild side and my tame side. Screw it, it's only a little after midnight, I'll keep painting.

I love that shade of blue. It's so bright, and it's the only bottle of expensive paint I have!

I can see I'm going to be up all night with this one...

Drawing and eating microwaved meatballs. They gave me a tummy ache. Zoe looked at my canvas and said "mommy that doesn't look like you..." everyone's a critic.

Princess in Shining Armor

It's finally done. This one sais "don't underestimate me." There are no damsels in distress here. I need to do some touch ups around some edges, but this is basically it, a weekend well spent!

Almost done, I'm loving the journey of this painting, I'll be kind of sad when it's over, I've put so much of myself in it. Once I paint the bad guy I'll touch up some edges and be done. I wonder what I'm going to do with it when I'm done

It's almost done. Zoe reminded me that it's time for lunch. It's easy for me to lose myself in what I'm painting and let 2 or 3 hours pass. I've had to pee for like an hour

Here's what I did today. I'm prying myslef away from it to go to the movies with a friend. I'll have to finish it later. I went to Michael's and bought an intense blue. I forgot what it was like to paint with real quality arcrilics. I hope I don't get spoiled because it's ten bucks a tube at least for the good stuff.

I got lost in Richmond and stumbled accross a park with a really cool war memorial. Clearly I had to stop and take pictures.

Just when I thought my last boquet had died...

I am doomed to be swept away by something unpredictable and wild.

I am vulnerable to the chaos that will eventually be my undoing.

I am caught in a storm that has a name

I am loving every minute of it.

And I'm stuck. I'll pick it up later I guess.

old paintings

So I'm posting some of my old paintings. The black and white one is my first attempt at a self portrait when I was about 16. Obviousely I didn't paint the Halo picture, but that picture has always inspired me. The red one i painted long ago when I was feeling hopeful in a bad sittuation.

I finally painted again, I forgot how freeing it is. It's so much more fun to manipulate the paint on a canvas than drawing on a piece of paper. In the spirit of my quest for a self portrait this painting is rare and beautiful as a flower and as dark and wild as a storm.