5.30.2012

inside {process}



"how do you come up with these?", my father-in-law asked me this weekend.

i tried to answer with how i actually made them, materials i used, and sources of inspiration. but that's not the real answer. and it's been on my mind since.

i think that's actually what people want to know when they ask about an artist's process. it's not "and what stroke was next?", it's "how did you come up with this?" that's what i would want to know, anyway.

and i've actually been searching myself for that answer lately, too. "what am i trying to get across?"

the answer, the technique and the product is always changing, but one thing i realized that's vague but true: i'm creating what i FEEL when i look at something.

and thankfully (or not) the world around us, the sea, nature, is always changing. sometimes it doesn't work. sometimes it's perfect, beyond me. sometimes i'm not sure, for a long time.

even though he was just asking a question trying to further understand the mentality... and even though he has reason to be interested ... he was asking with such intention and awe that my heart lit up - he gets it. i am actually speaking a language that other people understand, even if i can't explain it. even the very abstract pieces. sometimes even jay will look at something and not "get" it. the whole process can be so individual and internal, that the validation of someone like my father-in-law "getting it" was awesome. 

people come at art from all different angles. they, too, have passions and a lot of them aren't as easily shared. i know it takes a lot to wrap your head around someone else's, even your own. that's why, when someone comes at my messy studio world with excitement and open eyes, i truly appreciate it. lighting up and asking questions and touching things like it's a part of them they've been missing since they were kids.

sometimes, a mark is made because i know that a color will balance something here, or a line will draw your eye there. but usually, the determining factors about "why" and "how" are the feelings i experience when i look at something that possess me to create and express them. i can't help but process them. i need to. i'm not always so open to it, and even when i'm not very inspired, it eventually comes back. which is why i continue to chase it.

littles on etsy
his favorite
this and below, new littles.

thanks for listening and looking.


5.25.2012

for a cloudy friday



{this moment}

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5.22.2012

a thing of beauty

as you may know, m&m ice cream with rainbow jimmies is my ultimate guilty pleasure, for my eyes and my tastebuds. some places do it well, some don't. recently, my sister did it ridiculous. she made me m&m ice cream in her ice cream maker, and its ratio of m&m's to rich french vanilla custard-like ice cream was over-the-top, perfect. i could sit and stare at a nice container of colorful ice cream for an obscene amount of time (at breathing points during the devouring process, of course). what is your guilty pleasure?


5.21.2012

new website!


i have a brand spankin' new website. courtesy of my dad's skillz (aka indiefair digital arts) and a few good tablespoons of my brain. it's really fun that my dad is in the digital arts business, as we've been able to work on projects together. while we worked on this one, we schemed about other projects we can create as a team. can't wait to show you what we're going to do next! in case you haven't clicked already ... check out the new and improved
let me know what you think!

5.18.2012

last friday

LAdy Antebellum - We Owned the by GaleriadaMusica.net on Grooveshark


i had some postings set up for last week but suddenly they all seemed so insignificant. and then before i knew it, i was flying to pennsylvania. i can't believe how our "planning" of when to visit turned out to feel like it was meant to be, out of our hands. as we all realize now and then, you can't plan on anything. you can make plans, it's necessary to move forward, but ultimately what's meant to be, will be, and sometimes, it makes absolutely no sense. and this time it put me right in keri's hug when she needed it most. i couldn't be more thankful for that. it's a huge testament to who keri and chris are as people and as a couple, as a family, that they welcomed me into their everyday during such a trying time. they didn't plan on showing me a little more about real life with their raw love, but they did.

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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5.04.2012

{this moment}

inspired by SouleMama 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

  If you're inspired to do the same, leave your link in the comments below. Also visit SouleMama and leave your link there, too.
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