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Old Unfinished Painting Redefined on a New Monday
Posted on October 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
The last time I worked on this woman I was livid. I ended up wrecking the painting with awful lines, dull, watered down colors and four letter words (which I won’t be showing here). Click on this four letter word for the original plan, or cross the bridge for previous layers.
eve takes a profile pic|return to
Posted on October 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’m bound and determined to finish this painting by the end of this week. Eve takes a Profile Pic is the second of a series for my March exhibition at the Gallery Tilal.
Teddy Bee Almost Complete
Posted on September 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
I started this painting months and months ago after a visit from Teddy Bee and his mom/companian/human friend. It’s going to be sold for a charity of his choice soon. I’ll post the final painting and more details by Sunday.
Gallery Tilal|Eve Takes a Profile Picture
Posted on September 19, 2010 7 Comments
I started this painting earlier today. Don’t be impressed, a lot of the paint was already on there (I rarely do this, but I’m painting over an old one that was sitting heavy on my mind).
Stories of Eves|Eve & Adam
Posted on September 19, 2010 4 Comments
I decided for my March exhibition at Gallery Tilal to continue my Stories of Eves series. I just feel like I haven’t explored the subject to my fullest capacity (in other words, I’m still not bored with it). And in light of some personal current events, there is still so much I want to say […]
New Painting|Still No Name
Posted on September 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Not finished yet but I’m hoping soon. My new camera is crap.
new painting|still untitled
Posted on August 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
This is a painting I started a few days ago. I like to show some stages of my unfinished work because I like the way they look at that stage. I am approaching this painting very differently because I’m using many layers of diluted acrylic. Let’s just see where it goes from here.
New Painting|Untitled Yet
Posted on August 22, 2010 3 Comments
To use the term of the decade, this video was a total fail (cross the bridge for the video, I changed things around a bit). But I thought I’d post it anyway because it’s kinda clutzy like me. And it actually has a few informative seconds if you filter out the mistakes, pauses and technical […]
The Dot Catchers
Posted on July 11, 2010 2 Comments
A dear, dear friend of mine (and one of my most favorite women in the world) called me the other day as I was doing my grocery shopping. She’d just seen my post Why it’s Important to Play and loved the whole potato thing. Over the phone-at the supermarket, I’m surprised how I managed to […]
Why it’s Important to Play
Posted on July 5, 2010 7 Comments
I was feeling very organic last weekend so decided to go out and buy some untreated canvas and play around a little. I also remembered that I had two or three potatoes once destined for a hearty mash, just sitting around in the fridge. Who knew that this would be their destination. I […]
Homes:Dr. Tim Sullivan
Posted on June 11, 2010 4 Comments
Dr. Sullivan sent me this last night. He spread the pictures on the wall but felt they were lost, so he divided them by this sadu an ‘old bedouin woman who made it’ gave to him a few weeks ago. He says, ‘I say hello to the children every morning.’ That is so cool.
Homes: Peter Duckett|Ma’adi, Cairo
Posted on June 7, 2010 10 Comments
What a journey. About a month or two ago, my high school Spanish teacher, Mr. Duckett, e-mailed me. He liked my painting, Drum, and was interested in buying it. Of course I mentally jumped up and down with joy because it’s always great to find a home for my girls. I immediately, however, crashed because […]
Cultural Re-Expressions Revisited|The Miniatures
Posted on June 5, 2010 4 Comments
A week ago, I got a call from Dr. Tim Sullivan. He said he liked my paintings from the 2004 Cultural Re-Expressions exhibition, but that his walls in Utah weren’t big enough for the large-scale works. So he commissioned me to make smaller ones. Tiny ones, to be exact. Tiny for my big, fat fingers. […]
Art Lesson at the G (and Other Goings on)|May 30
Posted on May 31, 2010 2 Comments
Sometimes visitors drop in during my lessons with Eman. My sister-in-law Jana came through to take some photos of the two-dimensional Yasmine and another painting. It’s always fun to introduce people from my many different worlds to each other. As for Eman’s scarf, well, that’s finally done. The painting isn’t complete yet as she still […]
A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari
Posted on May 26, 2010 3 Comments
Y this morning. I’m really enjoying the skirt and will work some more on her crazy top. It just needs to be tweaked here and there.
Art Lesson at the G|May 23
Posted on May 23, 2010 6 Comments
Eman is making progress with the shawl. She really gets into it. She’s painting a very difficult object. Fabric is hard enough let alone patterned fabric. Bravo, Eman!
A Portrait of Y******* A********|May 19 AM
Posted on May 19, 2010 5 Comments
I did some things I should have done earlier. Thanks to the advice of several friends, it was suggested that I stop for a while and step back. Another thing I did was change the easel. The one I was working isn’t adjustable (it is, but mine never worked so I would adjust my height […]
A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari|May 13
Posted on May 13, 2010 1 Comment
Eek. Although I’m liking the painting itself more, I think I screwed up my sister’s face a little. So I hope she doesn’t see this! I know I’ll make it work, I know I will.
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