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pinheads } playing with scissors and glue
Posted on June 20, 2014 1 Comment
I was sitting around last night enjoying my son K and his friend’s endless laughter at some low-tech video game, while my son Y entertained two of his friends. Z was in her room and me, I was sitting around enjoying life. And then I decided to create these pinheads. I honestly can’t remember what […]
rainbow rise
Posted on June 12, 2014 2 Comments
My poor packages. I love and savor them so much that their unwrapping often resembles a titillating striptease at a gentleman’s club; a slow denuding involving photography, discreet or not.
a journal with a new, not-completely-found purpose
Posted on June 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
So I’ve repurposed my original new journal. To me right now, it feels like a book which delves a little deeper into my subconscious than my more conventional journals. And because of the unfavorable way the pages reacted with my inks, it’s forced me to be more experimental and try new techniques. And that’s almost always a […]
alphabet soup } q is for queasy
Posted on June 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
My alphabet recital stopped at ‘p’ eons ago. I have to admit I wasn’t that into it. I didn’t think it was clever enough, or maybe I was trying to be too clever. So I sort of forgot about it. I decided to look at my previous illustrations and thought: you know what? This isn’t so bad. […]
let me introduce you to ‘the book of curtains’
Posted on June 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
So I finally started writing in my new journal from the wonderful Hope House Press. I noticed that my ink was being absorbed in a different way, seeping through to the other side. To me, that was a problem. But every problem that presents itself comes with at least one creative solution. So I decided that I’m going to roll […]
in triplicate } the creation of unoriginal artwork #67, #68 and #69
Posted on May 27, 2014 Leave a Comment
Sometimes I swear I’m just lucky. I sat down this morning to plan for my upcoming workshop at the Project Space in Doha. I looked for a color pencil set (there’s always one somewhere in this house) and found this one with wonderful earthy shades. I’ve always wanted a limited palette because I do tend […]
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