Sayulita, Mexico

the main beach we hung out on

Playa de los Muertos

Trees at the beach

Iguana

today was a beautiful day in seattle. But I really wish I was in Mexico.

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Watercolors I did in mexico

what I've been doing

Every graveyard is a photo essay

Sayulita graveyard




A row of tombs -- People are buried above ground, because of the low water table. 5 or 6 people are in each grave.


We are going to heaven.




I think these are graves for pets. At least I hope so.


Peek-a-boo cross.


Check out tile 4;2 -- I bet his wife was pissed.


This is what is at the end of the road through the graveyard -- Playa de la muertos, or the beach of the dead.

As some of you know, Scott and I will be away for christmas, we will be in Fabulous Sayulita, Mexico. We have rented the top half of a villa. It's apartment, really. I tried to get something really authentic, but all I could get is a relatively new construction. Click on the "pictures" link. It's currently 81 degrees there, according to the Weather Channel. I can hardly wait.

I see London

Uh, Mr President, I see france

Studio.....

Lately, I have been doing mostly prep work on the panels. I am trying to get a rich, deep surface, with lots of layers of paint. It is way harder than I thought it would be. I don't know why, but I am surprised every single time at how much time it takes and how much work it is.




It is easy to find landscapes in the rubbed and sanded surfaces. This can be distracting, but it's fun.



I have been gathering pictures for color and subject reference.


I like this little tableau, it's on top of the TV, so of course I see it alot.


Drawing to think--I need to to more of this.

Documentation of the Stolen Election

Steal Your Election
Documenting what could be the highest crime in the history of our country

Satan Resigns

komo news | Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns:
"Ashcroft, in a five-page, handwritten letter to Bush, said, 'The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved."

Wha-aa-a?

I think Rudy Giuliani wants his job. My prediction.

Installation shots of "Between Reprieves" Scott's show at Gallery 110

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" Between Repreves" at Gallery 110

My wonderful husband, Scott Mansfield, has an opening tonight at Gallery 110, at 110 South Washington Street in lovely Pioneer Square. You may think I am biased, but this show looks excellent.


This is the piece on the card








Really Super Honesty

Scott and I were going to the store and saw this truck......

Work

We have finally rolled out the website. The whole team has been working on it for over two years, and I joined the team about a year ago. So, here it is: Capital Improvement Program (CIP) I think it looks great. AND on top of that I get a new cube:

Note the window. (right now spare furniture is being stored in it)

This is the view. Perfect for watching the junkies.

I also won the costume contest yesterday. I was a Flying Zebra princess. I just had this stuff laying around the cube, threw it together, and viola. (yes I did too have this stuff just laying around)

art is a verb

I got an email update from Hamlett Dobbins today, a great guy I went to grad school with. Easily, of all the people I went to school with, I respect and admire Hamlett most of all. Not only are his paintings beautiful, evocative, enigmatic, suggestive, personal, inclusive, and compelling, he paints with an easy virtuosity I would envy if I could get past the feeling of wonder they evoke in me as a painter. His website, art is a verb has tons of images of his work. There are new images of his posted on the 'Paintings' and 'Studio Views'. And, as a bonus, he has an entire section dedicated to his visits to other artist's studios. I really like looking at the other people's studios; it helps me to feel less like I am working in a vacuum, and lets me daydream about having a real studio of my own.

On another note, I got the November 'Harpers' in the mail the other day, and there is this wonderful article in it by Mark Slouka, titled " Quitting the Paint Factory -- On the virtues of idleness". (the paint factory referred to is industrial, not artistic) As a bonus, it is illustrated by Brad Yeo. His illustrations look like they are wood block prints, but these days who knows, it could be illustrator. Method of construction aside, they are beautifully designed and compelling. Anyway, back to the article -- It basically examines the obsession with work and how even hobbies and leisure activities are measured by ones work.

"Leisure is permissible, we understand, because is costs money; idleness is not, because it doesn't. Leisure is focused; whatever thinking it requires is absorbed by a certain task: sinking that putt, making that cast, watching that flat-screen TV. Idleness is unconstrained, anarchic. Leisure--particularly if it involves some kind of high-priced technology--is as American as a Fourth of July barbecue. Idleness, on the other hand, has a bad attitude. It doesn't shave, it's not a member of the team, it doesn't play well with others. It thinks too much, as my High School coach used to say. So it has to be ostracized. "

I am just getting into the studio in earnest, for my show coming up in April. It has been hard, because I have had niggling thoughts of "what are you doing, no wants to buy one of these" and "what a stupid, expensive waste of time." This article has struck just the right cord with me, appealed to my rebellious nature, and has me itching to make a bunch more of those little pictures that no one but me wants to take home.

Air America is in Seattle

Hello dear reader , Sorry for going dark there for a while, Personal reasons, bla, bla.

So, this news is too important to keep to myself, Air America is now in Seattle! AM 1090. I don't have a radio at work, so I will still have to listen via RealPlayer while there, but all you devoted readers (...) out there, tune in right now! If you don't have a radio either, here's the link to listen on line.

p.s. I'll have some images up on New Work soon, I promise