Both of my pieces were marked as "Sold" at the art show last night! I didn't win anything from the jury, but I got nice compliments from some people at the show. I even overheard someone talking about the abstract of the Caravaggio piece:
(most of this is almost not entirely accurate) (Edit: the two women are talking about a photograph displayed near my painting)
Woman #1: (to Woman #2) That's not a squirrel. That's a cat. It's upside-down, see? (they both consider a photograph next to my piece)
Woman #2: That's a cat? It looks like a squirrel. It's up in a tree, so I thought it was a squirrel.
Woman #1: What's this? (looking at my piece)
Woman #2: ...
Woman #1: Is he poking that...? What is this?
Woman #2: ...squirrel...
Woman #1: I don't understand that. What is that supposed to be? And why is he poking him?
(/scene)
And, here is the picture I grabbed of the final work.
Abstract of Caravaggio's "Incredulity of Saint Thomas"
Everyone is thinking about Boston. I know I am. But I won't address it here. I will only add my thoughts and prayers for all those involved and effected. Peace be with you.
palette cleanser:
Baby wombats make the tears turn to laughter. That's what we need most of all.
Today is a big day for me. I have two pieces in a student art show at my local CC, and the reception to announce the winners is TONIGHT. Here's a picture of some of the entries in The Gallery - Check it out!
This is just a portion of the works displayed. Here's a better shot showing my pieces
This is the piece on the left. I call her "Big Woman, Little Tub".
This is an abstract of Caravaggio's "Incredulity of St. Thomas", earlier draft, though. I adjusted the shadow on Jesus. I'll have to get a new picture of the final work.
So, tonight I find out if either of those pieces won a prize, or if anyone wants to purchase them, or possibly both. At the other end of the spectrum, I could get no prize and no offers - but there will be punch! And most likely cookies.
Also this weekend, there is a visit from a good friend, lots of tabletop RPGing, a wedding where my band is playing and our drummer is the groom! We have a guest drummer for the reception, and he is one of the coolest, kindest, talented, knowledgeable, and deliciously crunchy guys I know. I have a crush on him and have for years. I turn into a 12-year-old girl when I'm around him sometimes.
And..and...AND: It is Record Store Saturday, y'all!! There some information about it in Style Weekly if you want to check it out. Basically, it's a day for locals to get out to their local record store and buy some vinyl! Love your music, love your local music, and love your local music retailers!
Parting thought: yesterday, I bought a sandwich at the Wawa and my order number was 666. It reminded me of this:
I will be the first to admit it - I am not always on the leading edge of cool stuff. I often discover things well past the time they first broke over the shores of the webs. However, I do believe that discovery, whenever it happens, is a joyful thing.
I ran across this picture in a search for what passes today as "gift giving" (ie putting a funny picture on someone's Fb feed):
Freakin' hilarious, right? So, I made sure to give credit when I reposted the picture and ended up tooling around the Grand Index of All Things Peteykins!
Enjoy that. I know I did, and still am. I'm also enjoying the random "Nancy" cartoons that Peteykins upgrades.
I also ran across two new albums on NPR.org. The first is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's collaboration on "Love Has Come for You". Great, classic bluegrass structure, warm vocals and surprising lyrics.
Steve and Edie: look at those faces! They had a good time doing this.
The second was from Laura Mvula's "Sing To The Moon" which is just hauntingly beautiful, groovy in places and really - not what you were expecting. I recommend giving a listen to both.
I love being snarky and working with Photoshop or Microsoft Paint. I also love to play with photos of my friends' children. This is what happens when I do:
plus a couple of go home ____, you are drunk memes
I just learned about vector graphics in my web design class the other day, so I'm looking forward to transposing some of my sketches into web graphics.
I have a friend around these parts - quite possibly more than the one I am aware of - who seems to be having a grand ol' time posting about his mini-fig painting and terrain creating. Well, I also have stuff I do that I like parading in front of my intarweb friends, and now my soapbox got a little bit bigger. Let's hope I don't step off the edge, fall on my ass, and make a fool of myself.
So, what do I do? A few things, actually. I sing with a local Richmond, VA band called Moossa. We do not have fame, nor fortune, but we have a damn good time making music together. Here's a video from one of our gigs:
and here's something Ryan and I put together for the first track from our newest album, "Bright Lights & Faded Signs" called "Fall":
So, there's that stuff. I'm not using this space to promote my band. Not too much, anyway. If you want to check out more of our music, go to our website or check us out on SoundCloud.
I also have recently discovered a love for the visual arts. I took some classes at my local CC and I'm currently waiting to hear back from the local 4-year about my acceptance to their art program. I don't want to be too specific here, because I can be superstitious sometimes. But, you're dying to see my artwork, aren'tcha?
There will be more of those. That's what this whole thing is about.
No. Not showing off what I can do to the world in the hope that I get some kind of intarwebbian pat on the back. No, I am one of those people that has trouble recognizing the good things they have to offer to the world. We get bogged down in how much we've fucked up in the past, or the times we were too afraid, or too convinced that we just aren't worth the effort.
This place is where I will work out some of my shit, so if you can't or don't want to hang - it's all good. No worries.
But - this will also be a place where I will show you pretty pictures and nice music and such. AND, pictures of some of the characters I play with my regular tabletop RPG crew, like, Brawlerina and The Nanite!
This is Nan Nelson AKA The Nanite. She is super-level genius, can shrink down to atomic size and has a bio-electric blast. She also groks some gnarly tuneage that she just ripped from her vinyl collection.
This is Bralwerina, no AKA. She is a classically trained ballerina who can KICK YER ASS! Her attack names are inspired by Pimp: The Backhanding, (now on sale!) like the "Who's Yer Daddy" attack. She usually pairs with Professor Awesomestud and the other Centurion characters that regularly appear in Amazing! Comics.
