Brooklyn and the #giftfair

Ps I'm not truthfully a hashtagger. New York over the weekend was nothing more than short and sweet. I was able to make it to the NY International Gift Fair- more fun than expected!

Jonathan Adler was the only land I felt comfortable taking any photos in, much thanks to Melissa Cromwell, and JA did look great. I was also able to locate an old favorite company now under the new name of Moksha, Indian goods and handmade wares (from Texas) and old family friends.  Moksha- "Liberation". Also check out Lusty Letters for a change of pace in your greeting card and gift-giving life. A lot of colorful inspiration, all in all. Meanwhile back in Brooklyn there is a new mural up in the courtyard of Soda Bar, courtesy of 'MissBoombox', not to mention the new chalkboard wall over at St. Johns Place...woah! 

Mural of Insects

Newest mural; A residential bathroom; Cape St. Claire in Maryland. Sixteen butterflies.

The problem is that while the work crew was finishing up, the bathtub broke in half. (When does that ever happen?) Each butterfly is meticulously clear coated to completion, hopefully staying smooth and sound.

Firecracker Balloons

9"x9" gouache on paper. It's been 5 years since last using gouache. I'm considering it a welcomed new phase.

Summer Ink

Chinese ink set on sumi paper. Cropped image. Original 17"x11". Green summertime peppers. This is my way of delaying other things.. like finishing a 60"x50" acrylic fossil. So for now I'll post dated veggies. Stay tuned, I guess. 

Wine: afterward. [Fine settimana di vino]

Friends, family and those I just met, much thanks to everyone who came out last weekend and enjoyed the wine festival! (Especially if you stopped by the booth, talked about art, or even made a purchase.) My vote for the event went to Mark Cascia Vineyards, by the way. Located Thompson Creek area of Kent Island.

This little deer made only from gun powder is still in fact for sale!

Poster situation, going very well.

And a drunk lady even bought my display at the end of Sunday evening! I made her night(?)

Check out my sign made from this painting of Columbus storming the native shores.

And a great new MilkHouse clipboard. I mean new mailing list. Feel free to keep joining. When I decide to start sending things hopefully you won't be disappointed!

Old Newspaper Nostalgia 2

Old newspaper nostalgia, part two of unknown. May 9, 2001! My David Hockney inspired painting. Sb age 15.

Ink Party

Forrest/Rudy/SB

circa 07

("Gondola
   gondola
   gondola etc.")
("Golgotha is far away from here")
("This is a tutu/ I finally have a tutu")

Paper 18: Indian prints

 Not my print job, just some very old favorites. Tiny 3" paper Indian gift bags. Held on to since 1999, via moksha-imports.

Wine Fest

So PS- the dessert and wine painting actually made its way to the winning poster design for the 2012 Chesapeake Bay Wine Festival May 5 + 6. Held at the Bay Bridge Marina in Stevensville (Kent Island).  See below post (April 17) for another (modified) version!
http://www.chesapeakebaywinefest.com  for tickets and other information.

Paper 17

("There is no boldness anymore")

 Is there, or isn't there.. I would like to see it.

With additional note to pick up the typewriter.

Paper 16, Ladybugs/mortality

Ink on paper; After once upon a time stumbling into Lindsay's cabin and noticing hundreds upon hundreds dead (ladybugs), though they looked peaceful. 

Tonight: Sneaky Pete watching Forrest reading Grace Slick's autobiography and blankly asking "what is this?" Note the neon melon paper and tank top; the camera cannot even do their brightness justice.

Midnight Special

(Shine a light on me. Think CCR, and The Lavish.)

detail

 detail

acrylic and ink on panel, 8"x11"

Ink Drops

A few new [little] ink pieces in the works. Inks featured here with Miss EggNoggies. Perhaps the greatest cat who ever did live. Blue eye... green eye.

Look Up!

Almost indescribable. I desperately recommend seeing Fuerza Bruta some time this year, but try to go without knowing too much, the mystery/surprise duo is electrifying. You will become magnetized to a spectacle that might make your cheeks stuck in a smile, then leave with a curious yearning to breathe art, (artlife). A little bit of beauty bombardment.
Find it at the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC between $26 and $80 through late summer.
http://fuerzabrutanyc.com/wordpress/

Paper 15

Here's a little piece of paper for the old rocker in all of us..[related fact]: Today is also Melissa Cromwell's birthday. Check out her work http://melissaannecromwell.wordpress.com/. Check out her other work at http://www.jonathanadler.com/, too.

("How do you feel LOVING the most popular man in AMERICA?? [Bruce Springsteen]")

PS PS PS

http://yesbaker.tumblr.com/ is my new mood board style blog. Here you can also find a little montage shrine dedicated to M.Cromwell today. Other days see spectacle, color, and tableaux vivants.

Papers 13 and 14

("[I am 26]. And female")
("It will be a sad day when I loose my astounding memory")

Found #1 in a pants pocket.   I figured these could go hand in hand.

Wolves in real life

How incredible was this on rt. 2? Never seen one before, maybe I'll never see one again. 

Old newspaper nostalgia

And look, almost four years to date. Chronicle front page! Hospital mural fine-tuning and my unnaturally cheerful paint pose. I hope that anyone I worked alongside of on this one is finding much mural and/or painting success! Leap month now, leap month then. How incidentally awesome! (click image to read)

Leftovers part 2: Last month's show?

A few from the Metropolitan show. Not the original layout. Strawberry on linen found a new home, thanks to Mr. Walker Babbington. 

do you?

Leftovers part 1: Valentines (Paper 12)

Only because I actually do enjoy the celebration of St.Valentine's Day, thanks to all of the colors in the middle of dreary Winter.

 Cara Cara oranges are in season. So are heart ice cubes.

 Click to enlarge; top right corner!

 Thanks to chef JC Lowery; Brie En Croute with too many fresh berries.

And of course our handmade paper selections...