Wee Thanks

Oui oui! I finished one of my mushroom cards.



















This is the postcard version.


There will be a photo of the Thank You card posted soon.

MyCelium Sketches

French Mushrooms


















Marilyn Mushroom


















Short Stack Shrooms with a Swig of Pop



















Traditional Short Stack Shrooms



















...and Mary Poppins



















Perhaps MySilliness sketches would be more appropriate. I've been playing around with different treatments, trying for something more graphic perhaps. These were all inspired by a recent hike to Blood Mountain and the many wee mushrooms standing guard along the trails edge.

Two Down...Almost

I've finished the coloring. Next step: set it up as a pattern.

Octopods

This is the start of a pattern inspired by images from a TED talk by David Gallo. I TED.org. This talk by Gallo is equally fascinating.

A little like Keith

Blood Mountain

Mountain hiking is my choice remedy for daily stress. The tension starts to release even as your still in the car, winding up the road to the trail head. Then as the car door opens and you take your first breath of fresh mountain air, the black balloon does it's zigzagged wizz away, taking those what-if-gnats along with it, letting you enjoy the moment.


















This week's hike took me to Blood Mountain. According to Wikipedia, and from what I've heard from other, the mountain was named after a Native American battle that gave control to the Cherokee from the Creek. But the namesake may also be attributed to rhododendron growing there. Regardless, it's a great workout with sweet views.















The best views, however, were those I had to bend down to see.

New Website Icons

Can you spot my favorite color?

Sneak Peak

One down...

...3 more to go.

I'm finishing up the final edits to my thesis pieces. Here's the first to go up for final review:



















The actual file is a snibbit of the image that I've cropped to make a continuous pattern when defined as a pattern in Photoshop. That function gets my vote for Most Favorite right now.

Something Old. Something News. No. 1

So I should have posted this long ago, but I was on hiatus, learning to swim amongst the yogini dolphins in the nutrient-rich, Gluten-Free Stream.

I participated in the first ARTlantis festival, put on by Beep Beep Gallery. My 5'4" screen printed scroll, Therapeutic Papers, took the 1st Place Jury Prize.



















Super sweetness.















Even sweeter was the fact that I got to hang out with my friends Lucha and Paco all day. You'd be super smiley if you got to stare at their lovely mugs all day too.















Thanks to Mark, James, and everyone who helped make it happen. And to the fam for coming to show their support.. And to all you lovvies who bought my prints! Muah!

Today at Work - Part 2

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