An Acquired Taste

Close-up of Disneylanders in Untitled (Ghost Photograph no. 209) 2013, 8”x 10” 

 Commissioned work for Amy Sedaris

Untitled (Ghost Photograph no. 32), 2012, 4”x 6” 

Untitled (Ghost Photograph no. 50), 2012, 3.5”x 5”

Thank you, Shoko, for featuring Angela Deane's charming ghost paintings on your blog. This weirdo is now inspired. Once I wrap up my existing work projects, you can best bet that I will be "ghosting" some family photographs in the style of awesome Angela. Booyah! 

Obsessed

Yellow Sunrise 1, 2008

oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches

A Boat Called Ryder, 2009

oil on canvas, 48 x 84 inches

Tug on the Hudson, 2011

oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

River Tug, 2012

oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches

Dogs, 2011

oil on canvas, 96 x 120 inches

The Conversation, 2010

oil on canvas, 96 x 120 inches

Sears Peyton Gallery

I first came across Kathryn Lynch's paintings while browsing my favorite store in Los Angeles, Nickey Kehoe. I recall a painting of a sunset hanging there that made me smile. There is a childlike element in her translation of landscapes onto canvas - yet there is also a clear mastery of color and light in her work... *gasp* I returned to Nickey Kehoe to splurge and buy that piece (this was years ago) but it had already been sold... *sigh* Well, her latest series of tugboats and dog park observations continue to showcase her talent. I love her work and hope to own a piece someday.

The Time Has Come

For me to start editing my very last paper... YAY!

Pictured: One of my commissions. Yes, those are hula-hoops. And yes, that is pit-hair. I'm obsessed.

Picture Book For Grown-Ups

Ordered Maira Kalman's illustrated memoir, "The Principles of Uncertainty" a while back and just recently began reading, er, admiring it. She's a mad genius, that Maira. Experience life through her strange-in-a-really-good-way psyche HERE. She paints, photographs and writes, and I can't help but lap her wildly-original goodness up. Yes, like a dog. Gosh, I bet she'd be fun to hang out and devour a cheeseburger with. A deluxe one, no less.