This is the best animated short I have seen in a long time!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Miss Blum - A Fabric Heroine
I hereby introduce to you, Miss Blum, my newest creation.
Miss Blum, a little uptight and very vain, was a school teacher for 155 years. Nowadays, she spends her time in front of the mirror, getting ready to find the right partner in crime.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Of Seashells and Sandcastles
We just had to get out of the cold. Midwinter break was a perfect time to go visit our dear friends Doris and Jimmy in Florida. What a treat!We spent lots of time at the beach.
Off course when you have busy hands, you have to keep them busy.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Women's History Month Book Events
To celebrate women's history month six author-illustrators, three bookstores and a gallery, are hosting and organizing book readings, signings and an exhibition.
Melanie Hope Greenberg, a wonderful author illustrator and the organizer for these events, has put together a great program.
Participating Author Illustrators
Calendar
*Thursday March 4th. 6-8PM
Superfine, 126 Front Street, Brookly
Opening Reception, Picture Book Art
Saturday March 6th, 10:30AM
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Book reading, Selina Alko & Aileen Leijten.
Saturday March 13th, 10:30AM
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Book reading, Melanie Hope Greenberg & Miriam Cohen
Sunday March 14th, 11:00AM
Book Court, 163 Court Street, Brooklyn
Group panel.
Saturday March 20th, 10:30AM
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Book reading, Meghan McCarthy
Sunday March 21, 4-6PM
PS Bookshop, 147A Front Street
Group Story Time
Saturday March 27th, 10:30AM
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
Stop by to say hi!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Anton Pieck
I fell in love with Anton Pieck's work when I was 6 years old, and I still am very much in love with it today. Anton Pieck is a Dutch painter, artist and graphic designer, born in the Netherlands in 1895 and died in 1987. His rich imagination was very fairy tale like, and his playful line reminiscent of Albrecht Durer. He was incredibly prolific. In addition to the hundreds of fairytale inspired paintings, woodcuts, and etchings, he designed the first and most important theme park in Europe, The Efteling. I don't come across his work very often here in the states and wanted to share some of his paintings with you.
So beautiful.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
My Brooklyn Studio
I just read an fascinating article about artist's and writer's work spaces. The article came with pictures and I couldn't get enough of them. Some people work in tiny messy spaces, or large sprawled out places. Others work in organized minimal looking rooms. Everyone is so different. It made me look at my own space. My studio is on our home. I initially carved out a small section for myself, but my stuff keeps spilling over into other areas. I have many interests and thus need and use many different supplies. There are paints, pencils, paper, pastels, clay, beads, felt, fabric, wool, thread, ribbon, spread out everywhere. I like to have an overview of what I am working with and I'm always running out of table surface space. Here are some pictures. I did clean up a bit...
btw, it is national hugging day today!
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
Winter Sculpture
I am in the very early development stages of a series of sculptures based on the seasons.
For some cold reason, it made sense for me right now to start with winter. This might evolve into a book, it might not. We will see.
The initial research and sketches for the first sculpture are mostly done.
I made and armature and filed it up with aluminum foil, next I took wood paste and started sculpting.
I still have a lot of sculpting to do and the wood paste is much harder to manipulate than I imagined. I am worried about the hands because I want them very long and slender, almost skeleton like. And the face!? Another concern is if the armature is strong enough to hold up the weight of the entire sculpture. I guess I will find out soon!
Stay warm.
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Monday, January 4, 2010
Gris Grimly
Gris Grimly's art work is dark, whimsical, fun, cool and inspiring. His pen and ink line work in particular is stunning. If you like Edward Gorey, Tim Burton and Henry Sellick, you will love Grimly's illustrations. 
He both illustrated and wrote quite a few children's books over the past few years, among which many picture books. Be sure to check them out. Be warned though, they are not for the very young or the faint at heart.
Here are a few of my favorite Grimly illustrations.
Enjoy!
These are 3 of the 9 Freakatorium prints.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Happy New Year!
But, that's not want I want to focus on here. I want to thank all my good friends, family, and the lovely new people in my life, for a great year. You made 2009 very special and inspiring for me. I wish all of you good health and happiness in the new year.
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
January 21 is National Hugging Day!
Can you believe it?
It is the perfect day to give my book, "Hugging Hour" as a present to all your friends! ; )
Keep an eye on my blog, I will be giving away three "Hugging Hours" myself that day! Details will follow.
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