creative bits

Some work in progress...

I'm obsessed with onions these days.


A page from my sketchbook - favorite books:

New linocut in the works.

Blueberries! (I love blueberries!)

More textural tiles - I've been working on this (extremely tedious) series since last summer.

sketchbook: house sketches

I've recently started keeping a sketchbook again. I know - pathetic - what kind of artist doesn't keep a sketchbook? I was diligent about keeping a sketchbook in college and used to fill three books a semester. After graduation, I fell out of the habit - for some reason it was too much pressure. Sure, I had dozens of sketchbooks lying around - but I ended up using them as a place to jot my many To Do lists. And my sketches - ended up on little scraps of paper, index cards, etc.

It feels so much better to have all my sketches back in one place now - and it really is encouraging me to draw more. Oddly enough, most of my sketches seem to be architectural - this book is getting filled up with ideas for decorating our house and other little home improvement projects. Even when I'm trying to focus on my art, I guess I can't deny my education and training as an architect!

It will be interesting to see if these home projects ever come to fruition...and if they end up resembling my sketches. I'm putting myself on the hook for accomplishing some of these:

DIY music poster for the Library (these aren't the lyrics I'd use - I just happened to be listening to this song while I was sketching):

Backyard:

Mudroom converted into Pantry:

Dining Room and current (green) Studio:

New (red + gray) Studio (Larry is not going to be happy when he hears I want to repaint this room):