BACKING

In this colorful pendants by Pyglet Whispers, polymer clay works as a backing for the prints of her original pen and ink drawings. Without this wonderful material, making these pendants would have been much more difficult.

Super Shrines: Painting Diaries

Hello Dumplings!*

Now that I've overcome my turkey coma, the name of the game is Progress! Here's a quick peek at the balls-to-the-wall-exam-time-brouhaha that's brewing in Apartment #5:Bedazzling the crap out of my Aphrodite shrine. Making progress one sequin at a time...


My cat Miss Marney Pants providing moral support while I wail on watercolor assignments...


I decided to keep a "Painting Diary" to record the progress of my Bast (The Egyptian cat goddess of perfume, protection and pleasure) shrine. This is the first initial wash over the collaged ground and line drawing.
The initial straight-tube compliment underpainting and a second slightly metallic ground coat...


The initial first coats of oil. Tomorrow I'll be able to finish off her arms, work in with glazes and start her Cleopatra style collar piece...
I'm hoping to squeak in some time to make a December Dream Board this week in the midst of the mayhem! Now my pretties, what sort of magic and creative mischief have you been making?

Until next time,
Much Joy and Merry BeDaZzLiNg!***

happy clients!

i sold this beautiful painting today... a wonderful lily from my show in Ecuador.

this client knew what space needed to be filled in their home.. and came with an open mind about what imagery would work.

this painting painting jumped out as the final candidate!

i was thrilled to have another painting be placed in a collection.

thank you very much Marty and Jim... for your support!

Taliban Lily
watercolor
32" h x 48" w
2003

MAJESTIC

I came across a new shop – with beautiful art pins depicting carousel horses, a zebra, and (in the near future, I hope) a unicorn. So far, there are only three works in this shop, and all of them are shown below. I cannot wait to see more!

Here is the shop address: twistedcreatures.etsy.com.

JEREMY SANTUCCI

Jeremy Santucci aka Jay Santucci, born in 1981, in Maryland, is an American model, best known for his campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch and Armani Exchange. Santucci began his modeling career in 2006 by signing on with David Todd at Nous Model Management using another name Jay Sanz. His very first modeling job was working with veteran photographer Bruce Weber for Abercrombie and Fitch billboard campaign. His strong features and exceptional physique gained the admiration of many advertisers and photographer, and had nailed many magazine spreads for Cargo, Details, and DNR magazine editorials. It was at this time that he changed his name to "Jeremy Santucci." Now, signed with renowned agency Major Management, Santucci is taking the world of modeling on his hands. He's bagged multiple campaigns for Loehmann's, Emporio Armani, 2ixst and much more.

Crystal's Best Friend

Today I got one of the weirdest FB message from one of the weirdest people I've ever heard from:

Because you are obviously bonkers.

And you don't use 's correctly.

I don't understand why she has to keep asking me how Disneyland was. Is it that important? It's all on my fucking blog wtf.


p/s: No, I don't know Crystal Siew at all, ok? That's why it's funny, coz she (Miu) is so random!

p/p/s: What's all this about me being MEAN?? I mosaic-ed her face and name what! Not like anyone knows who this is... WTF. State opinion about an unknown person also cannot??

UPDATE: OMG! So many of your moralistic fucksticks reading me! Yabbering this and that about how old this chick and is all... Listen: WHO GIVES A FUCK WHETHER SHE IS 6 or 60??

The point is I didn't state her name or post her photo!

For all you know she could be a fictional character I created... Then you'd feel really stupid now, won't you??

And besides, when I posted this, I didn't even click on her profile. I didn't know how old she was, but even if I did, I doubt it would have changed a single thing.

It beats the hell out of me how so many of you saints managed to find her fb profile.

Fucking ironic too, if you ask me.

If this annoys you, if you think that I'm abusing my 'power' and that I'm mean-spirited, you know what to do don't you?

STOP FUCKING READING MY BLOG!

But instead, there you are, reading, commenting, and even going on fb to search for this chick's fb profile and nitpicking shit. Ridiculous.

And some of you are pitying this supposedly poor girl. Save your condescending sympathy. There are much sadder beings out there than a girl who was called bonkers by a blogger she pestered, ok?? And since when did you care so much? Go channel your energies to consoling people whose families died in natural disasters can?

There are over 3 billion blogs out there... Surely there are a few that are up to your high moralistic standards. So go read those, and stop trying to change me or tell me what to do. It's not gonna work.

winter mood board 1

EVER-BLOOMING

Simple and delicate polymer clay flowers gathered into magnificent cascading blooms form these beautiful earrings from Afleurdepeau.etsy.com. Lovely design, isn't it?

ORLANDO BLOOM

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England) is a classically trained English actor. He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Troy, Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven. Bloom most recently appeared in the sequels Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He is starring in the upcoming ensemble film New York, I Love You, Sympathy for Delicious, playing rocker The Stain and Main Street,playing copper Harris Parker. Bloom made his highly anticipated professional stage debut in the West End play In Celebration at the Duke of York's Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, which ended its run on 15 September 2007.