I thought it would be a shame to throw out those dying flowers once my classes were done drawing them, so I hung them in my office to dry and now they hang on my living room wall. Since the semester has ended, I have been an absolute lunatic in the studio. I'm talking 12-15 hour work days, trying to get as much as possible accomplished before I start teaching summer classes. While I work, Netflix plays in the background. I was on a documentary kick last week. I've learned so much about the universe, the dark ages, ancient Alexandria, ancient Egypt, and the history of the British monarchy : ) I must have been all documentary-ed out, because this week I've moved on to Murder, She Wrote. I've already finished season 1. It's going to be difficult to break this work til 2 in the morning habit once classes start back up. I'm much more of a night owl than a morning person.
I've always been fascinated by the weird place "fan art" holds in the realm of art. I admire its kitsch as well as the devotion and admiration that goes into such works.
The first painting I ever created on canvas was actually a portrait of
Gwen Stefani. I was 14 and intensely in love with No Doubt. And I
still own that painting.
There
are many times I stumble across celebrity inspired artwork online
(particularly on Etsy) that I find interesting for one reason or
another, so I thought I would start sharing those here. First up:
these pastel and colored pencil Stevie Nicks inspired prints by Johanna Pieterman, available at Catbird.
Moving on to a new project, which I am very excited about. I was getting sick of all of those man crotches (which are finally finished and should be up on my website soon).
