Artwork Update: December

yay! artwork update:


Fox Squirrel


Porcupine


Like me, she was imperfect

I Heart This, Sunday: Street Art

2010, Austin, TX







2008, Canberra, Australia



2007, Paris, France



2007, Milan, Italy



2007 Austin, TX

Event: Blonde Redhead

Last week I went with Jeremie to the Blonde Redhead show at La Zona Rosa. The opening act was someone I saw at sxsw last year, Ólöf Arnalds. Edwina and I went to see her at the Driskill Hotel. There was no seating but Edwina and I were tired so we sat on the floor. The audience followed suit and I have to say it is an awesome way to see Ólöf perform.

I'm not sure the Austin crowd appreciated it though. :/ either way I was excited to see her again :-)


Jeremie, Fujifilm Instax, 2010


Edwina at Rio Rita, March 2010

Blonde Redhead's show was nice.

Blonde Redhead, Fujifilm instax, 2010


Blonde Redhead, Fujifilm instax, 2010

After the show Jeremie and I hit up Halcyon for some latenight tea. I had Chamomile and Jeremie had Roobios

Draw what you want, Wednesday

Heather Lucky, Polaroid, 2008

My dear friend Heather Lucky requested, "you should draw cheese." She said this with a slight smirk knowing that I cannot eat cheese. I think back on one of my first episodes of drinking dairy and getting flu like symptoms. I drank a half glass full of 2% milk and was on the bathroom floor in the fetal position for a couple of hours.

I think people assume that food allergies are just a way of being "difficult." And I have had many people say "you could just take beano" or introduce milk back into my diet. I do have cheese now and again because I adore brie but mostly I try and keep it out of my body. If my body reacts in unsettling ways I'd rather appreciate my bodies wishes.

Anyhow, when heather asked me to draw cheese, I started to daydream about the cheeses I would eat. So that is what I drew.

Cheese, ink on paper, 2010

Muenster is something that was always in our fridge as a child. the slight bitter taste always amazed me. And as a child I would love eating it's orange edges.

Cheddar also amazed me but much later. I loved the hard cheddars where they bite back.

Brie. My favourite cheese and with such a varied taste range. <3 <3 <3

I Heart This, Sunday: photos of friends eating

So I was looking through my food set on flickr and found these photos of friends eating. I enjoy catching our moments of food rendezvous. Hope you enjoy them as well <3


Edwina at 24Diner, Austin, TX, 2010


Adrienne at Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse, 2010 Bouldin Creek is the progress of moving to a new location, around Mary and South 1st.


Jeremie at Dhaba Joy, Austin, TX 2008 ps: It's connected to Toy Joy and they do not sell cupcakes anymore. Try their ice cream though-pure goodness.


Natalie at Thai Passion, Austin, TX 2007


Aaron at Lux Bakery, Austin, TX 2007


Adam at Austin Java, 2007

Draw what you want, Wednesday

Okay so it's Thursday but I have an excuse? I went to Blonde Redhead last night and didn't get a chance to scan in this drawing til today.

My friend Anthony Sonnenberg requested an orchid for this weeks drawing.


Anthony Sonnenberg, 2009


Orchid, 2010

Event: Art Day with my mum (11/18)

belated posting...


Blanton Museum of Art's exhibition, Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from The Walters Art Museum

October 2, 2010 – January 2, 2011

Claude Monet, Springtime 1872 (notes: you don't even notice the book) AND Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó, An Ecclesiastic


Jean Béraud, Paris Kiosk



Eugène Delacroix, Wild Horse Felled by Tiger, 1828


Notes:
I'm not as excited by paintings as I am drawings. Drawing has a natural fluidity.


Harry Ransom Center exhibition,
Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection

Sept. 7, 2010, to Jan. 2, 2011

Warren De la Rue
Notes: What and Who we choose to photograph means something.

Also, got a new art book, Yinka Shonibare. Still kicking myself for not going back to Sydney before I left Australia to see his exhibition at the MCA.

Also, from the Blanton's permanent collection and one of my favourites,

Ben Shahn, From That Day On, 1960, oil and tempera on canvas and board