aug. 20th

http://www.flickr.com/photos/waasgallery/sets/72157631102637978/

pictures from Drew Merritt's "Chiaroscuro" show opening at WAAS Gallery (deep ellum/dallas)

aug. 17th

my favorite dress this week from project runway. I LOVE it

aug. 10th

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my sweet and awesome dad passed away exactly 2 weeks ago, today. though, I am absolutely confident he's, as Christ promised, in the place that's been prepared for him (in the Lord's house), i still have to mourn the fact that i won't get to see him until i pass away, too. my good friend called me today that's also an artist and we were talking about my dad and she all of a sudden started saying wants me to paint and that inspiration doesn't necessarily come from a happy or always upbeat place. i hadn't told her that it's been a number of few weeks, honestly, since i've created much of anything (kind of understandable, but still); but today, i made the first layers of a very large painting (3' by 5'). my dad didn't really get the 'abstract' or 'impressionist feel' thing... (he lived the first half of his life in the south-)and he'd always say in a thick accent, "why don't you make a paintin' of a lake with trees and some COWS?!" haha...dad. but what he did say consistently about my artwork is that he always loved the way i lay out color :) when i work on this painting, i'm going to draw inspiration from my dad and what he would like

july 24th

july 21st

my buddy, Kelly Voyles' art show!!!!! if you're in Atlanta, you HAVE to go!!!!!

..working on a piece for the MAC's "Trans-" member show, will post picture later :)

july 18th-camille seaman: her photography sends chills down my back. no pun intended though

especially this one, WOAH. it kind of makes me sick but i cannot stop looking at it.

the compositions are gorgeous; but most importantly, i think, the photography makes you feel the cold and the isolation and absolute awe of what it would be like to be there

july 13th

Eugene/ 'Gene' Matthews

he has a beautiful and powerful painting called "Mesa" at the Mayo Clinic in phoenix, (a different one from this one above; "mesa" has red and orange tones); i can't find much about this painter other than that i think he was born around the 30's. i might try to take a picture of the mesa painting in the next few days