august 2012
emeryville, california
i painted these magnolia buds for a client. i always think it’s funny when i’m asked to draw something that i ordinarily wouldn’t draw . . . it often ends up looking like it wasn’t me who drew it !
Friday, October 05, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
Friday, September 21, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
14 september 2012
sausalito, california
i LOVE old suitcases and totes. i have a huge collection of them that i have picked up at flea markets + antique stores around the world. this one was the perfect size and shape to contain my many tubes of acrylic paints and brushes. i believe it was an old musical instrument case . . . perhaps a clarinet ?
Friday, August 17, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
august 15, 2012
plymouth, vermont
we went to the town where calvin coolidge lived called PLYMOUTH. it’s the sweetest and tiniest town you’ll ever see. every summer we go there (it’s 15 minutes from our house) to visit the plymouth cheese factory and to stock up on cheese. this is the second oldest cheesemaking operation in the united states and it was started by calvin coolidge’s father in 1890. you can actually watch them make the cheese right there in the factory. and next door to that is the plymouth general store where i bought this amazing fudge.
Friday, August 10, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
villefranche, france
there was a beautiful little pond in the jardins de rothschild which was filled with koi. this was one of the most beautiful + stunning gardens i have ever seen. i can’t wait to go back, armed with my sketchbook and a whole lot of time.
Friday, August 03, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
the fruit in the mediterranean is incredible. that dry hot heat grows such beautiful sweet fruit. i grew up with figs. in fact, it was an enormous fig orchard where our high school would go to “party.” it was simply known as “the figs.” but here in france (and now that i’m a grown up), i prefer my figs on a baguette with strong cheese and a drizzle of honey.
Friday, July 27, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
june 2012
antibes, france
i am not a big pastry eater (my sweet tooth is usually reserved for chocolate) BUT i do love to draw pastries. france is packed with pâtisseries that house the most beautiful perfect colourful jewel-like pastries that i have ever seen. i was usually the girl standing outside of the pâtisserie looking in and sketching the merchandise in the window at a rapid speed. i could spend hours doing this. to me, it is much more satisfying than eating them.
Friday, March 23, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
march 7, 2012
berkeley, california
this is the B in my alphabet series. it was done with charcoal, pastels, and water color. i’m trying to bring a little more color in my life, though for me, “color” means vague, muddy and subtle.
Friday, March 02, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
july 2004
stockholm, sweden.
i fell in love with stockholm while i was in sweden, attending the wedding of my friend lotta jansdotter. we stayed at this fabulous hotel called RIVAL. and right across the street was a beautiful cemetery. i find that most cemeteries tend to verge on the scary and creepy side, but this one was quite sweet and picturesque, with rows and rows of beautiful organic shaped and colorfully muted tombstones. stockholm is now one of my all time favorite cities. it is so lovely and inspiring and full of impeccable design as far as the eye can see.
Friday, December 16, 2011
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
2010
emeryville, california
i have a *thing* for great leather bags. i can’t seem to get enough of them. this one, that i bought from neiko designs, is one of my all time favorites. it’s a great size, super sturdy, and it smells nice.
Friday, August 13, 2010
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
from bed in emeryville, ca
august 2010
anyone who knows me, knows i am highly un-technologically inclined. i was the last person on the block to get a cell phone. the last person i know to get a computer. the last person to get a laptop and do away with dial-up, etc . . . so when my husband presented me with an iPad last week, i wasn’t sure what i was going to do with it, though it is certainly VERY cute. then yesterday i discovered sketchbook pro. and now i think i am in love. this is the best thing i have learned in years (though still learning, as it’s only been a day).
i am in a cup show this november, so cups are on my mind.
