where do i come up with them?!?

here's my latest...

the "never, ever" is in reference to Alice in Wonderland where they sing "and i never, ever, ever do a thing about the weather, for the weather never, ever does a thing for me..."

these two were inspired by the oven in the old Dick Van Dyke show :-)

no school like old school...

Here's a blast from the past. Today my mom handed me this calendar that i made when i was 14. It was my Christmas present for everyone on my mom's side of the family (the Grimm's) in 1994. 1994! :-0 As you can see, it's not a "regular" calendar. It just lists everyone's birthdays and anniversaries...

here's a little bit humor. a very little bit...

most of the drawings were from a "how to draw comics" book that we owned. but i remember that i couldn't find a drawing of a turkey, so i improvised...

i remember being very proud at how the old, crappy house turned out. i don't know why...

vintage, sweet vintage...

this is me. i like old stuff. i like stuff from the 40's, 50's and 60's - particularly. i have vintage clothes. i have vintage home decor. my favorite movies are old and in black & white. so naturally, when i paint, it (usually) has a vintage vibe. this is what i did this past week...

good grief...

i know, i know. I haven't posted in a while. I'm sorry. Most of my May was full of working, packing, or hanging-out with friends. I didn't actually paint much of anything. But now I'm in texas and i have some time to paint... and my sister, Courtney was getting on my case about not posting...

playing catch-up...

so, i've actually been fairly creative lately. Though, i haven't taken the time to post any pictures. Please forgive!...

this is a picture i painted a while back, but i finally framed it. it's very pink...

my new favorite thing to do is cover a canvas with material and paint on it. i like how this one turned out - maybe i'll keep it...

this was for my friends, Courtney and Joshua. this was his dad's silverware as a kid...

i found this old radio at goodwill. it has a handle so immediately i thought, "purse" or some sort of container...

so i ripped out the guts (not as easy as it sounds) and i covered it with this beautiful material. i think it turned out nice...

busy bee...

I did both of these today. my current favorite thing to do is use vintage material for my backgrounds. I covered this canvas with my new handy-dandy upholstery stapler (which is awesome! why didn't i buy one sooner?). Then i just painted on top...

this one makes me think of mom...

these are a few of my favorite things...

my friends, Rachelle and David, asked me to paint something for their new baby's room. i was excited because a lot of my paintings end up being child-like and whimsical. They already have the painting now, but I thought i would share it with you...

that's their dog, Jake :-)