my clothing has been mentioned in these blogs! check it out:

http://jenniferstuartdesign.blogspot.com/2008/10/hotellemotelle.html 

http://fonetik.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/hotelle-motelle/ 

http://sacrebleu-jhill.blogspot.com/2008/10/hotelle-motelle.html 

http://indielove.biz/2008/11/14/hotelle-motelle/ 

http://loveisnear.blogspot.com/2008/11/hotelle-motelle.html

Some sewing

ok so i haven't been painting at all.....i've been sewing things........hoodies..........

Camera Charger Found! YAY

This is how big this painting is:

AS BIG AS ME

not sure which way i like it better

i'm calling it finished, but I know i will still tinker with a few things that annoy me about it

-just because i need to move on

And an update on this other painting too. 

hummmmm

I can't find the battery charger for my camera, so there are no updated pictures! although I have been painting! I am doing a show on November 14 that I'm really excited about..mostly because they are doing cool things like having an organic snack bar, and including lots of local artisans doing all kinds of different things. 

I've been sad lately, because I don't know where my life is going. The books I read give me hope and help me to just keep going. I'm very distracted by the things around me. I could be in the middle of something, but I just keep finding something else to tidy, or to organize, or to cook, or to bake, or to eat, or to tinker with...................

I wanted a simple life, so I guess it takes a bit of time to get to that point, where things are actually simple. But maybe they will never be simple....and I will always have to work hard. I'm okay with that, but I wish I could figure out the secret to being 'hard-working' because for some reason, I was looking the other way when God was handing out hard-working-ness or something.....

I'm trying to be super disciplined, hopefully its not too late for me to learn that skill!

smalls

whats that, erica? you want gesture? here you go erica. here is some gesture.

progress???? or just more madness

Almost done!!! I'm really anxious to finish it, but every time i go to finish it, i start something new instead.....hahaha

I started this one yesterday. i can't wait to fix it up. i like to start with a huge mess, as you can see:

this one is just a tiny one. 5x7 or something.

almost done. 3 more colours to go

updated pain tings

this one is taller than me, by the way. i actually like the before better than the after. but im not worried 

squiggles

got a little funky with the circles today but it was soooooooooooo fun! i'm never drawing anything recognizable again.

this one, i think looks like wilma flintstone. i kind of liked it that way, but then i decided i needed to go waaaaaaaay overboard on it instead. 

monday

the drama continues........

a week of failures? trials and learning i guess....it may not take me anywhere right now but i think every piece of failure just paves the way toward something successful. being an artist includes failing a LOT. good thing i got all of my 'canvases' for free on the side of the road this week...hahahahah (another person's failed shelving project perhaps?)

on a happier note, i did something today that felt really natural, and i liked it. i've been trying to 'find myself' again, and so i guess trying out all these kinds of paintings was/is so that i can start to develop my style again, since i've lost my focal point.  i have all these breakdowns where i'm just like what am i doing, why am i doing it. last week i tried to do 8 paintings in one week

.  (finished none ) this week i'm going to do one. but i will take the time to do it properly. i make myself sick trying to demand so much from myself, stressing about. no wonder im going bonkers

i need to start small, plan wise, and dream big

my workshop

paintings that are half finished.    i have a big problem with that. thats why i started the blog.

i figured the guilt would soon get to me

started this one SEVEN years ago. disturbing

<---a funky painting i did in school. bored with it now...

I'm going to paint over it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

something to start fresh with tomorrow...

sept 5

these were yesterdays....

and this is my workspace, out in the garage. this isn't the greatest picture. its never going to look pretty though. 

septs 6s

the bloggggggggggg

today i made paintings. i don't really want to talk about them, but feel free to leave your comments. i just need to put them up here. its a mental thing. then i will be so ashamed at them being on the internet forever in an unfinished state that i will be forced to finish them, and post the final product. otherwise i will self destruct. 

today..september 6

i feel good. working during the day, going out at night. i've got a schedule now, and i'm starting to stick to it. this is the first time this has happened. Up till now i've had a really hard time managing any sort of schedule.  i just really have to spend more time doing art. its not a weekend thing, it has to be a full time thing. that always scared me. i thought....no, i just do'nt have an extra 30 hours a week to spend on this. but now i do, and i want to do it finally, and i totally have all that time to do it. since i am utterly broke, i am needing to be super disciplined. its actually very exciting. 

the etsy shop will open up this weekend if all goes as planned. 

i plan to sell prints of the paintings in my etsy shop at reasonable prices. 

thank you all for your support,

xx

krissy