Fiendish

Life’s good.

I hope everyone’s new year has started well. I know mine certainly has.
School and work have kept me busy, and I’m already behind after a mere 2 weeks! That situation will be remedied this weekend.

A picture of me fooling about on an iMac.  

Warm greetings for a friend in Virginia. 

I put pen to paper and this large-lipped missy appeared.

A bright little mouse for my cousin.

Still more mail art pieces! I’m almost caught up.

(An array of art prints and greeting cards featuring this Octopus are available at Redbubble.)

I’m still working on creating and sending out thank you cards and art to those who sent me well wishes over the holidays. Here are a couple I completed today:

 

 (Greeting cards featuring my drawing of grass are available at Redbubble.) 

 (Greeting cards and matted prints featuring the thank you Poppies are available at Redbubble.)

I’ve done a couple of others but didn’t get a chance to scan them in.

Welcome to 2009, everyone. I hope it’s a great year.

Here’s a little mail art piece I finished up today.

(Matted prints and greeting cards featuring the hello Cat are available at Redbubble.)

Watercolour and Koh-I-Noor ink on illustration board.

I’ve received a couple of postcards that will be scanned and posted in the near future.

 (Matted prints and greeting cards featuring the hello Mouse are available at Redbubble.)

A mail art piece sent to a friend.
Watercolor and Koh-I-Noor ink on illustration board.

I sent a couple of special packages out quite some time ago and haven’t posted them yet. Here they are:

This kitty was on the envelope of the first package.

Here’s a shot of the contents of the package:
A book-letter with ‘hello’ written on the front in Russian and
A paper packet with something very special inside.

The second special package had some feathered characters on it.

 This package had a book letter with ‘hello’ in French, and a paper packet as well.

I apologize again for my long absence. I’m working hard to remedy the situation.

First I’ll update on what I’ve received from my wonderful friend at A&M.

This is a beautiful drawing my friend sent me of a window. It reads “Imagine what lies outside…”

She also sent a lovely boondoggle that reads “Life is for living,” and has an interesting rock attached to the end, it looks like an arrowhead.

I’ve also prepared quite a few things to send out. Here are a couple of sneaky mice that will be traveling to their new homes over the next few days.

That’s all I’ll post of these special packages for the time being, I don’t want to spoil anyone’s surprise.

I also sent out a post card quite some time ago to my post-pal over in Australia.

“As Randolph stood in the elevator he repeated his mantra aloud, “I will succeed in this endeavor.” It was the day of his big meeting with the future. He had done all he could to prepare: he practiced his greeting and etiquette, wore his best suit, and had attempted to get a full night’s rest. An upward glance at the slowly increasing numbers made Randolph realize the present was precious.”

Acrylic and ink on a post card.

And a quick update:The sheep has been named Barnaby, and has been entered into a student show at school.

Sorry for my absence, I’ve been in a bit of a slump. Many thanks to my glorious friend at A&M for helping rid me of that horrid fog that’s been clouding my mind for the past couple of weeks.

I’ve been doing a bit of drawing, not nearly as much as I ought to be doing though. I’ll get to it ASAP.

Before I fell into my malaise I managed to squeeze out a little picture to send to my friend out in Utah.“Time, the devourer of all things.”
-Ovid

I have a deck (of sorts) of cards that have pretty patterns on one side, and letters on the other. I chose a G card, and drew a little ‘perfect’ girl, with a rather heavy quote from Ovid floating above her head.
I’m not really quite sure of her relation to the quote. Does she understand it? Is she thinking about it? Is she too simple to comprehend it?
Looks can be deceiving.

 Koh-I-Noor ink on paper.

Making my own postcards is great; they’re very personal, and great exercise for my creative muscle. Here are two more I’ve done:

Here is a work in progress scan, in case you’re at all curious about the process.
“Shep could feel it in the air: this was a perfect morning for setting wishes free. He climbed through his window to the fire escape, and ascended three floors to the top of the building. From the roof Shep could see a few blocks of city brownstones and apartments. The sun had yet to creep over the skyscraped horizon, but the sky to the east was already blushing with anticipation. As people began to shuffle from their doors to their cars Shep grasped a wish from his mind and let it get swept away on the wind. He had one for every soul that had lost it’s spark.”

Koh-I-Noor ink on textured cardstock.

“Illya knew that the earth loomed below her always; the red, sun-baked soil hot enough to burn bare feet. A cool wind was blowing from the East bearing on it good luck and fanciful daydreams. As Illya swang higher and higher she felt her worries leaving her; they were carried away on the wings of a passing gull. She knew they would eventually find her again, but for the time being she was free and flying high above the parched earth.”

Koh-I-Noor ink on textured cardstock.

{Please pardon anatomical errors, these were not done with any reference material, so they’re bound to have some funky proportions in there.}

Chipmunk Perfection!
I received a wonderful post card from my lovely friend at A&M yesterday:He is absolutely superb!
She felt the same way, and left him unaltered.

I’ve got big plans!
I hope to create enough work to have a small show at a coffee house by the end of this year. I figure 25 – 30 pieces should be enough to display. (Keep in mind most are small. The post cards are 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches.) I figure that if I create 5 to 6 works a week that will leave 2 to 3 for me to save for a show.
I am also planning on buckling down and doing more studies from life in graphite, ink, watercolour, and acrylic. I think doing one quick study (between 5 and 20 minutes) each day will really help me improve.