I think this may be my favorite illustration (as far as girls go) yet. She was conceived after a Tim Burton and Beats Antique marathon. Can you tell?

I’ve just added her, and a couple other new prints to the shop. For the rest of January, take 20% off your order by using coupon code “BIRTHDAYGIRL2012″.

xoxo

I found some long lost art supplies from last Spring, and decided to make a couple things.

• This “probable cause” tote bag by Lesley Hornbeck will soon be mine.
• My brain twin Serpenthes’ 11 Observations from 2011  is definitely worth a read!
• I love Chloe’s clever idea to share some facts about herself through spontaneous picture-taking.
• I’ve been eying TokyoMilk’s Femme Fatale collection, but can’t seem to decide which to try first!
• Maggie’s Mighty Life List is incredibly inspiring. I’m in the process of making my own.

16×20″ Ink on Bristol Board panel.

I’m pleased to announce that I was chosen as one of the participating artists for one of Dallas’ largest and most anticipated art events, UNDERGROUND! February 11, 2012 will mark the event’s 4th year, and is rumored to be it’s largest yet. The event will take place in the Janette Kennedy Gallery, and surrounding vicinity on the main floor of Southside at Lamar in downtown Dallas.

More about Underground:

Underground is an annual event that has a tradition of being the biggest, loudest, and freshest show ArtLoveMagic does every year at South Side On Lamar. Our purpose is to showcase new and uniquely talented artists of various mediums and performances along with established, experienced artists within the same room as they create live and sometimes collaboratively. This diverse presentation keeps audiences engaged from beginning to end during the four hour event.

Local video production company Ufilmhouse made these amazing videos from their footage of Underground 2010 & 2011. I think they perfectly encompass the essence of what makes the event so unique.

Artists and details are still being confirmed, but in the meantime, you can follow the event on Facebook, as well as my Facebook page. I’ll post the flier and more information as it becomes available to me.

Thank you for your support. <3

Staying true to tradition, I’ve gone on an art hiatus in lieu of my studies for the last 3 months, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. (Winter Break!)

Expect a ridiculous amount of posts in about a month.

xoxo

Odd to think that the piece of you I know best is already dead. The cells on the surface of your skin are thin and flat without blood vessels or nerve endings. Dead cells, thickest on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. Your sepulchral body, offered to me in the past tense, protects your soft centre from the intrusions of the outside world. I am one such intrusion, stroking you with necrophiliac obsession, loving the shell laid out before me.”
—Jeanette Winterson

I will remember your small room
the feel of you
the light in the window
your records
your books
our morning coffee
our noons our nights
our bodies spilled together
sleeping
the tiny flowing currents
immediate and forever
your leg my leg
your arm my arm
your smile and the warmth
of you
who made me laugh
again.
-Charles Bukowski

“So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only you were interested in them.”
-Sylvia Plath

• Todd McLellan takes vintage gadgets apart and then photographs the components in stasis or in action. The result: A strangely beautiful series entitled “Disassembly.”
• 11 Incredible Living Walls
• The Pioneer Woman’s Watermelon Granita recipe is the essence of Summer in a glass.
• Learn to make a Sky Scarf! (also a great excuse to be more in tune with nature)
• Colossal Art & Design’s Almost Extinct Calendar speaks volumes.