colored pencils near the sea.

danielle vogel & jl.

danielle vogel, jl. & audra dance of loved to death

'darker, my love' 

'always splitting into two, never ever whole'

'forget me not'

'to & from the neitherworld'

'always waiting for you'

'webbing the ghosts'

'watch out for sandworms! -or- the black sea part iii'

this was the quickest four day filled trip filled with luck, gray paint, ghosts, the sea, hawks, sandy boot prints, beetlejuice, boston terriers, violet champagne, 7- eleven casino, glasses filled with feathers, bone rooms, rose gold bloodmilk, love & most importantly, family & meeting new friends.

if you're interested, loved to death has made all of the paintings available on their website here. you'll also be able to view danielle vogel's ( my partner in this collaborative show) writing & stitched texts there also. please read them to fully understand the paintings, if you're so inclined.

sadly, this will be my last show of a large body of paintings until 2012. i may participate in a few group shows if asked, but my poor wrists need a break & i'd like a full year or so to work on my next show.

thank you all for your support & love.

xoox

beetlejuice! beetlejuice! beetlejuice!

happy official halloween ghosties! i just returned home from an amazing time in SF.....last night was the opening of  'darker, my love' at loved to death with writer danielle vogel. thank you so much to those of you who came out to the opening and especially to the lovely audra & brennan who made it all possible! i'll post more pictures soon, but here's the title piece (& my personal favorite) just in time for tonight's festivities. i hope, wherever you are, you're safe and enjoying the night!

xoxo

darker, my love: sneak peek

"forget me not"

if i've seemed quite on here lately, it's due to hermiting myself away in my studio making paintings for next week's show. if you live in SF, i'd love to meet you! this show has been the culmination of feelings i've had for two years, since the death of my father. as personal as it's ispiration is, it's also partly inspired by my recent trip to lily dale as well as the beetlejuice movie & cartoons. the 'charachter' of the paintings is lydia from beetlejuice, i felt she best served as a metaphor for a heroine who is able to live within both the natural & supernatural worlds as well as communicating with those that live in the 'neitherworld'. the show also features the haunting vignettes of writer danielle vogel, & i feel her writing compliments the work perfectly. if you don't live near SF, the show will be up on loved to death's website & you can also contact them directly if you're interested in any of the work. there will also be a few prints available for sale opening night. hope to meet some of you!

xoxo.

full moon blood milk.

all my hummingbirds have alibis and a 100 profound virtues cover my body

- max ernst.

i just listed four new necklaces. psychic armor for the winter warriors.

liz mcgrath's new blog at juxtapoz

i recently met the multi-talented liz mcgrath when she came through philly to play at the khyber with her amazing band miss derringer. although i'm pretty shy when it comes to speaking to people, especially people who's work has been a big inspiration to me, my friend tim o'hanlon, who is currently showing his stenciled work at 'the toothless cat' was brave enough to strike up a conversation with liz long enough for us to realize that besides being incredibly talented, she's also very approachable and really lovely in person. i gave her a special jawbone necklace that she blogged about on her new blog over at juxtapoz!!!!

last day to enter giveaway!!!

hi........

today is the last day to enter the my giveaway contest for a CUSTOM piece of jewelry! all you have to do is comment on this post here. you can write me anything you want, even just hi! tomorrow afternoon amanda and i will have a creative surprise on how we randomly pick the winner and he/she will then be contacted to start discussing their personal interests, obsessions and beliefs! i can't wait to start making it and to see who wins!

( me at my booth & my bestie amanda who always helps me out  every year! at art star)   

i feel like all this week i've been humming with electricity from meeting such lovely people last weekend at the 6th art star craft bazzar and for all the amazing (!!!) comments to my giveaway post!!! (which i'll respond to after the contest!)  i've already begun to list all the jewelry that didn't go home with anyone and all the new work i've already started assembling on my etsy shop, so keep checking if there was something you had your eye on.......it might pop up there any second!, like these jawbone earrings i coupled with tiny carnival coins and 2 different, vintage brass chains.

good luck and as always, thank you! 

xoxo

p.s check out some of the write ups i've had about art star:

indie fixx

one fine philly

dove my mind.

design philadelphia.