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point&click: the korean market

my favorite thing about the korean market are the dumplings, the second: feeling like i'm in a foreign country, it's like a little fake vacation. oh, my third favorite: daikon radishes. (i have jo to thank for this, thanks!)

feliz dia de los enamorados

point&click: whatever diana

it had been a long time since i'd taken in a roll of film to be developed, i was so excited picking up the film today i forgot about those disappointing times when you pick up your roll and half the pictures are bunk :\

oh well, i'm still learning to use my diana, i managed to get 4 out of 16, maybe that's not so bad for the first time, or at least that's what i'm going to tell myself...

 

strange coincidence

last year my friend mike gave me a painting for my birthday, and i soon as i saw it, i was tripping out a little cause it looked ALOT like my grandpa, check it out for yourselves, the proof is there... 

wait there's more,

i took this picture of my grandpa when i had my head painting class, that's actually the picture i used as reference to paint a portrait of him, the teacher didn't like the final product and made me cry during the final crit, i can't even look at that painting anymore cause i remember the time i cried, i just wanted a silly painting of my grandpa...and that's what mike's painting is, a silly painting of my grandpa minus the bad memories. 

thanks mike!

while i'm on the subject you should check out mike's work here.

feather head

this is completely insignificant to anything & everything, but i'll say it anyway, 

i was at michael's (aka my crack) the other day and i couldn't resist buying this feather wig (it said "one size fits all", but i think they meant "one size fits a little head") either way i was suckered in by the packaging,

if i was a mannequin, i'd want to be her...

i still can't get over it...

i watched coraline last sunday, & i'm still amazed by the fact that it's a stop motion animation, and everything, and i mean EVERYTHING was made by hand...i don't know what it is about stop motion but i really love it, but this is a whole other level that's just OUT OF CONTROL...

check out the video below..

 

little post it note

a couple of weeks, maybe months, ago i bought this megan whitmarsh piece at the post it show at giant robot, and finally today i decided to scan it in, it's officially the first piece of artwork i've bought, wait, that's not true, i've bought art from friends but for some reason this feels different cause i got it in a gallery...okay it's officially the "first piece of artwork i've bought from a gallery"...and i ain't embarrass to say how much i payed for it...$20!! i know, i can't believe it either, the post it show idea is just genius! now i hope it doesn't take me months to frame this piece...

freshstART last night...

was definitely overwhelming and extremely fun, all at the same time, i got to meet lots of great people and unfortunately i didn't really get a chance to take pictures but i did take a few on friday when i was setting up...

while waiting for the shelves to dry between paint coats, i had a mini photoshoot on the floor,

the rest of the shots are the final installation....

point&click: pasadena storefronts

 

1/7/09-pasadena,ca

fresh stART 2009- this saturday!

this saturday i will be showing new work at fresh stARt an amazing one night art sale to benefit therapeutic art programs for at-risk youth, there will be paintings, works on paper, photography, and sculpture.

50% of art sales go to Para los Niños & 50% to the artists.

this will be my first year attending and participating and it sounds super exciting! there are so many artists participating like, tanya aguiniga, souther salazar, martha rich, mark todd, esther pearl watson, megan whitmarsh, evah fan, seth drenner, saelee oh (who also designed the fresh start logo), and sooo many more, these are just a few names i recognized from the list. 

for more info & to buy advance tickets to the event, please visit www.freshstartweb.org

grandparents

every once in a while i ask my grandparents "to draw me something," then they look at me confused and giggle, they're not artists, not by any means, but they participate and i love their drawings, they're sweet!

 

by grandpa, 2006

 

by grandpa, 2008

by grandma, 2006

calendars on sale @ okbyeshop.com

i have a few calendars left, at my online store, okbyeshop.com, because it's already february i reduced their price by 25%, if you're interested, check them out!