Sunday, January 07, 2007

The wheel.....

The wheels are turning...... starting to work on the sculpture part of the Coffee Project.... Did an alternate version of the cycle mobile... its okay, but not really what I am after. Will be dismantling the other rims in search of results...

Need to learn how to solder... Fred says welding won't work- it'll just melt it. Okay, honey.... teach me.

Saturday, January 06, 2007

So I'm not as screwed as I thought....

Last night I wasn't ready for sleep when my husband was, so I decided to stay up and "inventory" my work on the coffee project thus far. I am not in too bad of shape- not nearly as bad as I thought I was. I took the time to regroup and re-evaluate what I currently have... [which I forgot to actually write down] and came up with some ideas to expand on the things that I currently have- the ladies [in watercolor and oils], more Dali- referenced/inspirations, a second version of coffee with Frida Kahlo, Specific photograph ideas [oh, Sarah, by the way, can I also borrow your camera?], more coffee/paint studies... and I came up with a new idea to utilize the canvases that I painted so boldly [solid red, blue, yellow and white].

I've come up with a list of supplies that are needed at this immediate moment [camera, vine chalk, film, paint, watercolor paper, sketchbook]. I've also re-written my research strategy... I've scaled it down to what I have and what I hope to accomplish within said project. I'm making better headway than I allot for myself... Of course, I have to allot time for framing... I've given myself a month.. that should be enough time, provided I finish everything...

Until later

peace, love, and apple pots!

Thursday, January 04, 2007

fuck

I'm stuck. I've been painting my kitchen cabinets [pics to come soon] and working on some more 'ladies in the rain'.... while waiting for the ladies to dry, I feel stuck. I do research and am inspired, but when I get home and see what I have, all I can say is 'fuck'. I need canvases.... I need paints.... I need a freaking camera... access to a dark room..... I have ten months to finish this project.

Friday, December 29, 2006

Pre-New Year's meltdown

So I am really nervous now. It is 3 days before the new year [2007, in case you have been under a rock] and I want to have my coffee project done in 10 months- 11, if you include framing & assemblage...

ideas thus far:
inspirations of Warhol [plain painted background, {screen-printed?} Coffee Cups] set of 4...

photo mural of coffee-shop goers

smashed coffee cups

what you see in a cup of coffee

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Latest editions...

ladies in the rain
Coffee date with Dali
Works in Progress
There is an elephant in the room...
masquarading

Some projects I am working on... let me know what you think!!