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Alice Chair Art

My 2006 Celebrity Chair Auction donation...a chair inspired by Alice. Istarted this one in my old studio and finished it here, it seems to have taken on the color scheme of our new living space.

Wind

Illustration Friday Theme = Wind

i paged through a few old sketchbooks and found these wind related drawings. Growing up, my family loved storms and we would all go out into the windy backyard to welcome them...i still do.

The Big MOVE...

I meant to document our move over the last several weeks - that is the amount of time we have taken to transport our lives, countless trips in our pickup! And one hired haul of our furniture. Not the most efficient system - it was quite a roller coaster of chaos and emotion ...we took the final miscellaneous things from the house on Wednesday and still have yet to empty the garage..hopefully tonight!

Packing up my studio was the hardest part...I will have a very different space arrangement but I'm looking forward to starting fresh in a new place and working completely above ground for a change...and who knows what new imagery will emerge living across the street from a bread factory!

The new house is over 100 years old and is very sunny and bright and has these incredibly high ceilings. I chose Peacock Blue for our kitchen and living space - I love it and it also sets Izzy & Alice off very nicely!

Alice looks on as I paint the final pieces in my Bucktown Studio from her favorite ratty green chair that we left behind in the alley...

More Change...

Another sketchbook entry from earlier this month. I'm such a Sentimental Lady...isn't that a song?

Just gotta get my own color on the walls, all the comforts of our home inside and a makeshift studio set up in the new digs and I'm sure all will be right as rain...

Change

Illustration Friday Theme = Change

I recently celebrated my 16 year anniversary of moving to Chicago, quite a long time for someone who had only planned to stay a year or two. I commemorated by drawing all the places I have lived in my sketchbook...and tomorrow the change continues as we close on a new house in a new neighborhood. I never thought we'd leave this one but I guess it's true that the only thing that you can count on is change... so I will cherish the memories and wonderful things that have happened here and look forward to wonderful new adventures on Washtenaw.

FARM

Illustration Friday theme = Farm

As much as I love urban landscapes I have an equal love for rural landscapes. I have a lot of images that fit this topic, but this one came to mind first...it was inspired by the crazy drive I took to a show at an art fair called "Art in the Barn" - we set up our displays in the barns on the grounds of Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington. I also have many farm related images from the work I did in 2003 during "The Fields Project" an incredible experience.

Safe

Illustration Friday Theme = Safe

Earlier this summer we discovered a bird in our house, it was so frightened. I had to catch it (with very little help from Rich!) and release it back to the safety of the outdoors. This is a digitally colored drawing from my sketchbook.