Ms Frapcious

The Three Of Them as Zombies

2011-05-19T03:08:00.000-04:00

The 3 of Them Find a Space station

2011-04-13T22:47:00.001-04:00

celebrate

2011-02-26T16:16:00.002-05:00

Head In a Vase

2011-02-20T16:21:00.002-05:00

The 3 Of Them Find a Valentine Tree

2011-02-16T16:10:00.002-05:00

The 3 of Them on a Couch

2011-02-14T03:55:00.000-05:00

The Three of Them Find a Giraffe

2011-02-05T00:52:00.002-05:00

2011-01-30T04:16:00.000-05:00

Room For Two

2011-01-27T00:44:00.000-05:00

Sunday Afternoon

2011-01-24T12:40:00.001-05:00

The Three of Them Discover Extreme Sports

2011-01-21T15:51:00.004-05:00

Giraffes Have Imagination

2011-01-11T00:50:00.003-05:00

The Three of Them Find a Banana

2011-01-09T23:55:00.001-05:00

Oh Look, A Prism

2011-01-09T19:28:00.004-05:00

I stumbled across a rainbow prism on a balcony so I put a shell in its path.

the stomach tree

2011-01-08T01:55:00.004-05:00

I found a button
on the ground outside,
it looked at me with swirls.
So I placed it in a sapling,
and left it for the squirrels.

everthing is a machine these days

2011-01-05T22:09:00.002-05:00

a small bang

2010-12-28T01:01:00.003-05:00

and while everyone was winding down after a busy holiday season, a small glass ball fell from a weakened branch of the fragrant tree;shattered,a small bang;and something very beautiful began to develop.

The Three of Them Celebrate Day of the Dead

2010-12-23T02:00:00.003-05:00

Now that THE THREE OF THEM have traveled farther south, they are much more comfortable with masks.

He Always Carried a Fish in His Mouth

2010-12-21T19:28:00.006-05:00

Quite often he would leave glistening scales in his footsteps. Sometimes I would pick one up and put it in my pocket; then in a little box I kept in the wood-shop.

That iridescent scale would wax and wane with the moon.

The Orange Tree

2010-12-21T01:28:00.004-05:00

The trees in San Diego look like illustrations before they are ever drawn.

2010-12-19T15:55:00.004-05:00

The Grandparents were inseparable. He had given her the polka-dot dress before breakfast on a sunny morning in July. She made him his favorite french toast filled with strawberry jam. They were happy. But technology was creeping up on the two of them.

Mumbles

2009-04-23T02:16:00.003-04:00

So...Mumbles was straightening his feathers this morning; and that's when I asked him if he would mind trying on a pair of antlers.

He said, "No way-antlers lead to mishap".

I said they would make him look worldly.

He grunted.

But when I hung some earrings from them, he told me I better sleep with one eye open.

New Doodles

2009-04-22T01:11:00.002-04:00

Some new doodles to become collage illustrations...

Brighton

2009-03-28T00:44:00.003-04:00

One of my favorite "look what I can do", feel-good artist blogs is The Needle. I love all the characters as well as the narratives that are created on a daily basis. I love it so much that I, to, wanted to add my own creation to the group. So I got busy making my own stuffed bird and this is who showed up.

Brighton

the sphere houses

2009-03-14T00:43:00.004-04:00

the next project starts with a collage sketch of my Sphere House project. Of course these houses are all in my head, but I'd like to develop them into some kind of 3-D installation.

it's a start.

they might be done

2009-03-11T01:58:00.001-04:00

added some embroidery and a dark green background. i think they might be done.

something I'm working on

2009-03-05T21:49:00.002-05:00

purple

2009-02-19T12:30:00.002-05:00

the orange one

2009-02-19T00:04:00.004-05:00

Bird In A Tree

2009-02-12T18:13:00.003-05:00

Pretty Ears For Birds

2009-02-02T22:10:00.002-05:00

I put earrings on this one:

bird on a wallet

2009-02-01T22:14:00.003-05:00

This little bird looks nice on a wallet!

pump wallet

2009-01-21T23:29:00.004-05:00

some scraps of fabric, paper, and vinyl

Corey Corcoran

alt valentine

2009-01-08T09:01:00.003-05:00

Postage Wallets

2009-01-06T15:37:00.006-05:00

I'm not sure where I got it, but I found a ziplock bag full of envelope tops in my sewing supplies. They were all postmarked in December of 1958 and were mailed from different parts of the country. Once found, I hated to pack them away again so I sewed them into the front of a few wallets.

New Year's Day

2009-01-01T17:49:00.006-05:00

As always seems the case, New Year's Day is a time to revisit what has been set aside. I've been neglecting this blog; but mostly in favor of face to face communication.
Well, it's time to resume once again and also catch up on other's blogs that I have not have the time to read.

A Pittsburgh Sky

2008-10-24T00:23:00.002-04:00

Finding Time

2008-10-08T12:14:00.002-04:00

If all the existing photographic images of people were collected into one place, and then counted; what would be the ratio to the now living...i wonder?

Time Tales

Looking

2008-10-07T22:32:00.004-04:00

They must be hiding around here somewhere...

Unpacked the watercolors

2008-09-18T09:52:00.002-04:00

this is a study for a painting i'd like to do

looking for the other two

2008-08-24T11:18:00.002-04:00

2008-08-21T19:39:00.004-04:00

wheat paste

2008-08-21T01:43:00.003-04:00

2008-08-20T22:06:00.000-04:00

Literature Map

2008-08-17T10:24:00.000-04:00

This is oh so kool!
http://www.literature-map.com/keats.html

The Three Of Them Find A Banana

2008-08-17T10:15:00.002-04:00

the yard sale thing

2008-08-10T22:14:00.001-04:00

I…um…well….should we get that?
Get what?
That yellow thing over there.
I thought we already had a yellow thing.
No we don’t.
Yes we do.
No-we don’t.
I tripped over a yellow thing on my way to the car this morning.
Well maybe a yellow thing blew in the yard…and settled on the walkway.
No..I’m pretty sure it was our yellow thing.
Was it long…with little spirals?
Exactly-I told you we had a yellow thing.
That’s our dark yellow thing; we don’t have a yellow thing.
Well, I don’t think we need a yellow thing.
But it has buckles.
Well, then it’s probably dangerous.
It looks perfectly safe to me.
Why would you have to buckle a perfectly safe thing?
Well, at least it looks inflatable.
That cracks open the controversy door.
Look, that girl with the shiny shoes in gonna get it first…

… “Excuse me, does this thing blow up?-and will it stay blowed up?”

barbie legs,billy idol, and bespattering

2008-08-10T21:35:00.002-04:00

Food Party

love,love,love a rock show

Painting again

2008-08-07T20:03:00.002-04:00

Urban texture

2008-08-03T18:37:00.001-04:00

i have to leave by 11:50

2008-08-02T09:19:00.006-04:00

...a conversation between the drummer and his number 1 sound guy...

"I have to leave by 11:50, so I'm just telling you that if this chair I'm sittin' in is empty it's 'cause I left at 11:50.
My sister called and said I left the electric stove on. I told her NoWay, but then I remembered I made a grilled cheese sandwich.
I thought maybe I left it on because I had to decide between provolone and muenster cheese; but once I finally made that decision, the kind of bread became an issue; so I guess I got side tracked with the little twisty seal on the bread bags or something.
Anyway, she told me she could stick around until 12 and watch the stove to make sure it doesn't burn the house down, but then she has to go help pick out the nail color for a pedicure so I've gotta be back home by 12.
So I have to leave by 11:50, I'm just tellin' ya."

i love a rock show.

it's still there

2008-04-15T23:02:00.002-04:00

from the envelope

One ankle on one knee,

the confidence to know what is real.

magic is everywhere

2008-04-14T10:14:00.004-04:00

Catherine Gallicere

the detail is in the object

2008-04-14T09:36:00.003-04:00

I love the amazing work of Blythe Church.

front
Originally uploaded by blueblythemonster

dressed up

2008-04-13T23:50:00.002-04:00

I found this image in an old envelope dated November 24, 1957.

some interesting links:
Face Hunter
Stil In Berlin
Copenhagen Street Style

fixing the brakes

2008-04-09T22:00:00.006-04:00

I dropped the car off to have the brakes fixed so I took a few pictures while I waited.

the end of march

2008-03-31T17:02:00.006-04:00

well march is all but over so i better post a word or two and a few pictures.

I took a walk along Butler St. in Pittsburgh a few days ago and found an interesting doorway.

and then I came across this interesting blog:

building a nest

2008-03-10T18:47:00.002-04:00

psychotic fiction

2008-03-10T02:13:00.004-04:00

some of my favorite mixed-media dolls from Madrid.

Find out more at:
psychotic fiction blogspot
flickr/psychotic fiction

The pump

2008-03-10T01:58:00.003-04:00

an illustration i did while a mesh of tattered gray clouds threw sleet at my window.

Pop Corn Dress

2008-02-27T21:29:00.001-05:00

Pop Corn Dress
Originally uploaded by marmont59

I've seen my share of Popcorn Dresses, but this is the best by far!

highway patrol

2008-02-15T22:58:00.008-05:00

I had to take a trip over the last few days. That meant getting into my road-worn, dented and dinged, missing the sun visor, turquoise blue, '93 Subaru. I love this car. Without it, I never would have seen the volcanic shore of the Pacific coast. My little Subaru has traveled from the east coast to the west, to Toronto, to New Orleans and countless other spur of the moment explorations. The inside roof is lined with postcards, coasters and ticket stubs from many of the places we have been. She has been a faithful friend for the last six years.
So, on Tuesday morning I loaded her to the brim again with canvases, art supplies, clothes and technology; and headed north. I had a 14 hour trip ahead of me.
As Tuesday evening slipped into midnight and the headlights in my side mirror no longer had many followers, the road secretly sighed for a casualty; something to stop and remember the gravel that lay pressed beneath the asphalt.
"Just one tire, that's all it will take," the pebbles within the road impishly giggled. So they reached up and plunged their sharp little fingers into my rear driver-side tire.
The road had its companion.
It was dark,
and raining,
and midnight.
A few squarely lit trucks lumbered by but the road just ushered them forward.
So I sat in the dark, waiting for the rain to stop, or the sky to grow light; hoping the road would grow fickle and want to give up the weight.
The rain blurred the windshield as I kept my eye on the rearview mirror, watching the occasional pair of unstopping headlights. The darkness concealed the road's depth.
And then I saw them; the blue lights that wouldn't flicker by. Highway Patrol.
A flashlight brought back dimension. The graveled asphalt scowled under the jack and the extra pair of feet. And with the spare tire free, my Subaru and I could finish the journey.

So a special thanks goes out to South Carolina's Route 20 Highway Patrol. Thanks Sonny.

nine oh nine

2008-02-10T22:50:00.000-05:00

JM, from Paris, takes a picture of himself at 9:09--everyday.
he's right here.

more of them

2008-02-07T14:17:00.001-05:00

the three of them under a lampost

the three of them in space

the three of them

2008-02-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

the three of them under an umbrella
the three of them as vikings

birds with heart

2008-02-06T00:16:00.000-05:00

A whole flock of assorted birds flew into my imagination this morning so I decided to try them out on some cards. There's a little bit of layering going on and I'm adding a few lines to the envelopes as well.

And in case anyone wants one, they're available here.

sincerest form of flattery

2008-02-05T00:10:00.000-05:00

as mankind's mind expands ; creating faster, cleaner, more energy dependent, HEMI-er ways to do things; we feel the need to occupy the freed-up time that machines have lovingly left us.

So we continue to build....tape sculpture.

All this was inspired by this guy: Mark Jenkins

cake

2008-02-02T18:45:00.000-05:00

sorry for the pause--i've been working on some new projects. of course Trinity has me working day and night on the backdrop. three heads: three ideas of what it should look like. here is another one i came up with.

and i've also been trying to work out an underwater piece with movable pieces. i added some embroidery thread to this one.

oh--and of course the T girl saw all the beads around here and insisted on a pair of earrings.

and finally--the cake part. i'm going to a sustainable group's party tonight so i thought i better cook up something appropriate.
don't laugh, my other cake is a Ferrari.

love stories

2008-01-28T19:55:00.000-05:00

For all of you out there who love projects, lists of projects, lists of inspiration, sharing projects, sharing love... I found this great idea to keep you busy for a few days.

DONATE YOUR STORIES OF LOVE

This is some of Colleen Baran's work from her Like Wearing a Love Letter Series.

Trinity

2008-01-28T00:30:00.000-05:00

This is the backdrop that my friend Trinity asked me to make. She wanted it to look like the inside of a giant computer but I told her, "Hey, there are no more 'giant computers' . And what do you need a backdrop for anyway?" Then she proceeded to tell me about her friend Sticks who has a soundtrack attached to the water molecules above his head, so the least she figured she could have was a backdrop.
Oh...Ok, I wasn't gonna argue with that.

TRINITY

Trinity is part of THIS crew. They have some kind of production going on down the street. (I don't ask)

another valentine

2008-01-28T00:25:00.000-05:00

this is one that I'm making for a local gift store.

Love Forest

2008-01-24T22:14:00.001-05:00

Here is a page of Valentines that you can download, fill with color, cut, fold, and give away. Click on the black and white image to download the PDF.

This is what I did with mine.

something modern

2008-01-24T18:44:00.001-05:00

Thought I'd try something new. This is something I doodled while I was in the total right brain mode; no thinking, just stream of consciousness drawing. So I scanned it and then added some digital color. I'm going to try some more.

the assignment

2008-01-22T18:08:00.000-05:00

These five are on the first leg of their assignment. It's just the beginning...but...what if trees didn't grow from the ground up? What if they started in the middle of things?

The Daily Kangaroo one twentytwo

2008-01-22T01:21:00.000-05:00

waiting

2008-01-21T16:53:00.000-05:00

These five are waiting for an assignment

I think I have just the thing...

red lion

2008-01-21T13:07:00.000-05:00

This guy helps me out around here. I found him reading books at the thrift store. He demanded they include a classics section in the little book corner.

2008-01-19T17:00:00.001-05:00

it's snowing again so i think my trip to my favorite bookstore will have to be postponed.
more tea and drawing for me.

The Daily Kangaroo one nineteen

2008-01-19T00:15:00.001-05:00

The Great Escape Festival in Sydney, Australia.

the web just gets better and better

2008-01-18T21:55:00.000-05:00

found this song by a friend

recycled breakfast

2008-01-18T15:42:00.001-05:00

yes, we had a bit of snow here in Atlanta so out came the last package of instant oatmeal...
and when I was finished with breakfast, I turned the box over and gave this little guy a place to sit.
then he bugged me for some friends so I quickly got to work.

where's my nail file?

2008-01-18T11:15:00.001-05:00

this one is a trouble maker

The Daily Kangaoo one fifteen

2008-01-15T08:14:00.000-05:00

yuki

georgia on my mind

2008-01-15T00:58:00.001-05:00

Shannon Rankin
shannon's blogspot

many

2008-01-15T00:36:00.000-05:00

these remind me of puppets on sticks
a flock of companions
Matthew Feyld
more drawings

The Sunset

2008-01-12T23:36:00.000-05:00

I saw the most amazing sunset this evening. The clouds were layered on top of one another like peony petals; thin, transparent membranes with minutes to live. Blue grabbed hold of purple, gulping a final breath, then eased out streaks of color that skipped along the tops of the high-rise buildings in downtown Atlanta. I was on the 16th floor of a group of three. But for those 10 setting moments, the city faded back, letting nature take a final bow.

There are still four more days left to the Gift Show and then I'll get back to some artwork of my own.

For Lucy

2008-01-09T23:57:00.000-05:00

so a few posts ago i mentioned the Open Dictionary(and now the English Professor Mafia is after me), like I rolled over in bed this morning and this was laying in the bed next to me.

The Daily Kangaroo one eight

2008-01-08T22:10:00.001-05:00

City Roo
Originally uploaded by Felix42 contra la censura

Kangaroo in Brisbane

Love that mixed media

2008-01-07T23:55:00.000-05:00

I love the work of Gustavo Aimar.

The Daily Kangaroo 0ne seven

2008-01-07T23:53:00.001-05:00

20061004_0043 Canberra
Originally uploaded by williewonker

Commonwealth Park, Canberra

www3

2008-01-07T13:09:00.000-05:00

have you ever been searching for that one specific word that will make a long labored over sentence into a lasting work of art?

Well try this!
it's got a few surprises.

The Daily Kangaroo one six

2008-01-06T23:09:00.000-05:00

This is an illustration by Carolyn Reed Barritt.

Also illustrated by Carolyn:
The Day the Dragon Danced a picture book about the Chinese New Year.

The final swap ornament

2008-01-06T21:53:00.000-05:00

I just got my final ornament from the swap. It came all the way from Australia; can you tell?

I love it!

I know you have been seeing a lot of my latest owl design but once I create a drawing or doodle, I like to see how many incarnations I can get out of the idea.
This is the latest.

2008-01-05T23:56:00.001-05:00

A little bird I sketched last night.

The Daily Kangaroo one five

2008-01-05T23:49:00.001-05:00

This kangaroo is on Australia's Bondi coast. It's part of the largest annual outdoor public sculpture exhibition. It features over 100 sculptures from 18 different countries.

Sculptures by the sea (kangaroo)
Originally uploaded by The world is my canvas

The Daily Kangaroo one four

2008-01-04T23:33:00.000-05:00

"Krikee, where did she come from?."
"I dunno mate, is she breathing?"
"Maybe she's one of those Pixar chicks--ya know--CGI."

image uploaded by Roger Paperno

workspace

2008-01-04T16:28:00.000-05:00

Ever since I started this blog, and had a chance to visit so many other artist's blogs, I have found that I have much more creative follow-through. I guess it's the camaraderie of like-minded people that does the trick. The international blogs are some of my favorites, providing images that often convince me to slow down and enjoy that sometimes inaudible life song that shimmies up from the center of the earth. It's the candid openness that coaxes creative courage.
I'll be starting a new job on Tuesday and I'm sure the time for reading everyone's posts will dwindle, but that earthsong; I made sure I downloaded the MP3. Thanks everyone.

more artwork

The Daily Kangaroo one three

2008-01-03T23:51:00.001-05:00

Aboriginal Art
Originally uploaded by chatallot

Arbor Day

2008-01-03T12:50:00.000-05:00

Here in Atlanta, this year's Arbor Day is celebrated on February 15. We have so many great tree-filled parks in the area. There's Piedmont Park, Centennial Park and Grant Park, just to name a few.
So this is the poster I came up with to celebrate Arbor Day in Atlanta.

The Daily Kangaroo one two

2008-01-02T17:28:00.001-05:00

This kangaroo is in Society Hill, in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia - Society Hill: Kangaroo sculpture
Originally uploaded by wallyg