dear dave,

feeling much better today. A new attitude.

Sold some work at Baked & Wired, which makes me really happy.

Postponed shoot with Jeff, which clears up my schedule a bit. Think I might even hit the Corcoran.

Shoot with Allie later. I need to get in gear, and get going.

so so day. started sluggish, and stayed that way. What happened?? I don't know, but I pray it doesnt stick.

Feel sort of in the dumps. BUSY day tomorrow.

SNAP-OUT-OF-IT. now.

dear dave,

in late, starting late.

Monday mornings always drag (?)

Have a busy week, but I think Im feeling not so sure about things. Like the shirts I came up with saturday, but how many can I realistically offer all these on the site? What am I doing with all this (content)? And what to do about the September show coming up?

Im sure I can figure all this stuff out, but its bogging me down.

All these people from the DISTANT past are showing up thru facebook. Its incredible.

Thinking about vacation, and how I completely am discounting it. I was on such a roll there for a few years. Now money is a huge concern, and I dont feel free to just go. Sort of frustrating. I need to get over this mental hurdle, because I know how great vacations are. Only beneficial. I miss being in a pool!! and on the beach. I need to work this out, before summer is over.

The studio is quiet, everybody is away. I feel like not working.

nothing is easily built. It doesnt just go -poof- and it's there.

I am getting so overwhelmed when I think of all the steps its going to take to get the shirts up and running on the site.

Took baby steps today, but that's all. I need to take a DEEP breath, and settle in for a long haul. There are so many pieces to accumulate and put together. Step by step.

relax. ITs saturday!

dear dave,

waiting for my apple genius appointment. Stupid iphone wont let me type numbers and symbols anymore. (well...it lets me, but I have to turn it sideways) I never realized how many dashes I use until I couldn't use them anymore.

Corcoran was a success. Got a late start, but I managed to pull off two prints that I'm really happy with. The moose was a PAIN. The simpler the print, the harder it is. It always works out that way.

Im making my week next week busy with more shirts and shoots. I think that's just the way I like it. I have so many plans, but need to follow thru. I really want to soup up the website with new drawings, and reworked pages. I want it to go deeper.

But today I have to concentrate on other things. It always seems to end up that way.

this is what I will be attempting to print today. Hopefully I will have finished prints to photograph and share, in just a few hours!

ok - how incredibly ridiculous is it that I edited this 8 times to get just the right blue to upload. Blogger kept lightening it, and I just couldnt feel settled until I got just the right color. I guess the whole message is just shot. Boo.

dear dave,

Today - busy catching up with shirts and projects. I am in limbo, not really wanting to start new things, and not wanting to FINISH old things. Hex would solider thru. I need to also.

I am finally free to start a new print at the corcoran, but what? Today is open studio, so I better figure it out soon.

Need to work on PUG!

GREAT day yesterday. The best. The very best. I really loved it - and still feel a little high. Branddave is everything I want it to be. Personal and expressive. Im putting out what I want to get back, and I feel so blessed and encouraged. The people I am finding to work with are top notch, and I'm really really loving it. All this positive energy and potential is just teeming inside of me.

Chicken with Erin was also terrific. A perfect capper to a great day. So nice to catch up with her, and spend one-on-one time with her. I miss our fun work days together, but am so happy we keep the party going.

Its so summer. Walking to the studio, with the steamy humid morning air coming off the grass, the birds and trucks, and the brand-new cicadas singing. Such a specific time of year - and I feel so plugged into it. So many fun memories to conjure up. Makes me feel are warm and fuzzy inside.

Another great/fun/productive/blast of a shoot with Dave. He brought some friends and family, and we all went the national cathedral together. What a great time, and I love the results. Tons of great pictures - so many I dont know what to do with them all.

Happy I got 3 squirt guns - they came in handy!

my little world

the video doesnt do it justice, but this is the wonderful hillside I park next to most mornings near the studio. Its really great. Expansive, open, and peaceful. I just love it.

After work, in the lazy sun, it becomes a mini dog park -- with owners huddled in one little area, and dogs running all over. And in the fall after school, soccer and football teams run the hill - prepping for the big game.

Its really wonderful - I just love it.

Dear dave

GRRRRR - Im trying to f-ing upload a video, but it NEVER works on blogger. So frustrating. It goes into this endless loop of nothingness. I don't have time!

I feel really relieved to have some big projects behind me-

Artomatic prints - out
4903 show - done
Haze shirts - delivered
Baked & Wired show - hung!
Shaw dog park shirts - set

This morning I was scrambling to finished up stuff for Baked & Wired (cards, frames). I p-a-c-k-e-d my little car and rushed down to Georgetown. All worked out perfectly. Hex was there to help, and they were incredible easy to work with. Plus the art just fit - easily. Nothing stood out or felt awkward. IT just fit neatly in. Such a relief! And GREAT feedback to boot!

A good experience and exposure. Im really happy about how it all turned out. probably good it was all a rush, so I didnt have to obsess about it.

So I have a little lull, which is really good. Excited to get up and running with Tom G, and work more on shirts. Another shoot with Dave tomorrow. Need to prepare.

"Gull" and "Ruined" finished and waiting to be picked up

dear Dave,

feel bogged down today. Dragging. Which isnt good!

Installed Barbs print this morning (above). Tricky to get at all together and up, but it worked out. Hilarious because Hex ended up wanting a new one, so Barb got the original afterall. Just as good. Looked terrific in her room - Im really happy to see it there!

Anxious to get stuff done, but feeling super sluggish. Nervous about the next few days - I will feel relieved to have them worked out. Pulling together Baked and Wired is a big job, and then hanging it will be nerve wracking. Seems best if I just had the whole place to myself, and a Pet Shop Boys CD. Instead Im anticipating a busy shop, and self consciousness. Fingers crossed!!

dear dave,

quick update:

took some great shots of Dave yesterday. Shirts not so great, but he managed to photograph really well in them. I have another set of designs Im excited about, but didnt have time to wash them before the shoot. Anyway, things great on that front.

Finished Barbs/Analyas prints today at the corcoran. Small space, but I got into a good groove, and was able to get them done with minimum hiccups.

Must meet Hexy at 5 - gotta get out of the studio! I love work too much lately. Its ALL I want to do - 24-7. That and check my facebook stats. Become a fan bitches!

my new office plant. Lee>Bill>Hex>me.



model in ID magazine. Really exciting pictures. I think she is amazing. Maybe she is already a supermodel, but I think she is the next best thing.



working on Jake waters seeds at the corcoran

dear dave,

I need to draw more. draw draw draw. Today Im going to draw, and make some frames, and shoot some pictures.

Its sort of nice to see an overcast sky. We have had so much sun lately -- I know that sounds crazy.

Remi is in the studio today. She seems very anxious. Hopefully she settles down a bit.

I dont feel like writing! Obviously. So I will stop here...

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Show going up!

This Tuesday I will be hanging work for a 4-6 week show at
BAKED & WIRED in Georgetown.

Come by and check it out!

And get a cupcake (I think they are the BEST in DC)!