Last week…I took this photo after I realized that I was alone in my train car (and after I ran up and down the length of the car). I felt a weird sense of freedom or like I had just picked up hundreds of lucky pennies.  I have lived in the city now for around eight years (I can't belive it has been eight) and never before in my train riding experience have a been in an empty car.  And not just the car I was riding in, the car ahead of me was empty as well.

Tonight is going to be my super informal opening for the last exit show (a sale has already been made!).  I'll be there from 6:30 to 9:30ish.  Come by afterwork, say whatup and have a beer. 

Johanna has some new paintings (she is getting prepared for tons of different shows)…I am in love with this one right now. (Click on the image to see it bigger!) 

lisa s's constant questioning is so engaging, and her art. I can't even begin to say how much I love her art. The apparent starkness of the imagery, with so much more when you look again.
I am particularly in love with her targets…her drawing a day inspired my painting for friday.

I got one of her new wearable creations…a t-shirt (literally taken from her back) and that beautiful necklace!

Thank you thank you!
Even her wrapping is exquisite.

the tinker
20" x 10"

After this man jumped into my head, I figured I would do a whole series of Zephyr family portraits in this format. 
I think this might be the first male I have painted (if you don't count robots and I am not).

When I was thinking of his story…I realized that I love painting to a story…
(the only times I come up with the story are before the painting is created, after the sketch…it is not so much a story I see, but the shadows around the story)
If I don't have a story something happens to my brain afterwards…a fog clouds everything and I don't even see the name.

My shadow of a story:
This gentleman is married to Madam Rush and owns a curio shop.

I would never have been able to get that far if an amazing Storyteller didn't build the groundwork for me (thank you sir!!):

I think she’s a third generation speedster - Her grandmother was WWII hero “Madam Rush”, while her Mother lived in reverse, switching from a costumed everyday life to her secret identity as the cats-eye glass wearing librarian known as “P.D.Q”

Zephyr longs for a superpower to call her own. Spends a lot of time online researching the latest innovations in super-power so that she can eventually gain a “new” superpower and set herself apart from the family legacy.

Her father Erasmus is a non-powered mechanic of Greek descent - who builds sad robots - including Malcolm, who has grown up with Zephyr as her de-facto “sibling”.

Her full name is Zephyr Letitia Ophelia Chascarillo Ramirez Diotrephes.

- one half of the la power couple 

I love this story!  Thank you again. 

Before Camilla left for her vacation I managed to get my hands on Roberto.
He is so SO cute!

The package had loads of tape…with a little note from camilla:
"you can never use too much tape"

Trixie was totally willing to play, but Roberto wasn't so sure.
I seperated them after that.

Thank you Camilla, I love Roberto and his cute little jersey!
Welcome back from your vacation.

On days like today when at 8am I am already dripping just by walking to the train, I wish I could be driving into this beautiful fog bank.
When it would be cool enough for a sweater…dreams, all dreams.
I think fog rolling in is one of my most favorite things in the world.

Since we are in the middle of the crazy heat wave, the Last Exit thing will be next Wednesday…hopefully when the weather is more agreeable! 

I was lucky enough to trade with Shari.
I got to try some of the wonderful beer T's always making and I am hooked. 
As soon as they switch from fun at home to more I am totally into what he has to sell.
(a brew society!!)
We traded for a penguin and the pale ale was named in honor of that trade.
Love Shari & Love T's brews.
One of the things I love most about the two of them is all of their instruments!