Kitty Genius

A Big 'Un

Hello all! So this week has been a bit crazy. My computer died and now is kind of working but all my email is gone except for maybe the last week of messages and those are not in my email account but on the server? I don't even know what I am talking about. Drew is trying to solve the minor catastrophe for me. All I know is that I have four emails where once there were like three thousand. So, you know all the emails I "was going to get to" well....hmm.

In other news here are some paintings that I have been working on this week.

10x10 acrylic and paper on canvas

6x8 paper and acrylic on canvas

I know I showed a picture of this one before, but it wasn't finished.

6x8 acrylic and paper on canvas

6x12 acrylic, ink, and paper on canvas

and this one is actually here!

And this is here...

as is this

and this

And this

All the illustrations are 9x12 and on heavy weight paper.

Also there is only three days (including today) to get HELLO October

I'm sad to see it go...but that means HELLO November is right around the corner!

Also I am thoroughly enjoying making little people animals or maybe animal peoples such as these three tiny originals.

Others like them will be in the shop but these are going to live here until they find a home of their own. Also going to Gallery Revisited are lots more tiny originals, plush goodies, and embroidered illustrations. Gallery Revisited was the first gallery to contact me. I am consistently impressed with their artists and what they carry and always have to pinch myself that I send my artwork there.

Speaking of pinching myself I am so so so excited to announce that I will be in a group show this summer that the lovely Susan is having at her gallery. You can check out her AMAZING online shop. I am so proud that she carries these two exclusive prints of mine.

Goodnight Goodnight

Can I have A Hug?

Lots of bloggers and blog readers out there know her and I have to say she is one of the nicest  most encouraging people I have met in the blog world :)

Ok enough already. This is a GIANT post and I hope to be back with lots more this week. I would love to tell you all the fun stuff I've been doing. But it's been lots of work with breaks for walking up to get coffee, stare at fall colors and back to work. After this week, things will settle down for orders and du du du...gear up for the holidays!! Yeah!

And for those of you who daylight savings ended for...go enjoy your extra hour :)

I Wish I Was Drinking Hot Chocolate

Well as promised here is some of my work in progress.

And these are some of the new batch of Tiny Originals

They're a little hard to see but the ones below are in the shop as of right now.

This weekend went by in a blur. There was lots of coffee drinking and going out to eat and magazine and book buying.

I bought this. And it's pretty great.

And of course this

Drew is in a euphoric state watching the Cardinals in the world series right now. I am easily bribed into watching it by coffee and going out to eat. There was even an Antique Mall shopping trip.

While he watches the game there is alot of sewing, drawing, and painting I need to do. I seem to believe there is an infinite amount of time to do things on Sunday when actually the day seems even shorter now that it's dark by 7 pm.

In an effort to further procrastinate I have added a little chore to the evening of really and truly adding some blogs to my RSS feed. I don't know how I can continue to write a blog and always forget how to add them to my feed. And later tonight we will be meeting a friend for their birthday. And then it will be Monday ;)

My Middle Name Is Work (Okay, It's Brooke)

Looky looky! Do you see it? I saw this page from Craft Magazine on Etsy's blog and I was very VERY excited. I didn't know because I hadn't picked up the first copy of Craft yet, but I'm going to get it very soon. It looks great and I've heard great things. So yeah!

I don't have any pictures but I have been cooped up working working. I have two big orders of places needing original art. Today and yesterday were hours and hours of Tiny Originals. I want to put a couple up in the shop, but it depends if I have enough to send away first.

It's funny, I have lots of fun stuff in the beginning and middle stages and I am the kind of girl who likes to blurt it all out. Secrets? Who needs secrets? But I don't know if I'm supposed to mention things or not. So for the time being, I guess I'll hold off but when they start to finalize I will bounce around my apartment and then do a post.

It's been very fall like in these parts. Grey skies, windy, perfect in other words. I love nights when you can open the windows and it's kind of freezing but you can crawl under a down comforter. I take it all back in the morning though. Early morning cold is one of the loneliest things in the world. ESPECIALLY if an alarm clock is involved. In the beginning of high school I stopped using them altogether. I decided I could tell myself to wake up at say 7:30 and it would just have to work. For the most part it did and still does. I'm sure I have a more restless night sleep because I tend to wake up a couple times in the night to see what time it is. But I kind of like that. I don't like waking up for the first time and knowing I ACTUALLY must get out of bed.

I'm theoretically a morning person. I enjoy the early morning. Sunrise is my favorite time of day. But I only like them when their are no real obligations. No bus to catch or work to get ready for. Early morning trips? The best. But since being...da da duh...self employed I've really forced myself to get up somewhere between 6:30 and 7:45...the last few days I've slipped. But hey, I worked at a bar where I didn't get home until past 3:00am. It's all an adjustment. I feel much better for it too. I like getting more out of my day. I live in a very busy part of the city so I love seeing it in the morning when noone's around. I feel like it's really my neighborhood then.

And I know I really am not waking up all that early. My sister wakes up at 5:00 am and when I used to be the opening server at a breakfast place I had to wake up then also. blah...

So yeah, I've been kind of scarce around these parts because I am happily busy with a capital "B"  But, I'll share some pictures of what I've been working on this weekend.
Happy Friday!'

Midnight

This new print is in the shop!

A few new prints in the shop are coming and a longer post...

Pthththbth

You can find this here .

The Post Office Is Closed!?!

Yup. It sure is. I totally blanked. I packaged and packaged and then I arrived at the post office. Anytime I see anyone approaching at the same time I kind of race them. I feel kind of guilty because I have on average 20-30 packages to mail every time I go there and most people have like one. But I now consider myself a post office pro I think that cuts the time down a bit.

Anyway, the guy I was "racing" (he won I am a passive aggressive racer) was really really cute and he had a little bag of hersey kisses, a card, and a little red t shirt. They weren't packaged yet (he's not a post office pro). As I was walking up he was said "Do you think it's open on Columbus day?" "Fu.. I didn't even think of that." was my response. I have never seen anyone as sad as him. I'm sure the package was for his girlfriend or something. And I think he was leaving town...something complicated. I wanted to offer just to mail it tomorrow but then that would be weird. The point of this long story of a rather short event is that your stuff will be one day later if you're waiting for anything. I blame Columbus...as should you.

This weekend we got pumpkins!! And squash to cook tonight. I went on a big art supply run as I had mentioned. I bought some great 12x12 paper and am really excited to work with that. It comes in every shade possible so there is a piece of paper for every mood. I am really enjoying working on mixed media illustrations on paper. And speaking of that There are new tiny originals in the shop, a couple are gone and a few remain. Ok...me new paper awaits. Happy Monday!

Saturday Eventfulness

'Feeling Watched'

11x14x1

I got really briefly (24 hours) sick on Wednesday and now the sickness has transformed itself into a nagging cough and other grossness. But nothing is going to come between me and my pumpkin. First, there will be coffee though. And before I run out the door I wanted to tell you that this new painting is in the shop. I never feel like the photos quite capture the colors or texture but I really do enjoy the both on this one.

The Forgotten One

'But There Are So Many Of Them'

I just thought that I would post a picture of this little forgotten one. I really like this print (maybe it's too subtle?) but noone seems to notice it here.

But a big giant ( ganormous if you will) thanks to everyone who has purchased 'HELLO October' so far. I'm glad that you guys like it and that you like your moolah  going to a good cause :)

The weekend's almost here and you know what I plan to do? Get a pumpkin or two or five. I also get to do one of my favorite activities. Go to the art store. I am delighted to have a Dick Blick minutes from my apartment. If I plan to be extra ambitious there may be a bit of cooking or baking in my weekend plans as well.

I'm also very very excited about Plush You II opening tonight. I'm sad that I won't see it person but I can promise you I will be checking flickr and the website a billion times tomorrow. I'm delighted that two of the three pieces I submitted were presold and to one of my favorite online friends. There are a ton of talented folks participating in the show. You can check it out for yourself here.

Ok y'alls have a good friday and I'll talk to you soon!

HELLO October

Well, here it is!

and here it is :)

                                                I'm really excited to announce the "HELLO" series. On the first of every month I will release a limited edition print. The print will only be available for that month. $5.00 of every print will go to charity. This month's charity is the Humane Society of Missouri. Every month the charity will probably change, but animal issues are close to my heart, so you'll see mostly those. At the end of the month I'll announce on my blog how much money was raised. So please help me help out a great cause and get this month's print while it lasts!

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and this was the perfect month to start. I chose the Humane Society of Missouri because like I said animal issues are close to my heart but also Isadora (the true Kitty Genius) is from there. And as you can tell I couldn't be more in love. Also, they have done alot of amazing work with animals from disaster relief. We had a Hurricane Katrina foster kitty for a couple of months. I would like to help them continue to do that. For next month I would like to look into some no kill shelters. I would like to continue with ones in Missouri but if any of you know of any great animal charities please let me know.

I'm excited about this print and I hope good things happen.