21 posts tagged “fashion”
18x24 inches, oil on panel. Kinda hard to photograph stuff that is larger and have it be "exactly" as you see in real life, but this is close enough I think...
again, the compression on blogs sucks, so click for better views.
If you missed it, here's my Q&A with photographer Austin Young at KotoriMagazine.com
Hoping that one day I can have a portrait done of me; I will once again dye my hair candy bright red and dig out my red sparkle-tranny false eyelashes just for the occasion too!
I wish Karl Lagerfeld would start a newsletter, because I would subscribe to it. I've always loved what he has done for Chanel, but never really knew much of him other than that he is clearly into S&M (you think those clothes and rings he wears everyday are comfortable?).
I went to visit a friend of mine at a hospice center -- only I -- can make a hospice visit a party full with Vanity Fairs, Vogue's, and the Karl Lagerfeld documentary it would seem. I'm such a Queen. We had wine, were laughing and screaming, all while doing German accents. The nurses joined in the fun, and although there were dead bodies and terminal people on morphine surrounding us, the staff seemed so happy to have us making a party and it lightened the mood. Something they were not used to at all in this place. So indeed, this was a strange environment for me to see this film for the first time.
I won't go into all of the various quotes and proclomations, but I like Lagerfeld's attitude towards everything. The jist being that if you dwell on the past, the good old days, and things were better then than what is now, you may as well give up then. His mantra in almost all interviews is essentialy: I have no past and no future there is only NOW. That everything is unfair, you are here and celebrated and then you are forgotten. Oh so German don't you think? He likes to mention several times that you can fall down the stairs or get hit by a bus at any time. What a character, and a wonderful weirdo. If there is anything he cannot stand it is the bouguoise, and the cliches of life. Appearantly two people living together as a couple is too bouguoise for him. Like Garbo he wants to be alone, but don't start in on cliche's about lonliness with him, that would make you a bore, darling. But don't be fooled, he does have a sense of humour as you will see.
If you are a creative person in any capacity I suggest you see "Lagerfeld Confidential", I loved seeing his workspace and the clothes and everything. Did you know he shops for his own cosmetics? Estee Lauder is his preference for face powder, who knew?
Shit I'm reading instead of doing work...
http://chicinparis.wordpress.com/
http://www.thepeakofchic.blogspot.com
http://www.allthebestblog.com/
http://tireshop.blogspot.com/
http://edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com/
http://howsmydealing.blogspot.com/
although I manage to complete paintings somehow:
Two newbies here...
Svetlana, 10x8" oil on board
Vivienne, 5x7" oil on panel. I'm doing several tiny paintings lately.
Once upon a time I used to do fashion illustrations, in fact, quite a few to the point of it being silly. Some even got published in an Italian fashion magazine while I was in college. I also taught it for a while, despite not knowing a damn thing about sewing, and I'm still prone to stitching the sleeve onto the neck by accident. Mostly I just wanted to draw ridiculous outfits I wish I owned. People always complimented me on them, and like the dickhead I am, I'd say, "what, these things? Oh honey I can make up fashions on the toilet, it ain't anything special".
I stopped doing these after a while, simply because I thought they weren't very good, just something to do while watching TV really. Actually, I stopped doing fashion illustration after I had an art show of 24 of them when I first moved to Cleveland -- that didn't go so well, for reasons I won't go into here. I also had my time wasted when asked to draw up some fashions for the students at Virginia Marti to create during a show. Well, apparently sewing a lingerie inspired outfit, or a kimono, was too hard for them and they couldn't deal with the fabrics I chose (a kimono is the easiest pattern ever on the face of the planet next to a loin cloth to sew btw). So, I don't know, maybe it wasn't that I thought my drawings sucked, maybe it was dealing with bullcrap that soured me on it.
So, here are some images I found in my computer, some have sold, others are on display at Gina's Gallery in Cleveland (along with quite a few other designs actually, so check 'em out if you can). I guess they're kind of cute, eh?
Saturday May 31st, I will be attending the reception for "Ladies First" at DvA Gallery in Chicago. I'll have two paintings up, in addition to other artists like Nicole Steen, Emma Mount, Genevive Zacconi, Jennybird Alcantra, Lisa Petrucci, Sunny Buick and more. Come out and say hi! I was to have these two in the show...
I've started a series of low priced paintings, here is the first of it...
"Winter Wind, 11x14" price: $150.00 Sold.
Basically, I ordered a bunch of art board from a website and it was not what I was expecting. Not only does it turn oil paint into acrylic on contact, it is just difficult to use overall. Rather than waste a bunch of art board, I decided to do a series of quick paintings I could get done in a few days with no planning and just, you know, off the cuff so to speak.
Please email me if you are interested in owning this pretty gal.
Cordeleia of Kronin (1440 - 1504)
A carnival
performer since childhood, she was raised in a nomadic tribe known as
Brothers of the Serpent -- infamous for gambling, grave robbing, and
juggling. It was during her acrobatic horse riding at a festival that
she caught the eye of a wealthy architect and was sold to him by her
uncles. She had a small career as a courtesan to wealthy, but
politically unimportant men. While drunk on ginger ale at a ball, she
began to strip her clothes, and perform her acrobatic routine for the
guests. She was an overnight success; invited to perform in most
affluent homes of the day. She was no longer dependant on wealthy
partners, but became trapped into supporting relatives who squandered
her fortune. When her youth faded, she went back to her horse routine
performing for carnivals.
11x14" oil on canvas. She'll be for sale at Anxiety Gallery in Madison, WI for the "Tattoo Show" with a book signing by Mitch O'Connell.
