Category Archives: My Studio

My First Painting

Thursday, March 15, 2012

One of the things I did at the Tea Party at my studio this past weekend was to show the group the first painting I ever made as an adult in 2001. It is a still life of three things from my vintage office/school supply collection: a tag, an eraser and a crayon. I was taking my first painting class and we were instructed to bring something (or a set of things) from home to set up in class to paint. I wish I had some of the other paintings I made during that time. I think I may have painted over them (I reuse canvases and panels a lot since they are so expensive) or possibly even thrown them away! I have so little early work (even from 5 years ago), so I really treasure this painting.

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Studio Tea Party

Monday, March 12, 2012

This past Saturday Danielle from The Jealous Curator hosted a little Tea Party in my studio! 12 women attended (we squished everyone into my modest space) and Staci even came from West Virginia to attend (and she was a peach, so I was so excited to have her there). We talked a lot, ate loads of delicious catered food, drank coffee (and tea, of course!), walked the neighborhood, and had a fantastic time. I’ll post more photos from the day once I get my hands on some (I was too busy talking to take any myself). The photo of me above was taken by the awesome Maggie Hannon.

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Where I Work

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Some of you may remember Victoria’s post about my studio. It is a pretty magical place, I must say. There are skylights on half the ceiling and several times a week Wilfredo sleeps sweetly on the sofa while I work. I am feeling particularly grateful for my studio right now. 2012 has been very good to me so far and so I have been spending a lot of time here working on some amazing projects. After so many years of working in an office, I feel very lucky — even on my worst, most stressful days — to be here, in this place, painting and drawing for a living. Yes.

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Girl Crush Tea Party in my Studio!

Friday, January 20, 2012

I am SO EXCITED to announce a collaboration with The Jealous Curator :: a tea party in my studio! We’ll chat, have tea, talk about making art, look at inspiration, take a gallery walk of my neighborhood and eat a lovely catered lunch. This all happens March 10 in my studio in the Mission. Sign up here!

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My Studio on SF Girl By Bay

Friday, November 4, 2011

One week ago, my friend and fellow blogger Victoria came out to my studio to take some photos to share on her blog. While she walked around my studio with her camera snapping away, we caught up and gossiped a bit, which resulted in a lot of laughter and even some new travel plans. It felt like having a friend over for a cozy morning hang out and most definitely not a photo shoot.

On Wednesday of this week, Victoria made a post about her visit on her beautiful blog and shared some of the photos she took that day. They are so amazing! She had effortlessly captured the real energy of the place. And hearing what other folks had to say {through tweets, comments and personal emails} about my space was one of the most surprising, wonderful and humbling experiences I’ve had in a long time. If you haven’t had a chance to see Victoria’s post, you can view it here.

Happy Friday. See you Monday.

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Paul Octavious

Monday, October 10, 2011

This past Friday I had the privilege to hang out in my studio with one of my favorite talents in the world, Paul Octavious {pictured above with my dog, Wilfredo}. I originally met Paul through Flickr back in 2005, and we quickly became internet friends. He was a burgeoning photographer and I was a burgeoning artist, and we had both literally just started sharing our work publicly on the internet. We finally met in person in 2007 at my Anatomie show in New York and then again in San Francisco in 2009. This time he was visiting from his current home, Chicago.

Paul is one of the kindest, most positive, talented people I know. He does not just take photos. He lives his work, and his enthusiasm for it is contagious. During our visit he took several photos of my studio with his big Canon SLR (maybe we’ll get to see those later!), but here’s one he took of me and Wilfredo with his iPhone (he’s @pauloctavious on Instagram — follow him, his images are fantastic). Thank you for the visit, Paul. Was great to see you.