Leaving on a Jet Plane

I'm leaving for San Deigo tomorrow!

I'm excited. I haven't been back since last March, and I am looking forward to seeing my friends. We leave the following day, on a road trip, to Bakersfield for the opening of my solo show, at the Surface Gallery. I am so so so nervous. So nervous. Gah.

I know everything will be fine, I'm just not very good about talking to people about my work. Maybe a few glasses of wine will help :)
I hope so. Maybe my friend Kim can just pretend to be me all night. She's really good about talking to people. Yeah...that probably isn't the best.

Oh well. It's going to be fun. It's going to be a lot of fun.
So, if you don't hear from me, it's cos I'm on the road with my friend K.Trinks, heading to Bakersfield, Ca. Living it up Thelma and Louise style...without the whole death thing at the end, of course.

ps. This is my newest painting :)

We're Home!

Well, we've been home for sometime now.

all is right with the world now.
We got home last Wednesday, in the early evening.

We had some pretty great adventures along the way, all in all is was a great trip.
You can see all of our photos on my Flicker site :)

and now we're home, ready to start on the next chapter of our lives.
It's been a pretty crazy week back.

We've repainted several rooms in our house, braved Ikea on Memorial Day Weekend, and have had visits from multiple friends and relatives. It's been a fantastic week back home, and I am so happy to be here. Finally.

Hope everyone is having a good week so far! :)

Vacation

I'm really looking forward to this vacation that Mike and I plan on taking after graduation.

We started to plan our road/camping trip yesterday. I'm really looking to spending less time on the computer, and not worrying about what I'm going to make next...

I love what I do, and I love being able to work for myself, but I think the constantly feeling like I have to make something, or come up with new ideas, is wearing down on me. Not to mention, I just finished 30 new pieces for the Surface Gallery show in July. I think I need a break...

What I am most looking forward to is going home, and what kind of work is going to be coming from that. The last year and half I've relied on the idea of home, and things that I miss. I'm really curious to see what will come from finally being there, and being in a city where I find so much inspiration on a daily basis. I'm more than excited about this, but you probably already know this.

That's all I've got today.
Hope everyone's week is going well.

ps. My sale is still going on in my Etsy shop!

Tuesday!

Today went a bit smoother than yesterday.
Thankfully!

Got some work done, but mostly took a break today.
Hung out with my neighbor Kelly, drank some afternoon drinks, and got all caught up on my gossip magazines! Yay!

I did manage to get two small paintings done, some orders put together, and some more prints to send out to Tilde, in Portland, Oregon.

My show in July is almost done! I have two more illustrations to do and frame, and then it's just touching up and putting the finishing touches on the paintings.

Oh! also, I bought tickets to fly out to San Diego in July!! yay! I'm going to fly down to see my friend Kim, then we are going to rent a car and drive up to Bakersfield to attend the opening of my show at Surface Gallery! I'm so excited and happy about this. It should be a lot of fun. I'm mostly excited that Kim will be able to attend not only one of my openings, but my first solo show.

Yes! Okay...that's all I got today. Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday!