Bluetan

So I moved into th new loft over by Brooklyn Navy Yard and I am out walking with the girls one lovely spring evening. I stumble upon this amazing space filled with great artwork and it is across the street from my house.
These guys are amazing artists and super nice people on top of it. They came to my little dinky opening in tribeca even though they had to go to another 5 events that evening. Thanks guys. They had one the next night but I could not attend due to the fact that I slipped in oil paint the night before in my 3 inch heels and broke my ASS! I am not kidding, it is somewhat embarrassing.
Anyhow here are some of my favorite works, check them out, I hope we will get the chance to show together in september.
Cheers

in a paper bag

I find great comfort in the littlest things. I love the brown paper from brown paper lunch sacs. I used them when I was kid. I packed them myself full of peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches , apples and whatever else was available that day. It is a completely impractical material for such a  lunch, the grape jelly would always seep through, Anyhow, I have been working on these new paintings and using a lot of brown paper from paper bags. I love it as a material mixed with the texture of paint.
There will be 6 new works all together  at the end of htis month not including my largest 10' x 10' which I will photograph tomorrow. I hope these upcoming shows are properous in many ways. I am hoping to continue this work and be more frequently painting. It brings me great joy to do so...
here is a new one finished today

New work in the new space

So I have been busy getting the new space in order, shooting a few things for magazines including one thing to be featured on the ipad ! Publishing going live for the ipad is a whole new thing and a new world for me and many others I presume.
I have also been preparing for a small show in NY and a group show in Chicago. It is all very exciting, but chaotic to say the least. Nevermind that I have the preteen thing going on here with Kodie and the terrible 2's with Zana. I am ready for a break for sure!
Anyhow here are a few new things and a few snapshots of parts of the space. I love it here, I love working here especially. It is a nice space where we can all move free and open throughout. The girls run wild and love it and I am working on that huge canvas 10' x10', I am in heaven. I have been making things and just enjoying a new feeling of home.

an invitation

So I am having a little party/opening at a great studio in NYC where I shoot sometimes. We are going to hang my new work for a night/ There are more shows coming over the summer more in NY and one in Chicago as well as LA so this is more like a preview, but if you are around the area, stop by for a glass of wine.

A new interview

Here is a lovely new interview that has come out on the papercrane about me and my work. Dee Clements an awesome writer and painter has worked wiht me on this piece. I am very grateful for all the positive feedback and compliments to support me as I try to build my world back together in my life as a painter!
Thank you

My Apologies

So we made it! We moved into our new amazing space and we are all exhausted. I have been so busy sorting it all out and shooting everyday that I have been lagging behind on my blogging duties. I will be back on track by the end of this week. I have some amazing pictures to share of new work and the new space I can't wait to get painting in!

MATILDE!

I wanted to share with you an amazing woman, friend, photographer and just a force of life. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Matilda http://www.matildemontanari.com and we have become fast friends. Her and her partner Andrea are the lovliest people I have met in New York in years.
I will be working with her a bit before their return to Italy, to live in Bologna. I hope to also be showing with her at the end of May in a small exhibit. More to come soon, working on some new paintings...

paper and paper

I know I have been quite bad with the posts recently but work has been crazy and then I had  a little accident which has put a minor spanner in the works for me. Lets just say bikes and cars don't work together very well.
Anyhow, I have this new work that I did with Pernille Pederson www.ehmanagement.com
we were just mucking around with idea and materials and this is what came out of it. It is a beautiful collection of photographs that we created. I am so excited to put them up here!
The move is over in less than 2 weeks and then things will be easier and my oldest daughter turns 11 this friday and I am wallowing in my own self pity that I am YES, I am get getting old.....

away in Big Sky Country

I have been away in Montana again. It was tremendously beautiful and inspiring to be there again. The sky is big and beautiful and the mountains tower over everything not crushing but rather expanding the feeling of space and your ability to breathe freely. It is a magical place and the people there are lovely and full of bright energy  and great humor. 

I will be moving in a few weeks to a new space in Brooklyn. It is a beautiful old loft in Ft/Green/Brooklyn Navy Yard area. It is in an old chocolate factory. I can not wait to get in there and get working on some new huge paintings. The space is wide open with big windows and big old wooden beams. Check it out! I will be posting some pictures of Montana later today as for now I am actually on my flight home and need to see my beautiful girls. I have missed them a lot these last few days.

those were the days in London

I am cleaning through my piles and boxes of paper and I came across some photos of an opening night for one of the shows I did in London at "egg". This place was so amazing, developed by Maureen Dougherty, one of the most amazing women I have ever known, it was an old dairy in 3 seperate buildings. It was on Kinnerton street in Knightsbridge. So beautiful and stylish. I felt very lucky to be a part of what was going on there.  The parties were famous! we would be out all night in the street, the amazing chefs from the river cafe would come and cook for everyone on the cobblestone streets where we were all dancing and drinking wine. Everyone was quite fabulous! So Maureen gave me many opportunities to create things for the shop, but then she gave me the entire building at 69 Kinnerton and here are a few shots. I even made the aprons for the girls working the show for me. They were sewn by me and then painted and there were branches twisted into the fabric like a nest. It was so much fun! I miss those days. We need to bring that sentiment back!