October 20, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Life, Like + Love, Opinion
No, I haven’t seen it yet. . . I will though. I watched the young actor actually named Max on Conan the other night. . . he was so nervous and tried to be so cool and grown-up. . . and then he told a wet fart story and the 12 year old showed up very completely in his silly boy laughter. I do have a silly boy too who laughs at farts, I also have a large shady damp yard that is a welcoming home to large crops of moss and mushrooms. . . I have counted over a dozen varieties this season. They are so mysterious, almost like a plant married a sea anemone and they birthed these spongey children in the grass. Marshall and I spend alot of time wandering around the yard hunting for clusters of mushrooms. In order to deter him from eating or squishing them I tell him they are Yucky Babies. “yucky” to prevent the temptation of biting one, “baby” so he knows to treat them gently. Though I do confess I let him stomp the withering ones with his blue boots.
Yes, the mushroom Max is indeed cut from a white milk jug, and yes, I may have super-glued my fingers together while positioning the tails on the their behinds.
Notes: please visit Terrible Yellow Eyes, my fabulous bro-in-law and also friend Cory Godbey’s site, and also page through the forts on BOOOOOOOM! though I think that far too many of the forts are just a bit too cool for school and Maurice would not approve of the Indie-ifying of his story. . .
October 19, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Chris, For Sale, Our Artwork
sweetride.etsy.com
I’ve been anticipating the official launch of my Sweet Ride etsy shop, and behold, the time has come!
Sweet Ride will now be your one-stop-shop exclusively for all things (well, art) vintage cycling, including original black + white drawings, fancy colorific paintings, signed prints just waiting to get all cozy in standard-size frames, zines, and more.
AND I’m so thrilled to be a part of Poppytalk’s “Indie Love” Marketplace! Stop on by to check out all the hip and happeninz.
AAAND… to celebrate opening shop, the first 10 orders will include a Sweet Ride zine OR a 5×7 print of your choice, free! When you place your order, just include a note of what you’d like! YAY
Check back often (or just subscribe to Sweet Ride’s shop feed) to see what’s new.
October 15, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Artist Love, Like + Love, Opinion
Chris is actually much more up-to-date with the illustrator world than I am, but this time I did pay attention when we got these books in the mail, The Hallowed Seam Recess/Process vol. 3 by James Jean, Sergio Toppi Sparrow vol. 12, and a zine by Ward Zwart.
Recess/Process is a collection of sketches by James Jean and honestly I like his sketches better than his finished work, his lines are fabulous and the layers of colors are really beautiful. He is a very skilled draftsman. Also a weirdo. I wouldn’t show this book to your 12 year old, your grandmother, or your mother, or sunday school teacher. . .you get a very very thorough anatomy lesson. I’ll just link to the Book-By-Its-Cover review. . .you can look up his portfolio site on your own if you’re feeling brave and objective.
Sergio Toppi is another great line man hailing from Milan, Italy. He is actually in his seventies we found out. . . I like his work, very decorative and linear, I think more Chris’s thing than mine, but still cool. . .
The Ward Zwart is another guy Chris introduced me to, one more great, creative sketcher. . . this little zine is from Cafe Royal.
Anyways, bottom line, I need to sketch more and throw caution to the wind actually mixing mediums and colors and turn mistakes into strategic design elements. Sketchbooks are a serious artform. Bottomest bottom line.
James Jean first four then Ward then Sergio
October 13, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Our Artwork
Yes, its an established fact. I do love owls. Not the popular indie cartoony kind really. . . the real ones that love trees and old bony buildings and things that hide in rustley grasses. I think it started a little bit when I was a kid , my uncle worked at a wildlife center, Hawk Creek. You could find the volunteers in malls and festivals standing with little owls, hawks and eagles perched on their big leather gloves.
Still not quite finished with it. . .almost.
There will be more, I’m sure of it.
October 8, 2009 | Posted By: Annie
Filed Under Life, Like + Love
We have a lot of trees in our yard and I think all of them are nut producing. . .walnuts (rotting black balls that leave forever stains on our feet), pecans and hundreds of the prettiest brown acorns I have ever seen. I am one of those sweater-loving heat-haters, I honestly live for fall and I adore winter. . .needless to say this hasn’t been a good fall for me, its still in the seventies! 83 predicted for friday!? seriously!?
Marsh and I had the best time ever collecting those shiny copper nuggets, we got a huge dish of them for the porch. I wish their hats weren’t so prone to falling off, the little caps are the best part. I love them in their natural state. . . but the some how I feel as though I should paint them and make little ornaments or wreaths or candle holders. . . I’m glad I typed that, it really does sound dreadful in writing. I think I’ll leave them as is after all. . .
October 6, 2009 | Posted By: Chris
Filed Under Annie, Art Shows, Chris, For Sale, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork
The Grand Opening of White Whale Studios & Gallery was so much fun!!! A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to show your support and love and make it such a memorable opening night, to all our friends and family, we love you so much. It was really great to meet so many people we’d never met before, and Annie and I were so happy to just meet and greet and hang out with old friends and new. And of course, ginormous thanks and congrats to Caroline and Dan, as well as all the WW resident artists for doing so much hard work to get everything ready for the public (but ESPECIALLY Caroline and Dan…!!!) And so many other friends and family who helped in little and big ways… THANK YOU, EVERYONE! Annie and I are so happy to be a part of such a great studio collective and gallery (we’re just so excited about our studio that’s big enough for the both of us (and even Marshall too!))… and with so much more goodness to come, if the Lord wills…
Anyways, some of these pics are from the opening night (when the crowds were a bit more dispersed) and some are just other pics of our studio post-opening-night and whatnot.
If you’re in the Greenville area, get in touch if you want to make a visit!
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