consolidating

Old painting, sold. Just wanna slip it in here so's I have everything in one place...

Tara's Elephant (watercolor and brush pen, 15"x11")

whut

How come I can't comment on other blogs sometimes? I click on "comments" and look, there are the comments and the little personalized "please comment" witticism -- but no text box or garbled word or "post comment" button. I don't get it. Do I need to sacrifice a modem to the Gods of Internet or something?

I'm trying to be a good citizen in the blogging community, I swear! Allison, I think the present tense in novels comes off gimmicky 90% of the time! Sierra, you should start a whole "Policing Pinterest Recipes" series -- it'd be rad! James, I say goofy nature crap too and think "Dexter McChest" is a hilarious character name! Shanelle, I'm really glad you're married! Sorry, guys!

:(

So here, have a picture of a Golden Retriever cuddling baby bunnies.

And this picture of chocolate cake.

And this painting by Schiele.

Unrelated true story: The other day I was taking the Metropolitan Area Express Train (Max for short) downtown and it made me think fondly of all our train rides in jolly old England. So I nearly texted the following to Kathleen: "On Max, thinking of England." Which, if you're familiar with certain euphemistic phrases, is very funny. At the last second I foresaw great awkwardness and changed up the grammar accordingly. Phew! Crisis averted! (Because Kathleen would definitely have been so totally offended.)

And then I blogged about it.

Watercolor

Cover illustration for creative writing portfolio, Fall 2009.

Wrapping Up

"Painting: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic." --Ambrose Bierce

Tomorrow morning, I turn in my creative writing portfolio. We were given the option of creating an illustrated cover. Because my longest and, reportedly, most promising piece of writing is about my summer job at an Alaskan fish cannery, this is what I came up with:

This is also a reference to frequent reminders in class to adhere to the Fish Head Principle of Editing, to wit, "cut it off!"

Faustus Tapestry

9' x 4' monkscloth tapestry painted for BYU-Idaho's production of The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, summer semestery 2008.

Reproduction as mural or canvas-painting available for commission.

Faustus main tapestry

4' x 9' monkscloth tapestry painted for BYU-Idaho's production of Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, summer semester 2008.

Tapestry available for sale. Reproduction as mural or canvas-painting available for commission.


Some detail shots:

Tree of Life

Originally a stained glass design for a theatrical set painting class, I did this 9'' x 11'' painting in ink and watercolor for Ben and Kaye Romney of Rexburg, ID.

Replica paintings available for commission: $45. 

Stained glass designs (any subject) available for commission.