a long time away

Wow! I didn't even realize how long it's been since i've blogged on here. Time to step up my program. This summer pretty much flew by, thanks to a lot of fun, and a whole month of being incredibly sick. Dylan starts his first day of kindergarten tomorrow morning. I can't believe it, time certainly does have a habit of slipping away. SO to catch everyone up....

This summer was filled with fun and frivolity with friends. Here's a video from Wine and Wig night :) thanks girls!!



Oh and here's another tattoo that Michael got from the amazing Mr. Jason Gallo. Now he's got Mom with him for all time :)


This summer i decided to keep a sketchbook and draw from life everyday. I actually fell out of sync on it though when i got really sick... and since then, i've been so busy playing catch up with everything, i still haven't gotten back to it. But i will, it feels so good to just sketch a little bit for myself. Here's a few of them... the birdbath outside one morning...

Mr. D watching tv...
Mr. B watching cartoons....

I love to draw hands....

This summer brought a nice array of roses... which also helped keep my spirits up while i was sick.

Mr. B has taken quite the shine to painting this summer. Makes me pretty happy. Dylan has always loved to paint, and i just kind of thought maybe B wouldn't care so much about it, but he seems to really enjoy making art now.

We spent lots of nights jumping into huge pillow piles this summer.

We also visited Ventura again, which was a really nice get-a-way. Mr. B has also become quite the gardener, and had this message for my bestie Sloan:



Here's our family picture at the beach. Very fitting really, that Mr. B chose to turn his back on us, and sit 8 feet away. He is a most independent little cuss..

And here are a couple of new paintings for shows... This is "Love Potion #9". It's on display at Thinkspace Gallery for the "Love Conquers All: Artists for Equality" show.


a crop...
And this one is for "Playboy Redux" celebrating the 50 yr anniversary of the opening of the first playboy club. My painting is titled "Wisdom and Virtue"


a close up of the bunnies...



Okay, i think that's about it for now... thanks for peeking peeps!