::pleading for rain trees::unnatural

::pleading for rain trees:: is the latest finished piece for up and coming clothesline art show. pleading is another in my way of landscaping my trees.  i really think these latest, circle-geometric pieces are more inspired by artist dalek.  though site is down find his work or something else at juxtapoz.  i am going to get back to work, start yet another piece, another square.  have a nice sunday.

trying indifferently

i decided to bake this evening.  something i rarely feel like doing.  any motivation i have to cook or bake has pretty much gone to the wayside, sacrificed in order to make art and stuff.  i make some chocolate chip cookies that i think are rather the best.  i have the recipe memorized and have a couple of adaptations that make for a soft chewy cookie that melts in your mouth, so to speak.  i melt real unsalted butter in the microwave.  i let my eggs acclimate to room temp and use not two but three.  i add a random amount of oatmeal, finely chopped pecans and coconut.  i bake them at 375 degrees for less than then 5 minutes.  there isn't anything super healthy about the cookies, i often think of them sort of like a meal but that's just plain old justification.  

if i ever own my own place and have a choice in countertops i do not think i'll ever choose black but, i sure do enjoy taking photos on the blacktop.  it makes for a nice contrast, most of the time, except it shows every crumb, stain or speck of dust.  consider yourself warned.  

i've been surfing a little lately and found a semi decent place for nice museum art wrapping paper.  pomegranate reminds me of the local museum gift shop.  funny though i found a roll of this paper at our local greenlife grocery.  seriously.  

another good thing i found recently via freshly blended is blanket magazine, taking submissions now, for september's travel issue.  

the rest of my week includes: a walk to amber's house to pick up my csa and maybe see kt too, finish next piece of art, laundry, freezing vegetables for the winter time, and maybe a soy iced latte, oh and having wood you be mine framed to hang at demoss accounting, yipes, i almost forgot.

beneath me sun

a new day. a new sun. a walk. clouds. a sticky piano. lyrics to songs i will never forget. like bruce cockburn's "when the sun goes nova". i find myself at the end of july with four new canvas to cover, and at this point, not a new idea brewing. i am just going to have to work it out. figure out the next puzzle and move on. ::beneath me trees:: worked out well. i was inspired by a conversation i had with my mother about making my trees fit into more of landscape. although i'm fine with trees all by themselves.

to change the subject and for the record. i have shopped at big lots-lots of times. but did not buy my bed there. my bed was a gift to me from the doctors that i used to work for. the bed and mattress came from kinder's furniture mall of all places. i remember feeling so overwhelmed by the options.

also, there are two very best ways to look at my art. i am consumed often with how much i continue to love flickr and i post a good image of all finished works there. see my side bar>to the right. secondly i have looked into getting or buying a website specifically for my art. i'm looking for just the right one. the right kind. until then you might want to look for me in the ava artist directory>here.

i better be off. i must begin a new piece now. now or never.