The Paper Crane

I think I might embroi­der this. I’m also think­ing that the caves draw­ing might become a series of draw­ings and embroi­deries. Hmmmmm…

Sad Bicy­cle sketch for Aaron’s bike mechanic apronSad Bike embroi­deryQuilt blocks embroi­deryQuilt blocks sketch with col­ored pen­cils in sketchbook

Love birdsThe top of my kitchen win­dow in the early morn­ing. I like the shadow the blinds make.Win­terMil­wau­keeVery bestI guess you could say I have a thing for florals.

Some­times I get all Bet­ter Homes and Gar­dens on myself and cook some­thin’ real deel­ish! (Thanks for the recipe Aud!)(Tomato Tart with goat cheese, sauteed onions, feta and a butter crust.)

Her work, to me has an out­sider art qual­ity com­posed with a pos­tu­lated folk-art sen­si­bil­ity.Really rocks my world! I had to say it, I had to share it.

A small sam­pling of some of the cos­tumes I worked on with the Jof­frey Bal­let. These were taken back­stage at our last per­for­mance for the fall premiere.

Mathew Adam­czyk, In the night, Vest, shirt-leotard and tightsMathew try­ing ot make me laugh and doing a successful job.

The lovely Heather…

Jonathan Dum­mar and Eliz­a­beth Hansen watch­ing backstage

Abby Simon and Aaron Rogers, The Age of Innocence

Onstage

Back­stage before cur­tain, Age of Inno­cence, April Daly, Patrick Simoniello, Abby Simon

Sta­cia, Age of Inno­cence, before curtain

A draw­ing I just started. It’s called Caves. I think maybe blue paper was a bad choice and maybe should have gone with white. I just felt like try­ing some­thing new. Some­times white paper can be very intim­i­dat­ing after 3.5 weeks of being out of the stu­dio. I feel like…

This is a back­drop I’m draw­ing for an ani­ma­tion I want to make involv­ing cut out and pop up scenes. It’s in progress. Obvi­ously.A draw­ing of a street back ground, 50“x38.

Some­times before I go to sleep I sit up in my bed and draw ran­dom things. It always puts me to sleep. Lately get­ting back into my own work, I have been embrac­ing ran­dom­ness. As with the new draw­ings above, there are images all con­nected by no real cohe­sive idea…