fifi faithful

A couple of weeks ago I started this painting as a follow up to Fairuz. The idea was to present cultural icons in a manner that was slightly unexpected to what we’ve gotten used t...

the first layer is a laminated picture by yousef abu-ghazaleh. the second layer is an un-stapled feathered crown by amalie modeen. next is the final stage from my slideshow 'balloons', and f...

the painting after session two. i need to keep reminding myself that i'm working with oils and not acrylics. i'm enjoying this very much, if only sometimes for the smell of the paints. it ta...

When I work, I sometimes like to fantasize that the piece I’m drawing, painting or collaging was somehow found during an archeological dig or the excavation of a thousand year old church or acci...

I finally watched Burton’s Alice in Wonderland last night. I just fell in love with Alice’s dresses, designed by costume designer Colleen Atwood. These sketches were inspired by her dresse...

Sometimes we’re on a roll. But we wreck it by doing too much for too long, whether it’s work or play. I have found myself not being able to stop painting, drawing, or doodling. These past ...

I’ve always loved the look of dilapidated buildings, especially when the inner walls had once been papered or postered. So Rachel Ashwell.

Yesterday I watched a documentary about portrait painter Alice Neel, beautifully filmed by her grandson Andrew Neel. The moment I looked at the DVD cover, lent to me by my sister-in-law Jana, I felt a...

We had quite a huge dust storm a few days ago. The next day I found this paper in one of my plants. Just a single sheet of paper, blown away from its book, among other windswept jetsam and flotsam. I ...

Welcome to Davy Jones’ locker.

watergirl, yesterday and today, watercolor on paper, 10cm x 15cm