Friday, December 26, 2008

Steam Punk Bike

We adore hand made vehicles..
here is a gorgeous one I found
on line...!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Simon's Bags


my friend Simon makes thee best

handbags..they are in my collection!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Booth Design

This is the way we display the work
when we sell to stores in NYC and beyond..
we are redesigning the entire thing..
more pics as we finish!
-enjoy

Monday, December 8, 2008

Handmade furniture


Rod made a bar out of steel
and I painted it..we use it for coffee
and also at the shows for a cash out box..
I want to make more like this...
-enjoy!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

New Sculpture

a mix of a vintage car ornament
and a shoe..fabu...our latest
sculpture..this one just sold..

Sunday, November 16, 2008

my favorite things to do as i cook


i love good jazz..and gumby
cartoons playing in the background
as i whip up a meal...

steampunk decorations

my birthday gift to myself..
was mixing thrift stuff..
teapot, lcd lights, feathers
and jewels...christmas
decorations..my way...

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Coffee Cafe


time to relax..enjoy coffee
and celebrate---

Obama!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Luna Parc


The luna parc open house
is coming up halloween weekend!
cant wait!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

New Wristlete


the finsihed wristletes are done

from my latest paintings!

-enjoy

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Micro Car Staircase


I always wanted a hand painted
staircase...
rod grouted our tiles
of favorite cars into the steps..
it came out amazing!
-enjoy

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Art Cards


I did a collection of greeting cards
for the award winning company
'Meri Meri'...then I did a collection
for my own studio..here is a peek-
enjoy-

Glass Ink Pen


For a while I was using a glass ink pen
I got in Montreal. The handmade
paper I got there was also gorgeous..
-enjoy-

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Paintings of my Friends

This is my friend Cole Godfrey.
I made this portrait for a christmas
present. It really looks like her!
-enjoy

Friday, September 12, 2008

For My Sister


My closest friend and sister-
Paula passed away in 1993.
I made a series of icons
in her memory..
this is one of my favorite ones.
enjoy-

Early influences


As a young girl a good friend
gave me this stack of posters.
They were early Vogue covers
painted by Helen Dryden.
I must have studied these
paintings for 6 years every day.
They had an enormous
influence on my work.
Enjoy-

Shoe Story

This is one of my favorite pictures.
These shoes were all re-worked
from found shoes from various
thrift stores, they had light up laces
and sat on a lovely little vintage
child's desk.
NY Gift show circa 2002-
Enjoy-

1957 BMW Isetta


this was the ultimate weird car..
the isetta was made in Italy
by a scooter manufacturer
who also made refrigerators,
can you see where this went?
Here we are in Provincetown
scaring the locals-

enjoy-

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

One of my favorite Cars


I really love this car..it's

called the Eco mobile

and I found it almost 10yrs ago..

Fabulous

enjoy-

My friend's work


Marcia Wilson is a brilliant
artist I met over a decade ago.
She got me into making my own
art books, since I love to write
as well as paint.
I spyed two of her sculptures
hiding in Luna Parc on
my last visit..
enjoy--

http://marciasandmeyerwilson.com/

Sketching Tiny Things


sometimes I paint
really small..
enjoy!

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Cupcake Cars


my fabulous friend Nick
found these cupcake cars
from Burning man..they
are made out of a wheelchair
and misc fabrics and metals..
yes Rod is going to make
me one...does it get
any funnier than this?
sweeet-

Picking Apples Today


I went off with friends to pick apples
today..now it's time to turn
them into something fabulous..
-enjoy-

Sketch for sculpture Garden


Im excited to think abt creating
a new sculpture garden in spring..
i have collected alot of topiaries,
fountains and gates...we want
to have open studio days
soon!-
-enjoy

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Gould's Micro Car Event


The highlight of my year is to
attend the micro car event in Boston, MA.
at the home of our good friends--
Charles and Nancy Gould.
As always, I honor our friends by
creating the art for each event..
this year I did a killer design
and featured charactures of my
hosts in a crazy monopoly-like
party!

enjoy-

Our 1953 Citroen Traction Avant


This is one of my all time
most favorite cars..we finally
snagged one..I really enjoy
this car!

Bumper Cars


As a yong kid I loved wierd cars..
so this is funny to find this old picture
my Dad sent...my sister and I are having a ball..
typical me=laughing uncontrollably...
enjoy-

Handbags Past


I loved this handbag design we made a few
years ago...it featured two different paintings
on each side, custom vaccum-formed clear bottom
with my logo embossed, fabulous handles I had
custom made out of lucite...and calf skin trim
dyed in wild colors to match..gorgeous!
we are thinking of bringing them back in limited
editons..
enjoy

Rod's Newest Bike


Rod does all the sewing and sculpture here..
BUT he also makes his own motorbikes..this
is handformed steel..painted custom by Rod
even the seat is handformed, and upholstered
here!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Listing our house for sale!




Our house is for sale!
we will miss this grand beauty

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Geranium painting done


my newest painting...
geranium dress..
we will scan this and print
it onto fabrics
for makeupbags, wristletes
and more..

Great Makeupbags




Im working on new art
for my favorite makeupbag
style we create.
wristletes..
enjoy

Monday, July 7, 2008

Finished Red Petunia painting

this is the image
after we added
digital stripes
in the background...

Geranium Dress

this is a half day's work
on the geranium dress
painting..first a sketch
and idea..then a pencil
sketch on board..then
the first layer of paint..
next i will go over everything
with another coat of paint
and then the details are
added last...

Finished painting

my second painting
'gerber daisy' is done
i love this series...

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Gerber Daisy Dress


another new painting..!
I am working on a
series of flower dresses--
see them on
under flower dress gallery

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Red Petunia Dress


two days work on my newest
collection...more flower
and food dresses..here you
can see one mostly done.
see it as a tile or cutting board
under tile galleries/flower dresses

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Trojan Heinkel


our 1957 Trojan Heinkel is a
super rare bubble car designed
after ww11.
Ours is being restored and
we hope she will look like
this when done!


New Yorker Art


One of my all time favorite

artists is Maira Kallman..

she does kid's books and

fabulous illustrations for the

New Yorker and other magazines.

Her style and color

are fantastic.

Friday, June 27, 2008

chincivie


my cat wears a scarf

and stares at me through

the window.

Monday, June 23, 2008

jon connors came to visit

well known artist john connors
is my neighbor..he canme by with
a painting to share..
hes wonderful...

Luna Parc Shoe


I saw this small weird shoe in
Luna Parc this past weekend..
it had little people going to hell...
really funny and fabulous..

Monday, June 9, 2008

Art Head

I am dreaming up my new line
for two big chain stores...
more art coming this way..
enjoy

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Yellow Submarine Handbag


This is brand new...we are all
Beatles fans here..so we made
this in dedication to them...
it has gromets that little
cats peek through-
see it on
under the handbag gallery
enjoy-