Steam Punk Bike

We adore hand made vehicles..

here is a gorgeous one I found

on line...!

Simon's Bags

my friend Simon makes thee best

handbags..they are in my collection!

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!

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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...

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New Sculpture

a mix of a vintage car ornament

and a shoe..fabu...our latest

sculpture..this one just sold..

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...

Coffee Cafe

time to relax..enjoy coffee

and celebrate---

Obama!!!

Luna Parc

The luna parc open house

is coming up halloween weekend!

cant wait!

New Wristlete

the finsihed wristletes are done

from my latest paintings!

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Micro Car Staircase

I always wanted a hand painted

staircase...

rod grouted our tiles

of favorite cars into the steps..

it came out amazing!

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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-

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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..

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Paintings of my Friends

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

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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.

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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-
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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-

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One of my favorite Cars

I really love this car..it's

called the Eco mobile

and I found it almost 10yrs ago..

Fabulous

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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..
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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?
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Picking Apples Today

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

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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...
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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..
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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!

Listing our house for sale!

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

Lovely little studio

New Pill and Mirror Cases

Fabulous Philly Cubano food and bar!

Geranium painting done

my newest painting...

geranium dress..

we will scan this and print

it onto fabrics

for makeupbags, wristletes

and more..

http://www.wendycosta.com

Great Makeupbags

Im working on new art

for my favorite makeupbag

style we create.

wristletes..

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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...

Gerber Daisy Dress

another new painting..!

I am working on a

series of flower dresses--

see them on

http://www.wendycosta.com/

under flower dress gallery

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

http://www.wendycosta.com/

under tile galleries/flower dresses

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.

chincivie

my cat wears a scarf

and stares at me through

the window.

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..

www.lunaparc.com

Art Head

I am dreaming up my new line

for two big chain stores...

more art coming this way..

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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

http://www.wendycosta.com/

under the handbag gallery

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