December 31st, 2008

I've been working on my other project again lately, but had today free to make some of my own pictures. So here are some lil' New Year Eve drawings! (Click on image for full view)

Paper planes have been flying around my head lately. Acting out how tiny yet meaningful messages make it through to me...crashing down as my failed attempts at communication...my cluttered thoughts with the occasional standout...you get the idea.

When it gets really cold I burrow my face into my hair and scarf like a pigeon burrows into their feathers.

Sometimes I can't stand all this grey ambiguity, I crave some black and white...

Currently Listening: Deer Tick...War Elephant

December 12th, 2008

Please click on image to see full size! These drawings are all about boys and girls...


This about those times when you might not realize it, but your light is on. The shadows of the girls remind me of a crosswalk, keeping with the whole street metaphor. (For you non-taxi riding folks, their light is off when occupied and on when they're accepting passengers.)


We've all been in that position when you get to know someone new and eventually you have to show your hand....and see if you match. Do you both want friendship? Or romance? Or to be mortal enemies? Well when the hands don't match up it just sucks. I approach new people as friends (because I need friends more...and I never consider assuming otherwise) so if they want romance then we both end up rejecting each other. I reject him because I want his friendship instead of romance, and he rejects me because he doesn't want my friendship. I guess I'd rather be rejected as a romantic material rather than rejected as friend material. But this is just my opinion...

I was thinking the other day about how lovers talk affectionately about wanting to devour or consume each other. This use of words struck me as rather weird, right? I imagined a man-eating-snake version of myself. And I giggled. (See, those lumps in my hair reveal some poor soul...)

Currently Watching: Mad Men, First Season

December 8th, 2008

I seem to be on a continuing nautical kick this week. Please click on the image to see the full size!


I feel more and more like a perpetual tourist, placing myself out of context exploring lots of different little worlds where I don't quite feel I belong. What am I looking for? I'll spare you from that conversation. But in the close-up you can see the sign says,"Where You Should Be" and those other shapes are little messages-in-bottles. You know how I am partial to that motif! (This drawing was simply made with a white colored pencil on black paper.)


This one is also about being the wandering explorer. The text reads "When I let myself drift, I'm always afraid I'll lose perspective." It reminds me to be cautious, because after throwing myself into so much change this past year it takes more effort to stay authentic to myself and stay grounded. It's about letting go of some of my control (no oars) and preconceptions while also making sure not to lose myself in the process. You know, and stuff.


I'm staring at the blank pad of paper and shrug, "I just don't know what to draw." He looks puzzled, "Don't you ever just start drawing without knowing what will develop?" I frown, "No." It's true, I almost always have some underlying purpose when I put pencil to paper. So this drawing is some self imposed mindless doodling. (In case anyone would actually care, I was listening to LCD Soundsystem while I drew it. So that influenced the lines and shapes that I drew...)


Currently Listening: Blitzen Trapper...Wild Mountain Nation

December 3rd, 2008

Yes, I am indeed alive!

I have not posted new art in a MONTH...my apologies. This was actually the first time I've put my regular weekly art regiment on HOLD since I started this venture six and a half years ago. But I have been working on another creative project that took precedent...which I'll let you know about if/whenever it's ripe. And I have also been busy recently working on Christmas window displays here in New York. If you want to see pictures, please visit my other blog: itneedsmoreglitter.blogspot.com

Now on to the art! Please click on the image to see the full version...


Sometimes I feel like I'm simply drowning in myself. My thoughts, my feelings, my stories, my me-ness, me, ME, MEEEE! Sheesh. (And there's a close-up of all the little me-s...compulsive artwork sure is relaxing!)


This drawing is about facing the music. Basically, in my head I see a record player. And it's playing my most inner thoughts...but it's hard to hear through all the noise that life's distractions provide. (For example, for years I'd overwork myself in order to avoid my emotions.) In order to hear my ideas' whispers I have to quiet all the cluttering interference, but sometimes it also forces me to listen to other thoughts I'd rather not acknowledge.


Whenever I get my hands on flowers, I draw them. It's always a good excuse to play! I didn't like how this first painting turned out, so I did a much simpler second version...


NEWS!

I just printed up the follow up to the zine I printed earlier this year...Laura Lee and the Seven Doors, Issue 2! This one features the comics and illustrations from my second six months living in New York. It was over the winter, so the cover here is actually a scanned image of my scarf. The zine is long (44 pages), big (8.5 x 11 in), and in color! If you'd like to get one please shoot me an email, I'd love your support! They're just $7. (For online ease I do have paypal, and it can also be found on Etsy.)

Currently Listening: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals...Cardinology