New Paintings 2013...Phase 1...

Oil On Canvas -36x48

 Recently, my friend and designer extraordinaire, Brian Paquette, of Brian Paquette Interiors, asked if I would create work for an entire HOUSE that he was designing. He actually told me he was going to "design the spaces after he saw what I had created." I was flattered, to say the least...So far I have done around 7 new pieces for him, and am working on more for my new collection. Thank you to Brian, and to the people that have been oh so kind, and patient with me, after messaging me on one too many occasions with the question of when I will have more paintings for sale. Good news is I am on a role...

Oil On Canvas and Gold Leaf- 36x48

Encaustic,(beeswax)- 24x24

Encaustic, (beeswax) - 36x36

Also, the bad news is I am on a role...My house has laundry piled up EVERYWHERE, dishes in the sink, for dayyyys, and the occasional moment where the dog tears through the recycling bin, leaving chewed up paper messes all over the kitchen, and I actually walk in the room, sigh a big sigh, and LEAVE IT until "someone else" SEE'S IT, so that I can go back to work.... it is not pretty. When people come over I throw everything in a closet, or office, basically one of the many rooms that are piling up with junk, that I end up forgetting about, because I threw it in their when I was in a panic. This is why, I think, many artists avoid doing work, and also work well on deadlines, because when you are obsessive, like many artists are, there is no time for anything else. I can't multitask. It's all or nothing. When I am inspired, I don't have time for anything else. I don't like to even leave the perimeter of my workspace, I just want to WORK. 

And with that, I am off my friends. I am excited to show you more....

I hope you are all doing the best you can with whatever you are doing...XO 

Earthy, Laid Back, 70's Sophistication

This image is so beautiful, it could be in the very boho enclave of Silver Lake California,or even the Northwest, but is actually in Mexico City. One of the most stylish, and architecturally beautiful cities in the world,in my opinion. I imagine a down to earth, really good cook living here, or an unpretentious and not self absorbed musician...Or a family who raise their kids to be KIND...Of course it could be a total jerk that lives here, but let's try and keep the fantasy alive, eh?

Have a great weekend!  

Photo- Tumblr 

It's Raining Men

Just kidding, it's not raining men, but it is raining crazy around my house, and there is no time for grand gestures of cheap chocolates, or sex in a box. But I will take a new seltzer water maker, or some fresh dates fed exed from the middle east...ok,dates from California will do...Again, kidding...(not really)This cardboard cutout of Snoop Dog is really what my guy should be getting me, because it would make me laugh my ASS off. My guy and I are both so busy with work, we can barely make dinner more than twice a week, let alone go shopping for last minute gifts on a day that we must show our love, even if it was a not so good day.  We celebrate our love in random ways, like him making me amazing eggs on Sunday's mornings, and letting me sleep in for an hour. Or me giving him a coffee in a to go cup when we are rushing out the door to get the kids to school, or picking up his socks off the floor for the 100th time  and not complaining about it. It's the simple,everyday gestures of love that matter most. 
YOU should pick the day to celebrate with your love. 
Happy Valentine's Day Lad's and Lassie's.

Alyssa Phoebus Mumtaz

        

  Awake, Sleeper, 2012Dye on handmade paper  - 59 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches

Gorgeous drawings on paper, by Alyssa Phoebus  Mumtaz.

 Tomb, 2011Graphite on handmade paper

60 x 40 inches

Burial, 201

                                                                          Leather dye hand painted onto cowhide

See more here -Alyssa Phoebus Mumtaz-

Hope you are inspired!

                                                    

                                                        

                                                                                                 

Pieter Bruegel - 1565

Hunters in the Snow, Winter (detail)

by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)

Winter in Seattle seems to be colder and longer this year. Waking up to the white fog every morning that is so thick, you have to think hard about how close you are to whatever lies ahead. This painting is such a lovely, happy, winter scene. Hope you are keeping warm....