stephanie dowell. part one..

once stephanie dowell moved to austin, tx she was forced to experiment w/ all sorts of different mediums after leaving her oils and canvases behind in a storage unit in portland. having worked mainly w/ oils since she was only a wee five year old, stephanie began to experiment w/ all sorts of mediums. stephanie employs everything from glitter pens, metallic pencils, pearlescent inks to colored pencils and water colors. she's been having a grand time sorting out her process w/ her latest work. she draws, scans, tweaks in photoshop, then draws some more, scans them again, photoshops a bit more and then repeats the process til she's happy w/ her images. what has emerged are adorably forlorn electro kitties, flourescent mazes and acid trip landsacapes. a little bit reminiscent of the black velvet paintings i so badly wanted by bff's older brother douglas to win for me when i was 12, i can't help but want one of these images for my bedroom. oh but wait! stephanie is also a super talented photographer...just check out the post below.

to my three-years husband

Our marriage is still first and foremost about each other, but I have to tell you what an honor it is to share my heart with you in a new way now: to love you through our son.Our relationship is growing with us and our family. We have worked harder, dug deeper and loved stronger this year than either of the previous. It has been a difficult, powerful, and incredible year filled with change and growth. Through these challenges and by His grace, may we grow together into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.I love you,Allison

amy sacksteder..

i recently saw amy sacksteder's work in the spetember/october issue of new american paintings. i texted her name to my email address, googled her, found her website and contacted her as soon as i got home. the above painting entitled in all sincerity really caught my eye, there's a patience and frenetic energy that co-exists calmly. it's clear why amy was accepted into the prestigous publication. she has some solo shows coming up, check out her site for more information and to see older work, new work and work in progress.

in all sincerity, detail.

Reader LOVE Jessica Robles..

Jessica Robies sent me an email recently introducing herself that was so short and sweet. I try and look at every link I am sent. I may not always respond, but i always look. I was immediately captivated by the drawings cataloging her shoes and the one line anecdotes that go along with them on Jessica's flickr page. She's a clever girl who can draw with super cute taste in shoes to boot. (Ugh, no pun intended. I swear!)

red booties, little swords and colorful tears..

matthew feyld has instantly become one of my favorite artists of late. his drawings and paintings are whimsical and colorful, yet have a sort of bittersweet under tone, which always appeals to me. his images remind me of this book that was read to me as a child, but for the life of me i cannot place the name or anything really other than that the main character was a sad boy w/ a pointed head who lived in the woods. i googled it and everything; pointed head, sad, children's book. nothing.

feyld's characters are men w/ bulbous heads (w/ beards, i'm a big fan of the beard), bears, rabbits, and birds. they are usually carrying sticks or swords. prancing or running in tights w/ little booties, usually red. his attention to detail is what i really like.there is so much fine detail around the actual faces of the characters, each exhibiting really subtle expressions of hope or sadness. many of his subjects have colorful tears running down their cheeks, little crosses on their foreheads, lots of detail around the eyes, rays shooting from the booties. you can see the care and hard work in each and every piece.

so far this is what i have found on him as in terms of his bio...

"Matthew Feyld, Saskatoon-based artist, is a lad who grew up with abirth defect that made his head swell unbelievably. This happened atthe worst times possible: during show and tell, at the science fair, onhis first date... It happened from stress. He found that keeping calmhelped his head stay normal and drawing, painting, scribbling was hiscure. His work is almost voodoo to keep his swollen head fromreappearing. It recreates his greatest fears: beady eyed monsters withgiant balloon heads fighting off the world in tights."

so cute. funnily enough it just reminds me more of that children's book i cannot seem to remember.

although unemployed, i am saving for a piece of his. yep. i'll subsist on beans alone if i have to.

you can see his stuff on flickr or check out his blog.

Home Improvement Center Some understanding Into choosing the Best Water medicine principles For You

Most population realize that the potential of our water has been going south for some time. Many are involved sufficient to whether filter the H2O they’re using or purchase a product they believe to be clean. There are countless ways to deal with contaminants but what exactly is the

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Most population realize that the potential of our water has been going south for some time. Many are involved sufficient to whether filter the H2O they’re using or purchase a product they believe to be clean. There are countless ways to deal with contaminants but what exactly is the best water treatment system? Maybe this can help.
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Also, these carbon filters are only good at removing safe bet contaminants, such as chlorine and lead. Whole house treatment systems can purify the water throughout your entire house and can be designed to fairly well address any specific problems you’re experiencing. If your supply is ‘hard’, i. E., contains a large attention of minerals, this is best handled by a softener. This will give you cleaner water in the shower or bath and also in the sinks. It will also soften your clothes washing motor hook-up, which should improve your laundry results and also save you money on the purchase of cleaning supplies.
If you opt to soften the supply arrival into the house it’s a good idea to think further treatment of the stuff you’ll be drinking, using for cooking and for development ice cubes. Softened water isn’t very good for consumption and softening basically removes minerals only. You want your drinking product to be much more purified than this.
Rather than selecting to consume a store-bought or carafe-filtered product it might be worth your venture to get a reverse osmosis drinking system. This can be an adjunct to your softener, and will take off nearly every contaminant found in residential supplies. This may be the best water treatment system for home use. Shop around. Prices in this area vary greatly from unit to unit.
Some understanding Into choosing the Best Water medicine principles For Your Home


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The Dogs The Teensiest Sheep Herder

The Dogs :The Teensiest Sheep Herder

So adorable! Maybe a new trick for Montecristo to learn??? Haha

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So adorable!

Maybe a new trick for Montecristo to learn??? Haha

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