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Cole + Josephine : art + life : pop surrealism : underground art
coleandjosephine.blogspot.com
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Nicole is an artist, and this is her life. Pop surrealism, pop surreal, art, underground art, watercolor, illustration, artist, paint, painting
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Loops...

Looping together the long yarns, the fine threads, a story is woven full of fluid colors and clashing hues. Not every stitch is right, and sometimes the pattern is lost, but without the time and effo...

10 oct 11

Prada One Two Punch

So I cant afford designer...But I can live vicariously through my paintings...And maybe throw in some fight to keep it saucy...Because thats how I roll...Oh, and Im still alive. Thanks for asking.Ori...

22 sep 11

Spire...

07 feb 11 1 person likes this

The uses of sorrow...

This simple, beautiful poem is by Mary Oliver and is from her collection of poems titled Thirst.

05 feb 11

Illustration Friday: Reverse

"Driving away the Monsters"5x7 watercolorI am a little out of practice on doing skin, but it will get better. It always does....

04 feb 11

The blue shoe massacre...

watercolor and pencil on coldpress paperbuy

20 jan 11

Feed your karma and vote for my design on Threadless!

Just follow any of these links and rate this design from 1-5.... 5 being the best, and what gets you the most karma points! Doing this completely makes up for you taking the last chocolate donut at w...

12 jan 11

I hope youre staying warm....

Those of you in the chilly northern hemisphere anyway....

11 jan 11

Ok, so she might be a little creepy....

But I still like her.Acrylic paint on wood, painted from a vintage photograph. No, she wasnt radiating crazy stripes in the photo, but she would have if she could have.And yes, she can be yours, just...

06 jan 11

Metaphorical monsters...

03 jan 11

Hiding...

01 jan 11

Red lipstick makes my day...

I am bringing good karma into my life and donating 60% of the selling price of any painting to the charity of your choice. Check out my shop for more details.Oh, and I am doing pretty good.

30 dec 10

Some charity work...

"When did it all get so complicated?"I did a couple of pieces for the 5x5 charity event at the Art Center of the Ozarks in Springdale, AR. It was a lot of fun. I used acrylic, which I dont us...

15 nov 10

When did I become my mother?

The more years that pass, the more I see the alarming similarities between myself and my mom. Of course, it started a long time ago. I have always had her smile, her laugh, a loud, unique sound that ...

08 nov 10

Thank you.

Thank you all so much for your kind words. I have been so amazed that people I have never even seen, could not pick out of a crowd, could give me such encouraging words. Thank you.

02 nov 10

When life gives you lemons...

Flip it off and kick it in the head, then cry and eat a couple of pints of chocolate chocolate chip ice cream...Then try to regroup and make some lemonade...This is really difficult for me to share, ...

28 oct 10

The best way to annoy your friends is to show off your craftiness...

A tour through my house begins with the drapes I made, turns to the throw pillows I whipped up, continues by the clothes I hand embroidered for my daughter, and ends with some artwork Ive done. Yes, ...

20 aug 10 1 person likes this

Never hire a camera man available for both saucy videos and weddings...

Thats just asking for trouble...print

16 aug 10

I dont mean to alarm you, but...

Summer is almost over (here in the northern hemisphere, anyway). Im busy making my last swim dates of the year and gladly dealing with a plethora of tomatoes. The tilt of the light is different, and ...

11 aug 10 1 person likes this

An odd sort of portrait I loved...

06 aug 10

Are you a nerd, too?

The humble nerd. So colorful. So sugary. So odd.When I was a kid, I loved that they came in complimentary flavors that were in neat little compartments, complete with individual doors. There were usu...

05 aug 10

Sweet new shades...

I love everything about them but the fact that the tint makes it look like its about to storm all of the time... Whats a girl to do?

31 jul 10

Love stinks...

A colored pencil and ink illustration I did a couple of years ago. Ive always really loved this picture. Just thought Id share...

31 jul 10

The best things about home...

My own bed, freshly madeFaces, happy to see meA porch, perfect for sittingA garden, just right for enjoyingMy watercolors, waiting to be usedMy favorite brushes, clustered in a cupThe smell, just rig...

26 jul 10

An oil-free beach vacation...

Tybee Island, GA, not on the gulf, is happily oil-free and lovely as always... except for the devil jellyfish, which are always poised and ready for me.Yesterday was perfect and clear.Perfect for lay...

14 jul 10

Illustration Friday: Giant

I am obsessed with A&Es show "Hoarders", a program about people that compulsively keep objects to the point that their homes are nearly or totally unlivable. They push away friends, famil...

05 jul 10

Home is what you make it...

If my daughter had her way, our house would be pink...Other things she thinks would look great pink:MotorcyclesJeansBread and eggsWall paintDogsHorsesStarsGrassThing s we agree look great pink:Toenail...

01 jul 10

My hypocritical love of taxidermy...

In a different world, in a different life, I may have been a vegetarian. I love animals, and not necessarily in that I-love-lambs-and-puppies way (thought I do love lambs and puppies - I am a girl, a...

23 jun 10

If only...

Guns shot hummingbirds instead of bulletsSnoring sounded like owl wingsCars emitted gummy bears instead of co2Tabloids werent so damnably addictiveI enjoyed Mozart half as much as I enjoy Naughty by ...

21 jun 10

Sketchbook...

This illustration is based on a line from one of the submissions on the web site wouldhavesaid.com , a site dedicated to the things you should have said but didnt or couldnt. Some of the letters are ...

20 jun 10

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