2 word words

crescent moon, pine follicle, whisper wind, scum leanings, slurping screw, ragged slim, morning droplet, ocean fuel, lexicon hexagon, wrong mangle, sling braces, soggy line if only widely-read...

blinking into this

& then:

summer vacation is over, so please don’t remind me

what 24 continuous hours on tumblr feels like

Also, a quieter video, but just for the hair:

saying sweet, teal-colored nothings to my OpenOffice Calc muse

My latest muse: an OpenOffice Calc (a lackadaisical Microsoft Excel) emoticon, slightly deformed and wearing sunglasses (to hide God knows what) but somehow always manages to crack a smile. In...

long weekend of cosmos!

Time to look at the night sky and feel the cosmos. Happy Weekend, everybody

I’m a Line Tool tool

Really into the line tool now, and have started a line tool club called 2ooL (Kool 4 Skool). 1 member: ME! Two if you count good ol’ Photoshop. Other things I’m really into besides the line tool...

Project Dispatch for April; AFK forever

“extraextraterrestrial”; brush pen on computer printout (of own digital design) on paper; 6 x 10.5″ New Project Dispatch for April. May is HEE-YAH. While I would like to say that I have been Away...

dreaming in spreadsheets

This is what Microsoft Excel dreams about when it goes to sleep, when that lil’ laptop’s lid has been clicked shut, and those spreadsheets are bundled in graph paper-print blankets. [This...

power suits and construction paper

“80s art”; construction paper and pen; 12″ x 12″ First of all, here’s a new Project Dispatch dispatch (♥ dem word twins) I sent for March! This one is all about eightiesart.tumblr.com, Yellow Magic...

Watching a Mountain Move

Lands collide so slowly to produce mountains. Mountains seem to just sit there. With the help of an animated gif and Photoshop, however, I can watch a mountain move, and I can skip figuring out a...

Oh Those Germs

“petri dish of my cold” 2012; watercolor and pen on paper; 10 x 13 in Just sent this out for this month’s Project Dispatch subscription! Been feeling a ittle cray cray lately and making unhealthy...

I don’t feel like stardust

“stab wound”; watercolor, pen on paper; 9″ x 12″ Isn’t it crazy how we don’t know what the insides of our bodies look like unless somehow our bodies get cut into, or we swallow tiny video cameras,...

drawing by a future professional haiku writer

“bleary eyed mtn”; watercolor, pen, colored pencil on paper; 4″ x 6″ 2 haikus about my experience drawing/painting this: (1) painting is stellar but – you may not believe this – drawing is fo’ real...

MS Paint glyph gif

Updated “biology nerd glyph” in MS Paint (wanted to give Photoshop a rest, but I did use it to make this into an animated gif). Fingers are numb. Heart is swelling in love and romance because I do...

happy happy new year

Crossed fingers and toes that two-thousand-and-twelve (———- and 00/100 cents) will be the best year ever.

Spice Spice Baby: Kwakmas 2011

This post is dedicated to Spice Lee, the acclaimed director most famous for his film Do the Right Thing – a powerhouse movie about the spiracial/herbal tensions surrounding an Oregano-owned pizza...

nerd glyph

“biology nerd glyph”; printer ink, brush pen, pen on watercolor paper; 9″ x 12″ Biology was one of my least favorite classes in high school, but I’m throwing biology nerd gang signals right now...

Pssst, DC! Part and Parcel opens December 10 @ The Fridge

I’m going to be in the Project Dispatch show, Part and Parcel, opening next week at DC’s The Fridge (^▼^). Please come and check it out! PART AND PARCEL OPENING: DECEMBER 10, 8-11 PM Work by Frank...

cold weather whirr

AH, I’ve been gone for far too long! I kept meaning to update this but got caught up in inventing a cosmic webcam (result posted above), staring at cats, tangling out dreads from my hair, and the...

german watercolors in the pursuit of magic mountains

“mountainous”; watercolor, brush pen, and pen on paper; 9 x 12″ German watercolors are DA BOMB. I wept with joy as I was making this. In a seasonal funk, which means no time for blogging (though...

it’s october & all I wanna do is take catnaps

Liam the Cat all snuggled up in my laundry pile, which I should probably clean up and organize soon. A very authentic catnap. Bonus pictures! (courtesy of a few spare minutes and Microsoft Paint):...

wave to the big blue sea

“slow wave”; pen, watercolor, marker on bristol; 9 x 12″ Feeling really sleepy lately, gonna ride a wave to sleep and non-drowsiness. But, I gotta put some drawing paper and some pens on that...

Clap Your Hands For Mail

Here is what I sent out for September’s Project Dispatch: “my blanket is my island”; ink & brushpen on watercolor paper; 9 x 12″ Aaaand speaking of Project Dispatch, Chandi & Frank did such a...

hand-generated drawings for you to look at on your computer

“hand-generated computer art”; 4.5 x 6.25″; computer ink & pen on paper “hand-generated computer art 0101: there are 10 types of people in the world — those who understand binary and those who...

Project Dispatch @ Hampdenfest

The art subscription service I’m a member of, Project Dispatch, will be making a grand splish-splash in my neck of the woods this weekend at Hampdenfest in Baltimore. On Saturday, September 10 from...

crystal cavern hurricane weekend + hunger pangs

“Crystal Cavern”; 5 x 7″; ink & pen on paper “I’m hungry”; 5.5 x 8.5″; watercolor & ink & pen & marker on watercolor paper I have the “Hurricane Sickness” — some weird blend of flu-like symptoms +...

stormy weather a-brewin’

“Stormy Weather”; 5 x 7″; mixed media using ink & pen on cardboard and bristol (tuxedo tiger print available on etsy) A hurricane is coming to the East Coast! As a kid I read A LOT OF BOOKS (I wish...

creatures from earthquakes & zombie apocalypses

“pineapple head”; 8.5 x 11″; watercolor, gouache, acrylic, googly eyes, pen on canvas & bristol “monster pet”; 9 x 12″; pen on bristol (on sale at my etsy shop) Today there was an EARTHQUAKE! on...

aquatic and oceanic paintings made with clenched fists

“at swim two birds”; 19 3/4 x 27 1/2″; acrylic, gouache, watercolor, & pen on arches watercolor paper “ambiguous seafood”; 5 x 7″; acrylic & pen on paper My right hand & wrist, already cramped and...