Category: Kindred Spirits
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Maritime meandering
I just got back from a glorious trip to the Canadian Maritimes with my best friend. We got to spend lots of time catching up, live our childhood Anne of Green Gables fantasies, eat our weight in lobster (and sport the latest bib fashions), contemplate hilarious souvenirs (I don’t think the polar bears are for…
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Seattle shenanigans
Jessica and I (and our friend Caitlyn) were invited to have a table at this yesterday’s Wayzgoose at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. We didn’t contribute a steamroller print this time, so it was fun to just be part of the audience outside, and enjoy the show! I love the sort of mischief…
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Victoria the Second
I just got back from a return trip to Victoria—this time with the Tailor in tow. We were only there for a couple of days, but long enough for me to see the Gardens—and sketch them— —in their summer colors. This was the Tailor’s first trip to Victoria, so I got to relive some favorite…
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The sincerest form of flattery
The other day I received the most peculiar thing in the post, from a couple who had recently purchased my Local Conditions artist book. I opened it up, and inside was their own version of the book, made out of vintage postcards! I’m pretty sure this is, hands down, the best thing anyone has ever…
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She sells seashells…
I’m usually terrible about attending organized sketch crawls, but today I made an extra effort and joined the local Urban Sketchers group up north in Edmonds, WA. My friend Gabi Campanario (who founded the group) was there, and while most of the rest of the group camped out to sketch around the downtown core, we…
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(New) Old Town Dock
It’s a little hard to believe that Old Town Dock is finally open, and up-and-running for good. Photo by Naomi Strom-Avila Technically, we had a little ribbon-cutting and “soft opening” (in which Deputy Mayor Campbell hilariously appeared to be attacking me with the giant ceremonial scissors—oh, heck yes, we used giant ceremonial scissors!)— —but Sunday…
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Upping the ante
I had no idea we’d get here so quickly, but here we are. It’s been just under a year since we first launched the Tacoma Playing Cards project, and I’m happy to report that we’ve nearly sold out our initial print run of 5,000 decks! And we’ve had so many requests from Bridge players (and…
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Chicken scratches
If you’ve read about the squash in our attic, our crazy food-shopping habits, and my illustrated political rants—you probably already know that the Tailor and I are freakishly into sustainability. So you can imagine how happy I was when our lovely new local food co-op asked me to design a reusable water bottle for them.…
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Steam punks
Wayzgoose worked like a well-oiled machine this year—and that’s the way we like it. (Even if we were just a little extra tired afterward.) We were finally able to have the event in the parking lot next door, which allowed way more people to gather ’round the steamroller—and gave the artists more elbow room for…
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Tulip telepathy
Yesterday was such a beautiful day, and my hands so badly needed a break from carving, that I took a day off and headed upstate to bask in the tulip fields. And then, when I got home, there was a postcard waiting for me from my friend Jen—from her own tulip tour in the Netherlands.…