Archive for November, 2008

The Masta

That’s right, baby. Yesterday I passed my oral exam. Passed my exhibition too, and my thesis just needs to be formatted. I’ve almost got the MFA. So I am pretty stoked about all of this.

Locking Gas Cap

A while ago- a couple of months- the fuel door broke off on my 4Runner. At some point this past weekend some sinister cretin stole the gas cap. That was a $6 value, folks. Well worth stealing. Now I have a new one. It locks.

Offbeat News

Mother and daughter both die watching hockey, 22 years apart. From the newspaper at Julia’s house in beautiful Bedford, VA.

Mo’ Paint

Here is my gorgeous thesis. Hopefully the final draft. There is another version, prettified in Adobe InDesign, and with the beautiful Caslon typeface, but I haven’t printed it yet. Or finished it, for that matter.

All Algiers and Show

The show opening was awesome. I am totally stoked. I was totally stoked pretty much all night. A picture’s worth a thousand words. And, here’s a new illustration. “All Algiers lay around his feet like a cape of jewels and shells.” From Camus, maybe?

Preview

This is one of the walls from my show tonight. Louise Wu, the artist I am exhibiting with, sent me this photo she took. The colors are not true to the original paintings- it’s hard to get colors right when photographing under gallery lights.

Fo’ Show

I hung my MFA thesis show today. Only one piece did not get a home in the show: It just wouldn’t fit anywhere. But life goes on. So once again, here’s the info about the show. What: Show opening! Where: Flossie Martin Gallery (Powell Hall Room 200)- at Radford University When: Friday Nov 7! 5-7 [...]

Irony

I seem to think “Perdita” actually means “lost” in Italian.