Catching Up

Helloooooo
Well the posts that went up in my head did not make it online, funny how that happens.  Tho sometimes i wish it happened automatically the rest of me realizes that technology is close enough and automatic uploads from my brain are not really whats in anyones interest.... really.  It an artists brain that goes 34567890 miles a minute in 56789 different directions and yes, usually all at once...  its like techno on steroids...   eeeeeek wtf and ugh

ok, so whats been happening>?  a bunch

moved to Brooklyn, some of you know that
been making lots of art, not getting into the city as much as I thought I would, also not done un packing and still have annoying bits of loos ends to tie up as well....
Being at near the bottom of NYC allows me the luxury of going to the shore allot

and I really like all the pieces of shell allot that accompany the lack of constant machine sweeping of the beach that goes with tourist season.... which is now over for the year. 

Over all things are good and I like what my new surroundings are doing to my art and stuff...... oh yeah and my hair is purple now.... probably oughta take a snap of that, ya?  Will put it on my list.Glad I hopped on to say hi~... going to hop into bed and dream of water colors and glitter till the morning when I get to play with them again.

More soon 

XOX  CM

Exquisite Corpsing

This one is brought to you by Maria, Chelle, pups and a Indian take out.

Top o' the mornin' to ya

Process

There are layers to my today that just aren't yet finding solutions that fit.

Artistic Distractions

You think maybe the reason it takes me so long to clean the studio is because I stop to draw on stuff instead of tossing it out ?

Be the growth you want to see in the world.

Getting Through Difficulties

Maybe Best Left to when I'm Alone in the Shower

In my mind and daydreams I'm a really good singer.

Serenity

Meanies

Diversity

Ice water walking

Wee taste of spring

Doodling away cabin fever

This face tho Woke up this morning and glanced at the temp before bundling to walk the girls... 3 degrees!!! Gross! That's one of my favorite numbers but not for temperature... Sheez..

Pull out a gift I got from the super awesome Danikins last year...

This face hat is the bombdiggity!!!   It's brilliantly designed so my glasses don't fog when I breathe and the air is warmer than trying to breathe in these temps without the fantastic-est invention to survive frigid air....  

Which is most definately not conducive to outside sketching.  Cabin fever is kicking in but I do have bazillions of bits to create, sculpt, sew and fiddle with.... 

I pulled a doodle drawing book off my shelf to play with with the ideas to see what characters fall out....   

Much of what's falling out looks like it wants to move.... Oooooo I think I oughta get back into playing with animation... I liked doing that a bunch... Reeeeally good winter activity!!   Winter is nearly over but given that it's New York March does not mean the end of snow soooooo plenty of time to wiggle some drawings before the sun filled outdoorsy days begin..... First I want to photograph some of the clothes I've made recently, I surprised myself with some of what came out of reconstructing former wear abeles.

For the immediate I need to go put on most of my favorite clothes at once and take the girls out in the cold to pee...

Do you layer up to go out or are you one of the enigmas I see that walk through the frigid with bare arms and/or legs?  

Ta for now....

xo Chelle ox

PS... More next time

PoNdErInG oNe

Yawns

Hold on Loosely

To Share or Not to Share

Silly Inner Demons

Lately life has entailed allot if outside pressures that seems to have hijacked my ability to follow through on bits I really want to do.... I was ramming against it when I saw this post on Facebook.

This reminded/reinforced how many tools I do have in my arsenal and then remembered Artists Way's morning pages which for me is also morning doodles.  It's like bleeding a radiator, We are much more useful to ourselves when we allow release valves.

..... And art, when I am able to shoehorn myself into an art medium I often gain solutions, insight, and surprises that fall out leaving me a souvenirs of process.  

Yesterday I was reminded my monsters aren't scary unless I let them be.  The most scary are also ridiculous.... What role will I allow them to play or remember Sara's  lesson when face to face with Jared; they have no real power over me.  The power I give my adversaries,including  when those are in the form if dynamics, fears and attachments usually come from my own insecurities, like referred pain.

Sometimes defusing it is as simple and complicated as laying it on the page.

It's cold and fluffy outside and Sadie wants to romp in it.

Xo Chelle ox

Ps... More later

Life on a Page

Hello and top of the day to you!  I have been journaling, much of it in the spirit of it in the spirit of Lynda Barry.... I mean to post it, it is an enigma what happens to time that it has been 10 days (and yes that number gets bigger with each edit.

Its cold, erratic weather, gets dark and 430 and its hard to bounce around with colorful energy .

Ive been communiting mostly by train with the girls.  I like the smattering of people I meet especially on the later trains.

I miss living in the city, I do like walking cleaner streets offered in Tarrytown and the surrounding neighborhhods, I love the architecture, Tapanzee, river path....

The tree now lives in the bedroom in a new pot.  Most of the leaves have fallen off but the twiiggy branches are still alive so I know she's still alive.  Im so looking forward to budding leaves in the spring.  I am loving creating, cocooning and hanging with my girls.

With the cold I have been finding comfort in foods from my childhood hood that I made with Papa like Toadstools.... .

Getting back into sewing, mostly because I am out of stuff to wear and have piles to thin out.... I like it too.... Next time I'll show you what I am building from clothes I dont wear anymore....

Btw, this is a repost because I had the blog open on a couple of devices and accidentally saved it in an earlier draft form on the ipad and poof it was gone....:( will make sure not to do that again...

How 'bout y'all, what are you doing to pass the winter months?

I'm going to go futz with piles..

xo Chelle xo

PS... More later

Dinner n stuff

The weather has been nuts n is making people the same I think.....I needed out of the studio so decided to go for dinner with Warren instead of permitting... We ate a a Mediterranean spot in mid town, Pera, recommended by a sales lady at Erwin Pearl ( the sparkly bits in there are eye yummies!) .... The food was sooooooo good!! Wine too!

(These are tiles from the subway)

Snow,Doodles, Procrastination and Dr. Who

Yesterday was a snowy...6/7 inches I think...
Warren had the day off and the girls stayed with him and we both worked in our separate corners/towns.
I super totally adore my furry girls and cant imagine life without them, still it is nice to project though in a zone as I used to without breaking to feed, play, walk with them and occasionally remove them from my projects.
The apartment was empty without them and I didnt leave it all day... not even to market which meant I ended up eating a frozen mini pizza purchased when I was shopping while hungry that I heated up in a skillet on the stove top.
The solitude produced the final edits on a cartoon I did for this blog post which comments on draconian policies in the system.

Organizing my apartment/studio, drawing uses for clothing from the 'I will make something out of someday' pile resulted in some cool drawings of to be dresses in my sketchbook.  (can I say my own work is cool?)
I drew a cartoony drawing while watching an episode of the first season of the new Dr. Who which is on Netflix lifestream that I have here.
And I made a task list for today so I dont spin around un sure of what to do first, tangling it up in my head so much it makes me tired before I task.... nope not doing that, today is going to be an awesomely non pingy day.

Its cold out and a bit nippy in too, I'm off to stuff some more raw wool in the cracks around my window and plastic it so I dont shiver while sewing.....  yes I know its already January and it shouldve been done already - procrastination is my sidekick that is not furry, maybe it is.... combined with my a.d.d attention span I get stuff done in a very pin ball fashion.... hey whatever accomplishes 'get er done', ya?  Some interesting art has come from my side tracking

Tata for Now

(Sadie photo by Warren Cooke)

Short, sleepy n sweet

It's cold out and dumping flying snow so I'm inside huddled within my mess I need to organize and create with

I feel like days aren't supposed to end and I am meant to work on something 24/7.... Tho if I figured how to do that I'd want to cram more minutes in.... Off to sleep

Taffeta, Blue, Brrrr and Goodnight

My dresss is taffeta sky... I love how the colors took!

The dress is an old wedding dress I got for $10 at the thrift store, it was long, tackey and I loved it.  This makes it the perfect canvas! It's easier to come up with flowing idea without the pressure of costly materials....

So far I've jaggedly cut off the stained bottom soaked it in a bath of blue dye, rinsed thoroughly, the, in a bath of purple...  I bunched up the fabric first creating the organic, mottled effect and the sequins and beads did not take any dye while the lace took extra.... 

There's a bit more work to be done then to wear this crazy bit I've got the awesomest shoes picked out.  

Projects are going well, wish organizing was too.....

Btw I finally watch an episode of Twin Peaks... It was good, not sure I agree with the hype, it's on netflix live stream so I'll likely periodically binge watch through and see what all the oo-ing was in the 90s...

It's cold out and I'm tired

Off to be warm and sleep

Chelle...

 ps, more later