Patience Salgado is a bit of a celebrity in my town, known for her random acts of kindness. What a legacy right? Well, she made it to O Magazine and I’m sooooo very happy for her. Last night a bunch of people met up to celebrate with her (it was also her birthday) and a good time was had by all! Congrats lady!
This is an actual photo of Saturn in front of the sun taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. So cool. (via)
etsy seller Amber Alexander is killing me with her paintings:
This post about detoxing your friends at yes and yes is so spot on, well the video is. When you’re young, you don’t care if you’re surrounding yourself with fools because you’re still learning what a fool is and you’re still a bit of a fool yourself. Now that I’m in my 30s I’ve had to kick quite a few people out of my life. It’s crazy when you feel like you have a better “friendship” and can relate more to someone online that you’ve never met in person, compared to someone you ran around socially drunk with for 10 years.
Going through another thrifting craze phase. I’ve found 2 awesome plaid pearl snap button shirts for the bf for $6 total (his fave) and another Pendleton blazer and a wool/cashmere pea coat for $8 total.
A thrifted Pendleton blazer I bought last winter smelled horribly of moth balls. I left it outdoors for days, put it in the dryer with a zillion dryer sheets, let it air out for an entire year, soaked it in white vinegar in the bath tub, and even washed it twice with Woolite in the machine. They were the moth balls that wouldn’t die. I had to throw it away yesterday. $2 down the tubes.
Oh most merciful Supreme Kitty, I thank thee for the bounteous backyards thou has placed before mine eye. Bless I, your humble servant, as I embark on my daily quest for sustenance and glory. Make swift mine legs and sharp mine claws, that I may chase down many mousies and little birds, and may your high priests The Hoomins smile upon mine offerings when I drop them on the carpet before them.
The Konad stamper arrived. Still waiting on the plates! So excited!
Spring is almost here! Thank god! I used to think I liked cold weather clothes best. I don’t. I like comfort and ease. Bundling up in a ton of layers is not comfortable. Lugging around a coat and scarf and stomping around in boots is not comfortable. Shivering and then sweating in your layers sucks. Wearing next to nothing is where it’s at y’all!
“Odani Motohiko: Phantom Limb” Installation view: Mori Art Museum 2010/11/27-2011/2/27 Hollow: Reversal Cradle 2009 FRP, urethane paint, mixed media c.83.5×192×116 cm（Top）、c.101.5×192×115 cm（Bottom） TAKAHASHI collection, Tokyo Work created with the support of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès Photo: Kioku Keizo Photo Courtesy: Mori Art Museum
“Odani Motohiko: Phantom Limb” Installation view: Mori Art Museum 2010/11/27-2011/2/27
“Odani Motohiko: Phantom Limb” Installation view: Mori Art Museum 2010/11/27-2011/2/27
I cut some shaggy bangs! I had blunt ones for a few years but the maintenance on those are crucial. (Agent Lover has a great tutorial on blunt bangs.) I feel much more like myself again. Something just wasn’t right. Here’s a crap pic in my bed sick with the plague:
We’re sick and I’m sick and tired of sick people going out and infecting the healthy. If you have a cold, keep your ass at home. Don’t come to my place and rub your germs everywhere!
Yes, another art post. I’m feeling really uninspired by fashion right now.
A friend of mine was just sent a box of her old RVA magazines from her parents. As soon as she blogged about them, I sent her a tweet asking “that stack of rva mags – if you find the artist that paints hyper-realistic paintings of toys, will u tell me their name? xoxo.” Immediately she tweeted back “Tim Wilson.” We both searched and shockingly found a bunch of nothing. This article from 2004 and this small site. That’s it. No clue what he’s up to now.
I remember seeing his paintings in RVA years ago and my mind was blown. They’ve haunted me for years. Layers and layers of varnish leave the huge canvases smooth as glass. These tiny pictures can’t do his work justice. These are paintings people!
Tim Wilson – See Me, Feel Me (2002-2003), Oil on canvas – 42″ x 156″ – commission from the collection of Stephen Heighton
Tim Wilson – One Life to Live – oil on canvas – 20″ x 36″ – 2003
Tim Wilson – Rush – oil on canvas – 54″ x 64″ – 2003
Tim Wilson – Face Like Summer – oil on canvas – 36″ x 96″ – 2003
….and immediately thought about one of my favorite movies ever – Fantastic Planet (1973). When I was a teen, I used to hang out at this punk house all the time. One guy was/is an amazing artist, and two of his hilarious band mates, one worked at an obscure video store. You could pretty much come over any time of night, find a spot in the crowded living room to sit, someone would pass you a bong and you’d watch some crazy movie. This is where I first saw Fantastic Planet, Baraka, and a ton of other amazing films. Fun times.
my painting
Tim Wilson – One Life to Live – oil on canvas – 20″ x 36″ – 2003
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