Fascinating Kalie

Here is the fabulously, fascinating feline, Kalie. Everyday you can hear the people coo with sweet adoration for Kalie, the Kween of 37th and Hawthorne. "She looks like my old kitty..." or "...I had a cat one time that looked just like her."
I wonder what the fascination is much of the time..but I am from the farm and cats were cats when I was growing up. Now they seem to be almost human or at least hold the majestic and mysterious power that once was worshiped by some Egyptians.
Kalie can certainly stop the busiest of pedestrian that strides by our house in an "I need caffiene, now!" blur to get a Starbucks by just delicately sitting on the fence by the sidewalk while licking her petite little paws. Halting in their tracks with shrieks of delight..they immediately stop and say,"Oh, look- it's a KITTY. You are sooo-oooo cute."
How lucky they are to be allowed to touch and pet and be apart of Kalie's life. After all, she is the Kween.
Oh, yeah--and remember the lady who wanted to buy this version of Kalie- she still hasn't picked her(the painting) up. So she (the painting) is available again for anyone out there who understands the Kalie-cat phenomenon.

el dia de la calavera

So here are some quick shots of a few things at the show--however not so representative of the artwork, but more the process of skullifying things. Here is lovely Brenda from the Detour restaurant, putting on the sugariness of skulls on those delectable guiness chocolate cupcakes. Needless to say there were only four out of three dozen left!
Then there was the tin skeleton man who greeted you at the door -with bandanna and pepper lights to guide your way.
I got enamored by my shoes- as I used them in conjunction with a pen and ink piece I did of three little girl skull heads. I put the piece on the kitchen step stool and my shoes on one of the steps. Then I started taking pictures of my shoes--thinking I would like to use them somehow in a logo for square II studio.
Last weekend we opened the doors to the House Gallery because the weather was just too beautiful! We had some visitors and one lady who wanted to buy Kalie, the cat, (the painting). She wanted it because it reminded her of her cat -that had died....alas she didn't put any money down ( cash only downfalls) and the lady hasn't come back for Kalie!

calavera cupcakes

The second Thursday at Square II Studios went well. These are the delectable and delicious guiness chocolate cupcakes that the Detour restaurant made and Brenda sugared--(with an original stencil by me.). They were a big hit along with the shrinky dink skull necklaces. I will post more pictures later of the gallery and how it looked. My husband, Tedarling, was instrumental in being my representative in negotiating sales and actually sold a substantial piece that I have had for awhile. We had to hold onto the piece until 9:30 for the couple who bought it to pick it up...so in the meantime some neighbors and folks from our "hood" came and played some music on the front porch until they showed up for the painting-that was fun. Our new brainstorm for Christmas is EGGS! We're egg-cited----NOOOOOOOO--ohyeah.

countdown calavera

The windows in the neighborhood are starting to show signs of October activities. I love October and the seasonal change ---cooler weather and the wind here in the northwest can blow in a downpour in five minutes and then the sun breaks out in the next five. This is actually a picture taken by husband ,Tedarling, and is a reflection of a storefront --looking into the window. So you can only see what is across the street, when in reality he was actually looking in the store window. Not sure if that made a whole lot of sense, but I really like the picture ,so here it is! I changed it around and manipulated it a bit to make cards for second Thursday this month.

skull chalk break

Skull on my brain, my sidewalk, my mind......took a break from skull making and doodled some skulls. Took this before the rain came to our backyard sidewalk.

el dia de la calavera

Yep -this looks a little crazy, but I am up way too early and this was as good as it got in the wee hours of the morning. So, I am gearing up for another second Thursday. All things of the skull. Don't be afraid, it is all in good fun. I will have skull jewelry, inspired by the Skull a Day blog, original drawings, paintings, cards and magnets, and am even working on getting some mini Guinness chocolate cupcakes with an original powdered sugar stencil on top, from the Detour restaurant on Division. I will be attempting to turn the main floor into a gallery petite, which should feel cozy and welcome with the rain starting. Get a head start on all things of the skull before Hallow's Eve! Hope to see you there!

makin' memories with pdub

I have been blog negligent-but for good reason. We took a trip to our cabin in the mountains and spent some very valuable grandson time before returning to the daily grind in September. The Belmont Street fair -another one-close to my house- over a beautiful weekend in early September. We saw everything from the world (super extreme large ball) to all kinds of mini cars and bikes and ideas for living "green." We walked and played , listened to music and saw lots of art and rode on the street trolley. Los abuelitos got to have time the whole weekend with the most imaginative and observant little boy in our lives. What a treasure.
"Time go park, please, Gramma?"