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Killing June

"Fin and Feather"

Just finished this piece for the COLORIMETRY show at WAAS GALLERY. I have another large canvas to complete then I'm focusing on some small affordables and that will be the last push because....it's almost time! EEK! There's been some great PR on the event so far and I'm waiting for my stress to kick in. Right now I'm in strangely calm zone....for someone who isn't done with her work and has chaos falling in all around her, this is weird. Maybe this is zen? Maybe I have discovered there's nothing I can do any faster or magically and this is what it is and am okay with that? Or maybe I'm in for a delayed freak out any day now? I guess we'll see!
Today I'm ordering printed fabric and starting on the large canvas but since the secrets out on facebook I wanted to post it here too. The collaboration I have been talking about is with renowned graffiti artist SONER and we will be debuting it at the COLORIMTERY show. If you're not familiar with SONER he has some work at the Dallas Contemporary thru August, go check it out! He's also left his mark all over the nation and I was super psyched to get the chance to work with him on canvas.
http://glasstire.com/events/2013/04/03/soner/
The other artist I'm exhibiting with is Neil Matthiessen. His work ranges from printed digital pieces to vinyl installations. I'm excited to see this show put together and am feeling really good about this show
I, of course, have some other little nice surprises to show -like what fashion designer am I working with on what amazing little project? So many things you'll have to come to the show and see firsthand! Ok, gotta run and get some painting done. Have a great week!
Want to read more about this show and WAAS Gallery? Check the WAAS GALLERY blog, they did a nice feature on lil ol' me!



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