hey everyone!!!! it's mondaaay!!! and you know what that means!!!!

..fucking nothing it's summer.

 

but here's what we DO know...

 

it's hot..

 

do you know what 77 degrees at night feels like?

the fucking jungle.

(and no, i don't care if it's hotter where you live. this isn't a pissing contest)

 

 

 leon's (me. i'm leon) getting laaarger....

 

hahahaha no that is not a baby in there.

that is wine and potato chip bloat.

(365 brand sour cream and onion. so good.)

 

 

 

fiona got a haircut...

it is so cute i squeezed her face off!!!

 

 

and finally...

 

 

 i got a few new monsters for sale..

 

don't mess with the gypsies SOLD

18 x 24 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$100

 

 

bird watcher SOLD

18 x 24 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$100

 

 

the match SOLD

18 x 24 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$100

 

 

the guardian SOLD

18 x 24 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$100

 

 

sea witch's wedding SOLD

18 x 24 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$100

 

 

the oldest one SOLD

12 x 12 acrylic, oil and gouache on heavy linen paper.

$50

 

 

alright then.

snatch 'em up.

 

i'm out of potato chips.

 

 

 

 

this post brought to you by cat vomit and the color green

so green could mean many beautiful things and in this case it partly does..

but if you live in the southeast it more than likely, for you, means the color of your boogers.

but maybe more like yellow with a tinge of green.

too much?

sorry-

it's monday and i woke up to a huge pile of cat vomit on my suzani upholstered chairs...

which means you have to undure it to some degree too.

 

good news though,

fiona's room is so so close to completion and it's gonna be good.

the desk is here and it looks like it was born to be in the room.

but it needs to be painted.

the color is a little different than most people would choose for a little girl's desk or any desk for that matter.

but my thinking is the room is so girly already with the purple walls and the designers guild orangerie floral explosion headboard that it needs a little muted moodiness. 

here's the idea:

that's the desk that the paint cards are sitting on and that's the hardware that is already on the desk.

there is a little bench that is going to be upholstered in this:

faux ostrich vinyl.

in hot pink.

 

i'm dying over it.

 

here is a close up of the upholstery fabric:

 

lot's of that olive green roaming around.

 

i am going to pick up a sample of the green today.

 

then all i need is the bedskirt (which should be here this week)

 

then i need to take pictures.

(jesus take the wheel)

 

p.s.

nature's miracle is the best for cleaning cat vomit.

and the neti pot is the best for cleaning pollen vomit. 

 

 

 

 

it's like the glow from the teletubby baby sun..

 i am talking about farrow and ball's pink ground...

 

 

the sample pot arrived in the mail yesterday and it is everything i hoped it would be..

pink but not too pink, warm and soft..

at night it is barely even visible.

but in the day it is so lovely.

and it really does glow.

 

 

i had a sample of fowler pink that i thought i would try just to see...

blurg.

not so much.

 

when mike saw it he punched his own throat.

i assured him i was just havin' a laugh.

 

 

 

 

also, have i showed ya these?

so pretty.

 

very excited about painting this room.

not excited about telling mike he has to take the flat screen off the wall for a minute.

 

 

 

painting for a nursery..

 

alison of my little happy place asked me to do a painting for a nursery she was designing.

i was given the colors turquoise and orange and the word masculine.

so i beefed it up with gray, cream and deep navy.

i think it looks pretty awesome in there.

the nursery is super cute, right?

great job alison.

 

if there is a nursery you know that needs a pretty painting, by all means..

let me know.

 

go visit alison here to see more of this nursery.

 

happy friday.

and don't forget to watch on D.A. on sunday.

and stay cool.

 

 

 

 

the pro-cess (how canadian's say it)

 

i can finally share with you a bit of exciting news..

christine of bijou and boheme commissioned a painting from me!!!

and while that is TERRIBLY exciting there could be more to that story at some point..stay tuned.

 

you probably already read her blog and have been following her kitchen remodel-

if not here you go.

 

she asked me to paint something for over her fireplace bc while her living room is utterly gorgeous...

she felt it wasn't working with her new kitchen.

 

so she sent me some inspiration pics and i gathered some based on the ones she sent me

and i put together a moodboard (duh)..

 

 

that top left rock looking thing is a PAINTING (!!!) by carly waito, who is SUPREMELY talented.

the other paintings are by sally king and dale frank.  also super talened. 

 

when commissioning a painting it is of great help to me to have the main color palette already chosen for me.

 from there i work to create complimentary colors.

the composition creates itself.

 

and while we can't reveal the actual painting just yet..

here is a little corner..

tee hee.

that's just a CORNER Y'ALL!

 

christine posted a bit more on the subject over at her place.

thank you for listening.

as always...

you are the wind beneath my farts.