February 22nd, 2007
It’s a post about nothing. Nothing I tell you! (no, really, it is.)
I’m just on for a second - after last week’s vomitfest and car trouble (actual smoke in the cabin? Where the babies sit? NO. That is not okay!), things are basically back to normal but now I’m all busy with the car shopping and the running around trying to get caught up on shipping orders and doing illustration work, and putting together five sets of birds that are going to a gallery in Georgia. I have to submit an artist’s statement. There’s no way to write an artist’s statement without sounding like you’re full of shit but I am working on it and doing my best. You can’t say the truth which is “My work is about getting paid to make pretty things” or no one takes you seriously. Not that being taken seriously has ever been a realistic goal of mine, what with the red tights and the pigtails and all, but still. It’s a gallery after all, so I figure I’d better come up with something.
Meanwhile Graham is making up for lost calories by eating adult-sized portions of refried beans at every opportunity. Today we noticed that he has an awesome little pot belly. I want to do a whole post all about this age - toddlerdom is full on around here, in adorable ways and in screeching hair pulling ways. You know, grabbing the buckle on his carseat so I can’t click it in and then screaming “Bupple!!” because he wants to buckle it himself, and then crying in frustration because he is a baby and babies are not physically able to do those buckles. Hell, I’m 34 and the damned things are like Rubik’s cubes to me. I’m not being sarcastic though: I adore this age.
Nicolaus is working hard at all of his jobs as always and being very fourish and scoutish and naturalistish and all. We Netflixed a movie for him this week called Red Fury from 1982, thinking he’d love it because it’s about horses. Except turns out it’s not really about horses, it’s about racism against Indians and oh my god! I JUST NOW got that… RED? Fury? But he liked it anyway. Today I think we’re getting a documentary about dolphins but I bet it’s secretly about the environment or something.
I don’t remember him eating food yesterday. Huh.
This really isn’t even a post, is it? Blah. Here’s some of what I’ve been working on, so you can make fun of me whenever I complain about having so much work to do. Boohoo I have to draw fun pictures of little girls. Yeah well. It’s grueling. Promise.
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Hey Tiffany, there’s a fancy-schmancy little store here in Austin called “Three in the Nest.” (http://www.threeinthenest.com/) It recently opened up around the block from my house. It’s a super-cool toy store where they sell toys made of wood instead of plastic, and neat books and learning toys. One of the owners told me they’d be looking for more local artists soon, as most of the stuff they sell they import from Europe. I told the other owner about your Nerdy Baby ABCs, and mentioned that I thought they’d fit in perfectly, but I think a lot of your art would go great there.
You should check with them and see if they’re interested. As I say, your work would fit in perfectly, and it’s a cool local business, and I’d like to see it (and you) do well!
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:40 pm
There was a lot of stuff in this post. It’s good to hear that the vomitpalooza is done. Picturing Graham eating adult portions of refried beans does my heart good. :)
And that’s why Nicolaus didn’t eat, Graham got all of the food.
Your pictures are adorable. I like the way the one moves.
And good luck on the car-shopping.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am
Congratulations for the big post all about you on apartmenttherapy.com (click my name for the direct link)!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:47 am
I feel for you. I’ve been trying to write a bio for Indie Blogger for two days now. I can write about anything for as long as you want me to. I swear you’d have to chop my arm off to get me to stop almost any time except when it’s about me. everything I write about myself sounds like I’m wearing suspenders and a handlebar mustache. Drives me up a tree. By the way, please please visit. I’m the moderator for this writer’s prompt start-up. http://www.indieblogger.org
Good luck in Georgia.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
indiebloggers.org (oops)
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
what gallery in georgia?
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
That last picture moved! How cool!
February 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Hey! Now that I’m officially pregnant I WILL be contacting you about art. Well, maybe I’ll wait until I’m more officially pregnant. Or I know a gender or something. But, um! That picture of the girl swinging! Is it an exclusive? Will it ever be available as a print? I mean, since you’re talking about art and galleries and shipping orders and stuff.
The stuff in this post is very very cute, but my favorite stuff is the silhouettey things. Though I absolutely love what you do with colors and also the white scratched out flowers and butterflies in the first picture. Very neat.