Savannah Jane Springer

Good Bye!

2010-08-16T21:30:00.003-04:00

Since Springer has become Fink it seems fitting
to change my URL - be on the lookout!

I'll let you know when and where the new one is!

This little drawing is about trading in the letter
'G' in my last name for an 'F'. I am really going to
miss writing that letter, but I'm excited about getting
an 'F' in return.

Also check out my new profile on Krop:
krop.com/savannahjanefink
& also on Behance:
behance.net/savannahjane

Cheers Y'all!

Happy Birthday Olivia!

2010-06-20T11:17:00.001-04:00

Cutting Corners

2010-06-04T11:47:00.001-04:00

I'm cutting a few corners ...

on wedding invitations!

Recent Projects

2010-04-24T13:28:00.000-04:00

Here are few recent projects - more pictures to come!

Jonathan Ammons and The Electric Ghost
Just Beyond Jackson
Rubber stamp design for cover, printed insert & cd

Logo and Ad for new Asheville, NC Wine Bar - 5 Walnut
Ad to post.

Wedding Save-the-Dates

Real thing - to post soon.

If I had a nickel...

2010-04-18T00:28:00.001-04:00

Truly a good read - I highly recommend

2010-04-16T00:22:00.003-04:00

I couldn't put down The Good Thief
(borrowed from future sis in law Tiffany).
Pick it up. Stat.

Great review from Malprops!

(via hannatinti.com)

I'm featherweighted

2010-02-28T02:00:00.001-05:00

Jessica Scooter Ready for School

2010-02-07T23:55:00.000-05:00

A drawing for a certain studious sister...

It's Complicated. The American Teenager.

2010-02-04T12:46:00.002-05:00

I'm really enjoying It's Complicated. The American Teenager,
portraits and interviews by Robin Bowman.

She took several trips over four years taking these beautiful
and timeless pictures of American teenagers.

She also interviewed them by asking a series of questions.

Directed by her questions, their willingness and openness
surprised her (and me as well). Many of them acknowledged
the importance of family, the fear of providing for their own
children, and goals to earn a lot of money and make an
impact on the world. Bittersweet.

I am also enjoying Raisin Bran and bananas for breakfast!

Best part of my week by far

2010-01-22T23:45:00.000-05:00

Finally, I was able to visit to Granny this week.

She was very weak been but very lucid and determined!
Quite a character, my grandmother. She always makes me
laugh! We shared an orange and talked about wedding plans
and work and family.

It was so good to see her.

Current reading ...

2010-01-18T23:02:00.003-05:00

Some of this ...

About a young teenager growing up in the wake
of the death of her older sister ... it reminds me
of ...

but not as endearing and heart-wrenching.
Still an interesting view of the
perspectives of children and teenagers.

Some of this ...

Particularly Segmiester's excellant article
about his several month 'sabbatical' in Bali.
But really, it's a fabulous issue.

Some of this ...

Many people don't like him - but
I think he was truly gifted and
fiercely dedicated.

And some of this ...

I'm learning about winter greens - I just bought
some of this ...

Coat Cartoon.

2010-01-13T01:30:00.003-05:00

Matt said it was more like this.

Young@Heart

2010-01-12T23:46:00.001-05:00

Finally caught most of Young@Heart tonight on PBS.

It was endearing and inspiring. I enjoyed it very much.
I really have a love and appreciation for our elders. They
still have so much to share. Sharing is what makes them
feel alive; It is also what keeps them alive.

Young@Heart was quickly followed by the short film,
George and Rosemary.

Circa 1987 - Very sweetly animated, cute story. Lovable round characters.

I like IndependentLens night on public television.

Old Folks

2010-01-10T10:33:00.000-05:00

Old Folks?

New Folks?

Christmas Time

2009-12-30T02:14:00.001-05:00

When snowed in and without power for three lovely days
before Christmas what else is there to do but spend a ridicuous
amount on time wrapping and personalizing gifts.

2009-12-23T10:09:00.005-05:00

A Poppy for Poppie

My friend Meghan thoughtfully commissioned me
to paint a watercolor for her father in memory
of her grandfather. The poppy is an international
symbol for veterans - originating from the
poem Flander's Fields. Ironically, her family
also called him Poppie.

The Best Bunny on the Box

2009-12-18T11:04:00.004-05:00

I've been meaning to post this package for a while now,
since Kyleigh gave me these treats... Annie's Homegrown
75% Organic Bunny Graham Friends.

There are a total of 15 bunnies on this box (not including
the bunnies on the other Annie's products shown on the
box).

While they were quite delicious, my favorite part of the
experience was my discovery of this nice little detail.

"Gently Tug Ears to Open"

While I think we all know how to open one of these
cardboard boxes, I thought it was a sweet and
funny little touch to add a cottony, bunny bottom
to the top of the box.

Favorite Words and Quotes

2009-12-05T12:39:00.004-05:00

My word and quote collection on my dashboard...
I think it is time for a clean slate - but I almost
can't bear to get rid of them.

A Birthday Gift for Katherine Jenee

2009-12-03T16:41:00.003-05:00

Fear not Designer; You are not alone in Your Plight!

2009-12-03T15:47:00.004-05:00

Ever feel like you don't speak the same language
as your client ? And sometimes, your boss?

http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/

Hilarity will ensue.

a smile & sincerity catch people off-guard

2009-11-29T09:19:00.000-05:00

Shiloh Pslam

2009-11-16T23:07:00.003-05:00

Beautiful newborn Shiloh Psalm

2009-11-08T23:14:00.004-05:00

Birthdays are always a last minute deal in my
family...

My sister really wanted a drawing, so when
did I do it? In the car driving to Charlotte
to surprise her...gees.

This pen and watercolor is a modified version
a more 'Frenchy' illustration I created for another
friend's birthday...

Due to mi hermanita's interest in Spanish &
Latin culture I had to add a little spice...
a hat!

Now, this is my kind of success.

2009-11-01T15:27:00.004-05:00

A birthday day gift to an owl-loving friend...

Pen and watercolor on matboard

2009-10-26T21:33:00.004-04:00

Here are some fantastique videos of bands giving
mini concerts in random little places...

Lovely mellow mush mush.

Sigur Ros - Við spilum endalaust - A Take
Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Love the acoustics...love his voice.

#SPLIT 13.2 - José Gonzalez - Storm
by lablogotheque

For the wild things...

#41 - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible & Wake Up
by lablogotheque

ah... a capella and streetside bon iver....goosebummpies

#93.3 - BON IVER - For Emma, Forever Ago
by lablogotheque

More musical moments at blogotheque

2009-10-24T02:23:00.003-04:00

When I was little and couldn't sleep, I would
drag a pile of books into my closet and read
until I got tired again...

(Illustration for portfolio book)

2009-10-20T15:50:00.006-04:00

Ready for an Adventure!

A cover for a portfolio book
I'm sending out...

2009-10-19T00:59:00.002-04:00

Guess who...

2009-10-14T23:57:00.004-04:00

Anthropologie!!!

You taunt me everywhere I look!
And now on a tv channel I do not have, alas!

2009-10-13T11:38:00.004-04:00

Wonderful Austrailian illustrator Kareena Zerefos

Beautiful juxtapositions of flat colors, delicate lines, textured
watercolors and lovely birds and carnivals and such...

a sweet treat.

2009-10-08T16:45:00.005-04:00

Beringer, while it's not my favorite wine
they do get top marks for this fabulous
spot by fabulous artist Su Blackwell.

(via KatyElliot)

2009-10-05T13:04:00.003-04:00

Bunny in Smoking Jacket

2009-09-29T10:10:00.005-04:00

How this has escaped me till now...I do not know.
How intricate and beautiful is this little short film?
It was nominated for an Oscar last year...if it was
nominated...I want to know who won!

(Via Beatles fanatic Clay Blair)

The ever interesting pen and ink illustrator James Braithwaite
featured in the film.

2009-09-26T15:49:00.005-04:00

My drawing in celebration of Baby Canaan's 7th Tooth...

2009-09-23T23:54:00.003-04:00

I dream about books an unhealthy amount...

2009-09-22T23:28:00.001-04:00

I discovered some pianos, washed up, like whales on a beach.
Aren't they fantastic! I love fun, surrealistic installations like these.

I actual discovered Florentijn Hofman...A brilliant and delightful
Dutch artist.

Like he says...
"The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and
doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has
healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them.
The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!"

2009-09-22T00:22:00.003-04:00

Servings of cute by the truckload, coming right up!

If you have seen this...

then you may have contracted this...

I totally have Maru-itis. Stay away. Stay far far away.

(Via CuteOverload...yes, prepare yourself for squeals of cuteness)

And this...

And this! A bunny café!

And lastly...a corn eating kitty!

2009-09-16T16:48:00.008-04:00

This commercial is so adorable! I love ugly monsters
that grow because they are loved!

It makes buying this car absolutely endearing.

(via this great little website...ibelieveinadv)

2009-09-13T17:46:00.006-04:00

Fantastic 'summer sketches' from illustrator & designer
Rodolfo Biglie...very sweet, detailed and imaginative.

(Via sirehdancengkeh.com, complete with little interview)

I would like to post some beautiful paintings I found...
whimsical paintings of houses tied to strings, I just can't
remember the artist!

And with all this Beatles yah-yah that has been floating
about...turns out Disney will be remaking The Yellow
Submarine...pooh pooh on that...it is going to use the
motion animation that was used for The Polar Express,
which I was not a fan of (The book was wonderful though).

Could we please just leave the old one alone?

And...my new favorite kitty blog, Linus in Hats
...absolutely hilarious.

2009-09-12T17:45:00.004-04:00

I think Jean Jullien is TERRIFIC.

I love simple, primitive, adorable drawings like these.

This little book called Lyrics is screen-printed with three colors
and created using an accordion fold...It's like a book I'm going
to do one day...little drawings illustrating peculiar sayings...

Andy Miller is fun too.

Imaginations are nice things to admire...don't you think?

2009-09-08T15:05:00.002-04:00

I had a lovely visitor stop by today...

She rooted in the yard a bit but was an otherwise
welcome and cheery guest.

2009-09-05T13:19:00.002-04:00

I saw a Morning Glory and tried to pry him open.

But he didn't want to be, so I took his picture instead.

2009-09-04T00:00:00.001-04:00

Dear Nina Chakrabarti,

I like you so very much.

2009-09-03T01:35:00.000-04:00

(Liz Kuball via 20x200)

I would let an orange tree invade my privacy and
lean his heavy arms on my fence. I wouldn't mind.

(Love Letter to You via Kitsone Noir)

Uh hello...hire me?!
I'll do anything just let me
help with these murals
of Love and Popsicles and
Alphabets!

Can you believe this stuff
is commissioned in Philly?
Yay for them.

And...bum bum bummm.
If one hasn't read
Extremely Loud and Incredibly
Close...one should.

It is by far the most beautifully
honest, heart-warming, heart-
breaking, creatively crafted
books I have ever read.

(Also, I probably cried probably
ever time I picked it up...don't
get me wrong...it was splendid.)

And...what happens when one
of my cheese bunny crackers
meets another one of my cheese
bunny crackers?

Well, boys and girls...

2009-08-29T00:05:00.000-04:00

Antiquing the other day in Brevard...check out the card
in this hat...What attitude! I love it. You tell em'.

Made by...

What class!

But sadly, the good hat has gone downhill
so it seems...

But this shot glass with a pig on it sure was
cheeky...

Gentlemen...Ladies...only this much please.

2009-08-21T13:18:00.000-04:00

This video for The Crow, The Fox, and the Cookie
is absolutely delightful...I have just recently become
a fan mewithoutYou and you can not help but be drawn
to their music by (not only) their honest & passionate
lyrics but by the beautiful & many times painful, stories
of Truth that they tell

And this video makes me so happy...
Simple and beautiful children's theatre shows complete
with animal puppets, humble mistrals, tarts and pastries
usually do!

(It only makes sense that Daniel Smith from the
Danielson Famile helped with this album... : )

Of course it reminds me of the scene with the puppets in
Sound of Music that I've always loved...

Who wouldn't want their own huge puppet theatre
with miniature steins and tuba players?

2009-08-18T10:06:00.000-04:00

Fish Taco
Totally Tweetable
(a Taco Bell Sign)

Vender Client Relationships...sometimes painfully true.

(via Photographer Armando Bellmas's Blog)

Done by Scotfield Editorial - "a boutique
that provides full service editorial to it's
clients". (Boutique? Does that make them
more exclusive...or just sound more exclusive?
Some fun little tidbits in their reel...not a
'portfolio', not 'work', but a 'reel'...)

2009-07-29T20:48:00.000-04:00

How beautiful are these glasses and this little video?!
I'm kind of unfamiliar with the song but it is so pretty!

The shorts are so interesting from duo Lernert Engelberts
& Sander Plug...
-who I must investigate further...

2009-07-27T22:20:00.000-04:00

Ah ha ha!
Some of these are so funny.
Mom said ... "That's not funny.
I don't want to see anymore. That's
just wrong." Pshaw.

(from Human Decent)

2009-07-21T22:29:00.000-04:00

There are few things that are better than buying books.
They are so beautiful, especially on your shelf.
And it is just icing on the cake that you get to actually
read them!

My recent purchases with my gift card from razzmatazz:
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design
by Micheal Bierut...you know, that guy...:-)

and a new little moleskine journal - which I promptly
christened with a sketch of cici

PHOTOGRAPHY

2009-07-20T17:40:00.004-04:00

I enjoy a more photo-journalistic approach to photography.
I often use it as a way of of 'visually' taking notes.
I don't do a lot of set-up, lighting, posing...I'd rather take it as is.

There is interesting beauty in the found in my day to day life.
I'm a collector of nuances! I find much joy in the smallest and
simplest of things.

You can find some of my photography on flickr...

Created with flickr slideshow.

CONTACT

2009-07-16T17:03:00.001-04:00

Whatever your query of interest,
leave me a comment - and we'll get
in contact!

Thanks!

2009-07-16T00:08:00.000-04:00

Ok Smirnoff.

"It was insane and
we were there."

Be there.
Smirnoff.

Is this hookline of the age
group they are targeting?
My age group?

Sure, I would love jumping
in a huge swimming pool
of packing foam just as
much as the next person
but this campaign makes
me smirk...a whittle bit.

Their website includes
videos, drinks, inspiration
for your own spontaneous
night, and even a board
for carefree fun-havers to
post their best wild times
(ie: front row at madonna,
reeling in a shark, etc)...

It's not that I'm against
a little spontaneous
waterslide in the park
at night...but I think it
is funny those experiences
are 'supposedly' centered
around a super sweet and
fizzy 'beer?' or vodka...

I guess they know who
they are appealing to...

ILLUSTRATIONS

2009-07-15T19:36:00.005-04:00

A growing collection in a variety of mediums including
watercolor, pen, pencil, crayon, pastel, etc. More illustration
in my Design Portfolio...

Contact me for personal portraits, paintings
of your home, children's book illustrations, murals...
whatever your fancy...I can do it!
(Click on image to enlarge).

Watercolor/Pen

The Robin Hoodie Project...

A Thank You Card/Self Portrait? :-)

Sketches/Doodles

Studies for Family Portrait

Final Portrait

Birthday Bird

Self-Portrait with Addy Award

Mouse with Balloon

Doodle from paint splatter

Printmaking

An etching of my grandparent's engagement photo.

A doll I printed from a piece of Styrofoam.

Painted Illustrations

A hand-painted koozie for the gnome-hating boyfriend...a must.

RESUME

2009-07-06T11:21:00.001-04:00

Here are all the knitty-gritty qualifications and
questions that everyone wants to know...

View Full Screen on Scribd...
Click 'More' below to download as a PDF or to print
(if you sign up with Scribd)

Savannah Jane Springer Resume

2009-07-05T22:44:00.000-04:00

Some more favorite TV spots
I love their quirky senses of humor...

A1 - who knew?
short. funny. clever.

and Pam Spray? Grilling?

Chuckle. Chuckle. Nothing better than a glimpse of a
cook out fiasco to get people to buy a little can of Pam!

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

2009-07-05T13:25:00.003-04:00

Here is my best work thus far.
Projects born from many hard lessons learned
but I have yet to loose my excitement and curiosity!

It includes a variety of my commissioned work,
student spec work, and contest entries.

To view - SCROLL WITHIN THE WINDOW BELOW.
Full Screen if you prefer...
and it is also download-able if you sign up with Scribd.

(Property of Savannah Jane Springer, 2009)

Did someone say magic?

2009-07-01T11:43:00.000-04:00

Surfing the tv this morning and saw Will Arnett on
Sesame Street! Hilarious!

2009-06-30T12:50:00.000-04:00

Algorithms and...jewelry?

Nervous System creates beautiful jewelry using this process
that I cannot even begin to explain or understand but I do
know that I tried on this necklace yesterday and it was
Stunning.
Extremely delicate and dramatic. I want all of their pieces.

2009-06-27T14:13:00.000-04:00

How cool is this?!

Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

I think we should go back
to grade school...I think
we would be surprised
at how much creativity
can spring from those
simple things...

via free people

Chewing Gum + Oatmeal = A Match Made in Heaven

2009-06-21T19:20:00.000-04:00

I saw this spot when I was at the Addy's in DC
a few weeks ago and fell in love with it for it's plush
and surreal world that I would love to fall into
(anything that reminds me of Michel Gondry is a plus)

Get me a stick of that gum. stat.

We're all just little wind-up toys in need of a boost.
And the tagline: Go Humans Go...how fun.
Empowering us with oatmeal...

sidenote:
Both reminding me of JiggeryPokery - issuing much
hilarity and absurdity with their fanciful creations!

A article in the NY Times about Quaker's/Pepsi Co. 's
positive approach contrasted against the .... economy, of course.

I sure would love a Quaker Oatmeal Jetpack!

Gardening, The Dutch, and Improv

2009-06-11T10:41:00.000-04:00

gardening tips on martha stewart today...
beer trap to get rid
of slugs

4 eggs and 1 qt of water
to repel deer

egg shells in pot
to prevent calcium
deficiency in tomato plants

1 part milk - 2 part water
(cure for black spot on roses)

milly bugs...rubbing alcohol

(book: the truth about gardening remedies...?)

beautiful show: "dutch seen: new york rediscovered"

(henrik kerstens "napkins")

-this photographer used his daughter as a model
recalling dutch aristocrats and used a napkin
from his favorite ny restaurant...i love when
people re-contextualize aspects and influences
of the past

lovely lovely lovely

improv everywhere - improving the quality
of hum-drum lives one skit at a time

my favorite was when
they gave a surprise
reception to a couple
at a courthouse

2009-06-05T00:41:00.000-04:00

who does
not want so
very much to
be a part of
this lovely
team?

i love their
website....

perfect
blendy of
confidence +
quirkyness +
positive attitude +
clarity +
interactive and sharp +
(not too much interactiveness
-just how i like it)

oh its just so .... ahhhhh

2009-05-28T02:35:00.000-04:00

now, tell me, who would not like to race down an enormous
hill after a round of cheese? who? who?

?????? what....?

(joseph brunjes)

oh, ok, it is just the tailend of a squirrel, not a
fuzzy faced mutant kiwi like i thought...

pure, unadulterated joy

(dear friend matt beardsley)

i have a soft spot for happy babies clutching fluffy puppies

2009-05-15T18:30:00.000-04:00

how catchy...
and they're great
performers...tons of
energy...what a 'simple'
and fun video...

2009-04-30T02:47:00.000-04:00

i've seen him before...but i love these
(myoung ho lee)

PAINTING

2009-04-26T00:54:00.003-04:00

sometimes i just like to pour paint down the
drain...especially when i'm cleaning up my (now ex) studio
how pretty is that?!

my four 'final-ish' paintings for this semester
(tons of studies to accompany these)
hopefully i'll get around to photographing them this week

Me - in my beautiful mess

A little study

Most of my large paintings...

4'x4.5' Acrylic paint and ink on gessoed canvas

6'x5' Acrylic paint and ink on ungessoed
canvas

7'x5' Acrylic paint and ink on ungessoed canvas

5'x4' Acrylic paint and ink on white ungessoed
canvas

P.S - the new febreeze commercial where the
guy sits on the couch and it spits out shoes
and a dog pops out of the carpet is hilarious!
i wish i had thought of that - i could, i just
didn't...

2009-04-23T21:57:00.000-04:00

i saw this jar of lemons at the store

i know its funny, but i can't stop
thinking about them...they were
beautiful! i should have bought
them and kept them on my desk...

it was like sunshine in a jar

2009-04-21T10:19:00.000-04:00

ashes and milk - fine craft/design/paper/lovely things

I have some type of reaction to their name, gag reflex?
I don't know...it's very envision-able/tactile/puts a chalky
taste in your mouth...can I have one of everything please?

(fubiz)
he he. is this how it is going be? i'm guessing...no.

colorastrology - what is your pantone color?

...semi-accurate except, i don't really like
the color 'Galapagos' and would rather not
"surround" myself with it to bring balance
into my life

2009-04-20T17:06:00.000-04:00

never has jello looked quite so gorgeous...

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

2009-04-15T00:13:00.000-04:00

lets take everything i own and organize it by color - what fun
(brooke inman)

and look! even software can be fun!
(brand new on symbian)

and ooo...i love lena sjoberg...
delightful blog - chockablock full of fresh flowers

how can anyone have a unique voice - there are so many

2009-04-14T12:30:00.000-04:00

i love these types of photographs, oil in water types
and the like...they're beautiful

this one is photographed by andres serrano and
its of cow's blood and his own semen

now, do i still think it is beautiful? yes. disturbing
but still beautiful

i'm doing a project on serrano and i have to have
to take a photograph in his style (a really interesting
interview with him)

i'm not typically a controversial person, i sit on the
fence on about every issue

and, i'm trying to write my artist statement & as usual,
i have plenty of foder and ideas but i am completely
unable to format and edit them into a manageable,
coherent statement!

holy week last year in spain - seville i think?
it was wonderful, one of the best experiences
of my life

this is a child and his mother in the paseos -
he is dressed in the robes of a specific sect/church
and carrying a tall candle, thousands of people
crowd the streets to watch as bands play, children
hand out candy, and groups of men carry floats
that weight over 1 ton through out the city

2009-04-13T00:38:00.001-04:00

one of my many, many, paintings and studies
from this semester and a jose gonzalez song
i felt like writing on the floor of my studio -
i'm not sure why i took their picture together

one of my first larger ones of the semester

2009-04-07T13:38:00.001-04:00

(sorry, don't remember where I got this, but isn't it
delightful?)

Aisle One: 8 Simple Rules to Improve
Typography in Your Designs

It never hurts to remember the golden
rules of type...especially when you're in
a rush and you just want to let things slide,

just think about how beautiful they could be!

2009-03-31T10:41:00.000-04:00

i wantttt one!
these are so funny!
and graphic designer snobb-ish

they have a whole store!!
how fun!

glad i saw these
a good way to recover from these photographs on the recession
(the big picture)

i always find it sad when business go out of business...

2009-03-14T12:49:00.000-04:00

this, this is my kind of festival
an entire festival celebrating color!

other points of today's interest -

-NY Times NYC storytelling/beautiful black and
white photos - i love storytelling, always have, my family
has always loved story telling

-lambs, dear to my heart

-vintage clothing at Market Publique...an on an easy to
navigate site! heaven!

little woolen animals made by voila studios-precious
and i've also always loved the world 'voila!'

2009-03-12T00:37:00.000-04:00

love love love
amy ross

charming,
precious,
and creepy
hybrid nature
creatures

this one is a cardinal coneflower
it just hurts it so cute

2009-03-10T10:41:00.000-04:00

check it-
this cover is taken by friend matt beardsley of
his son joey

I'm so proud!!

2009-03-04T15:05:00.001-05:00

hmmm......

2009-02-28T13:33:00.001-05:00

i am hopelessly,
absolutely positively,
unashamedly,
in love with bright,
sometimes odd,
surprising,
unexpected colors
(i.e. my painting
this semester is all about
colour...will post pictures
soon)

oh damian hurst,
whatever faults have you,
i love this quote i found when
i was thumbing through one of
his books... and dang it, through
my many scrawly/upsidedown/
backwards/doodley journals/
scraps of paper i can't find the
whole quote (though i found it
the other day...argh) anyway -
but, the general idea is that he
physically gasps at colour...and how
there should be signs warning of
daffodils around the corner...

(i think groups of daffodils
look like little choirs)

i love this picture of the making
of this little film...and the film is nice
too :-)

and so everything else of petter hanberger's

2009-02-24T17:26:00.000-05:00

as i was drinking my tea, i realized, this bear, this cutsie
little bear, is smoking a pipe

also-in other news and obsessions

bill durgin photography - how funny and awkward and slightly unnerving
edenspiekermann website - so upfront and honest, cutting
the problems you have to deal with a client in half already!
kittens inspired by kittens video - pepper and chips...
chronicle books - how could you go wrong?

and this mouse...

i'm drawing him/her for everything, printmaking,
birthday cards, dry erase boards...

ta.

2009-02-11T16:15:00.000-05:00

how fun is this spot? friendly monsters playing tag?
i'm game

where did i see this, sorry! don't remember, i subscribe
to so many blogs i don't know what to do with myself...
sigh

2009-02-02T15:43:00.000-05:00

today favorites -

ted.com -- talks from artists, scientists, whoevers...currently watching one on maira kalman - who i love and who also has a blog - i have the principles of uncertainty -- its so quirky, love it

furr - blitzen traper

re: stacks - bon iver

jose gonzalez

yellow and charcoal grey

herbal tea, i usually favor black teas, but, as of late, all i want are herbal ones...how silly!

writing an artist statement for painting...

2009-01-11T16:32:00.000-05:00

what a chore
i know that i need to do this, its imperative to the work
i produce this semester, but it is really hard to explain
the reasoning behind this specific body of work...

i know that once i've decided what it is, i'll have a
guideline! a goal! a reason behind my painting!
but sorting out all this mish-mash is hard work!

so far today, i took a refresher course in abstract
expressionism, colour field painters,
etc - who i like and why...

my biggest inspirations:
morris louis
sam francis
yves klein
clifford still
paul jenkins
helen frankenthaler

(ones from last semester) but
my best find today is a chinese
artist - zao wou ki ... i'm so
excited about him!

veins

2009-01-09T13:28:00.001-05:00

(complements. file magazine - dawn frary)

why i begun this whole thing...
i think this pictures is awesome

something as simple and innocent
as a wrist, abstracted, gruesome

the rawness of the color and the
gritty texture of the veins and skin

and the beautiful color, brings
it to flesh, to life, the blood red
and the bulging blue veins

stop-motion find of the day...

love the song and the
the adorable animation

(complements. fubiz)

2009-01-09T13:03:00.000-05:00

(complements. sister)

there are some people in your life that make you
laugh harder than anyone else

my youngest sister has always said the funniest
things, even when she was little

the title of this little blogspot reminds me of
when she was about five years old and said that
wal-mart had everything...naming everything
she could think of that they could possibly carry
but suddenly stopped when she realized that
they didn't have chinese quarters...so voilá!

this is a little collection of my thoughts, findings,
amusements, joys, and truths

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-Note: I changed the name...for the sake
of cohesiveness in my Self-Identity efforts