you, to me, are sweet as roses in the morning.

I've mentioned it before, and I will again, I absolutely love drawing hair and the wrinkles in clothing. Recently, I received a beautiful gift of a book about (what else?) the history of bicycles. I was amazed to find vintage bike posters by such prominent artists as Mucha (MASTER OF HAIR AND WRINKLES IN CLOTHING) and Toulouse-Lautrec. These posters were made before cars, even! An example of a Mucha below:

Is there a point to this rant? OF COURSE THERE IS! I recently slated an ACTUAL OPENING date for a show at Orange Glory... AKA A DEADLINE. God knows I needed one. Thinking of the first piece for the show (which will also be the promotional mailer) I thought back to all of the times that I have skipped bike events for the studio lately. I guess this is my retribution. The final will most likely be mixed media.

A final thought, one that has recurred about five times to me today, "We always condemn most in others... that which we most fear in ourselves." Working on not being as judgemental of others...

The arena is empty, except for one man.

Last night was the official BOUT FOR BOOBIES!!!!!! It was so much fun to hang out with the fellow artists who did breast casts for the cause, the roller girls, and the fabulous people of Rochester who came out to support the cause! Together, we raised $4000 for the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester! WHAT WHAT!

My dear old friend Jen (whom you may remember from a previous post) has a fabulous new blog about the things she sends out in the mail... handmade with love, of course. She was kind enough to write nice things about me on her blog as well :) I love getting mail, what a pleasant surprise! I took the bag out shopping at the public market this weekend.

The holiday season is nearly upon us, and I finished up the image for the front of the postcard today! Very ski-centric, the postcard is about EMBRACING THE WINTER. Year after year I'm overwhelmed with the amount of people who live in Upstate New York who constantly complain when the season is upon us. Love it or leave it, suckers!

All I wanted was a good song, and a fair friend.

I recently started a local musician series, for a themed show. My first painting was finished today, Seth Faergolzia of Dufus, during the final Dufus show at the Cakeshop in Manhattan. Surprise, Seth! Sorry for the crappy photo of the painting :(

It seems like there are craft fairs going on every weekend in Rochester. This weekend a few good friends were in the Mayday Underground craft fair, so I stopped in to visit. I was reminded again how much I want to take a letterpress class when I saw Dock 2 Letterpress' booth. This poster from them suited me quite perfectly.

The holidays are quickly approaching, as is SKI SEASON. I was reminded of my love affair with old ski posters recently.

I've been sketching out some ski gestures in preparation for my holiday card :)

i. am. a. road.

Final piece for Backwords. I hope you like it, gentlemen. I felt the "starburst" background added that Americana feel that their music encapsulates so well.

I destroyed my cell phone, because I self-own.

Happy (post) Halloween! I had a blast this weekend :) My costume was Rosie the Riveter, empowering ladies everywhere. An actual picture of my costume will appear when I actually get one :)

My coworker, Rich, celebrates his birthday on October 21. I felt the need to finally succumb to his request for a lighthouse painting. Every single art show that I have he says "if you had a lighthouse painting, I'd buy it". Well, tomorrow, he can have one for free :)

More work on the buffalo... thinking about a design for the exterior, since it seems so stark.

I know I won't be defeated anymore, where the buffalo still roam

I'm still alive, I swear! I've been super busy putting together the First Annual Rochester Tweed Run, which took place this weekend. We had about 30 people in attendance, not bad if I do say so myself. More official pictures on the way, but for now, here's a nice group photo of everyone looking quite dapper!

Yeah, I was pretty excited to get dressed up and ride my bike!

I got to see the fabulous gentlemen of the band Backwords again last weekend, and this is a buffalo print that I'm working on for them.

hey man, slow down!

First and foremost, yes, I own a car. This month inspection was past due, and I was forced to make some repairs to my car to drive it legally for another year. My car fixing budget being extremely low, I suddenly had the time to do some of the commissions that my mother has been begging me to do for awhile. Below, her sister, Beverly, approximately age 18.

My mother may argue with me about the "weird color" usage. In other news, I had the pleasure of seeing the band Cuddle Magic this weekend at the Bug Jar. Their nine piece group was incredibly tight, and I found the music so enjoyable, I purchased some cds. I recommend that you check them out, and see if they're coming to a town near you soon!