cocktail dress capital of the world

I think this painting is finished. Yay! I had the hardest time taking a picture of it. I kept getting a glare from the overhead lights. This painting is in the museum show in Jan.- you'll just have to see it in person. I am thinking about calling it "Keep it Classy." It was the window display at the old Classy Creations store on the square next to Ajax. Most of you already know this... but Oxford is the cocktail dress capital of the world. We have at least 8 stores dedicated to semi-formal dressware (in a town of 20,000). Cocktail dresses are the most girly which appeal to our hyperfemine student body. Oh- this painting is 7 feet by 5 feet so the dresses are bigger than life size.

As the semester starts to wind down (I have 3 more classes on MW), hopefully I will be able to blog/make stuff more.... stay tuned! HB and I just back from New Orleans so we have some additions to the chicken bucket list. Check it out!

Solou Show

So, I designed a card for the university show. I am thinking of calling the show "Solou Show". What do y'all think of the title and/or card?

Mobile Mobile

I was in Mobile last weekend for the SECAC conference. We had a great time. I chaired a panel with Katherine Fields- "I love you now leave- Desire and Repulsion in the Visual Arts". I handled the concept side and Katherine talked about Materials. Here are some photos from the trip.


Sheri and Tom Lee's Show at Spring Hill College. What a great space!

Another view of Sheri's artist talk at the Eicholdt Gallery.

Here is a view of my piece, "Flamin' Painting" at the Art in Academia show at Space 301 in Mobile. Again, I love this exhibition space- it is huge. Below are some of the strong pieces that I saw.
Barb Bondy, Opelika, AL
Gallery view
detail of Clive King's piece. It won first prize.

Aurora Pope's painting- she is an old friend from Greeneville, TN. She just graduated from ETSU.


Misty Bennett, Montevallo, AL- I think really contemporary watercolor is very interesting.

Julia Morrisroe, Gainesville, FL

Well, I am back in Oxford. Here is a view of the drawing room last Tuesday. I have 1400 drawings to grade for my Drawing 2 students. I need to remember that I have grade what I assign.

Boo the bat!

I create the Boo the Bat for my godson's birthday. They are so cute- I might have to make one for myself.

My dining room table has been invaded by some drawings. I have been making these drawings for years. Most of them are just silly ideas that don't warrant a large painting. Seeing them all together makes me want to show them. Who knows....

Here is an update on the classy painting. It is coming along. It will definitely be done in the next month. I will be showing it at the University Museum in my solo show, January 12- March 6, 2010. The fall is so frustrating- there are so many things going on. Studio time is very precious this time of the year!

I am off to BFA interviews. I have several former students who are going up for it this year.

blue skies (for a minute)

Painting update...



As most of you know, it has been raining and raining. I went out to yard to document my "Pacific Northwest" yard. We have spider lilies and I wish I had many many more.... Check out the mushrooms.

Ole Misses'

I got the coolest thing last week. I am scheduled for a solo exhibit at the University Museum. At first, it was on the books for this fall, but we pushed it back until January. While I was there meeting with the director and installer, they mentioned that they had a scale model of the exhibition space. "Did I want to borrow it?" I grabbed that model and started setting up my show. The model is 1" to 1' scale. I printed out my paintings to scale. For example, a 5 foot by 7 foot painting is printed out at 5 inch by 7 inch. I love this! I may come up with pseudo exhibits as well.

What do you think about the title of the show, "Ole Misses'"? Any better suggestions?


Here is a detail of my scarf. The negative space relationships with lace are so fascinating!

Painting update soon.....

Busy Busy

On Thursday, HB and I headed to the Ole Miss Motel for the One Night Stand show. I love the concept! Each artist gets a room for one night only. I might even apply for this show next year. Here are some of my favorite rooms.
Dabbs Anderson
Annie Coggan
Michael Fenster



Here is my painting... in progress.