Just a quick update~ Tuesday November 8th is my last day at club tattoo until after thanksgiving, heading to Breckenridge for opening weekend, until the 23rd… with some great appointments lined up…. I am BOOKED for this trip. However, make your appointments for December starting now peeps. Please email me through my contact page here…. looking forward to starting some fresh new pieces!! keep posted on my facebook page for those last minute updates———————>

Happy Friendsgiving. Luv

A fun piece I just finished and thought to share a working photo:

For all of those that have followed this project since April, I can now say that I am finish with “Fragile”, Gia my new niece, and my sister Jaime was the center of my artistic focus. Through plaster molds, photography to the final painting, “Fragile” can now be shown. I am content with my efforts, following my vision from the beginning. The project as a whole and final painting was the most challenging artistic endeavor to date, and the most satisfying int he end. Hope you enjoy the final painting, viewed below. It will be on display at Hell City Phoenix at the end of the month, please stop down and stroll through the art gallery to view it in person. Thanks for viewing xoxo

“Fragile”

Oil on Canvas 24″ by 40″

About a month ago I was searching online for private or public painting classes. I came across the Barn Studio of Art, founded by Pat Witt. She is a landscape painter I had heard of and looked into what the studio had to offer. After seeing the web site and reading the following I had to take classes here! The Barn Studio of Art is dedicated to cultivating the love of arts in people of all ages and abilities. The Barn Studio of Art will nurture the study of art and nature throughout the community in a non-competitive, creative, developmentally appropriate and positive atmosphere. I signed up for the week long intensive landscape painting workshop. With multiple instructors mastering different mediums and techniques, I came away with more knowledge then I anticipated and more excited on landscape painting then I have ever been. Seeing areas of New Jersey that I have never been to was such a treat. Some of the locations were so mystical and held many stories. I had a 1 hour 20 minute commute  to and from our painting locations. Each day starting at 9 a.m. until 4-5 p.m. depending on how scorching the sun decided to be that day. If anyone is interested in expanding into landscape painting and are in the area of New Jersey, I would take this week long workshop! With amazing instructors and students, it was a very interactive creative experience. Here are a few photos I would like to share of my week.

Wanted to say thank you to Neil from Tattoo Revolution for the nice interview in issue 7. Thanks Neil !!

I just wanted to share in a quick update on my Gia project. As I mentioned below in a previous post, I had made my sister and new niece my primary focus in my current artistic endeavor. I started with driving to New Jersey to share the last few weeks of my sister’s pregnancy with her, and get the plaster molds completed before she went into labor. With 2 molds complete, torso and belly before the birthday of Gia all I had to work on was painting the molds and collecting my props. Going through the 22 hours of natural labor, side by side with my sister; it was an incredible experience. Though at the end of it all the doctors suggested surgery, so they swooped her away. Baby Gia ended up in intensive care for a few days and I wasn’t able to hold her through her plastic cradle until 4 days later. The most tiny strongest human I know… just like her mommy.  A few days after Gia finally came home for the first time, I dove right into my project with the consent of my sister.  This project is not over yet but here is my vision so far that I would love to share with you…. “Fragile”