Geninne's Art Blog

Wet Dog

2009-07-08T21:13:00.001-07:00

Music:
"The Driving of the Year Nail" by Leo Kottke

New Inspiration Board

2009-07-06T15:11:00.001-07:00

I did some cleaning and reorganizing
in the studio over the weekend.
My little chest of drawers is back
from the carpenters shop. Happiness!
The inspiration board looks more winter inspired
than bright and summery don't you think?
hmmm...
If you click on the image
you'll see a much bigger picture.

The Old Hacienda

2009-07-03T20:23:00.000-07:00

As seen from our back yard.
I've been spending a lot of time in our yard
since little Turbo arrived.
I can't wait till he's fully immunized
so we can take him out for long walks around the hood.
Click here to go to
my "Neighborhood" photo set at Flickr.
The beautiful Hacienda was built in the late 1500s
and I love the fact that it's orange.

Urban Outfitters

2009-07-02T15:09:00.001-07:00

Two of my birdies are now available
@ an Urban Outfitter's Store near you!
I just got mine and I hung them
in my studio.

8.5"w, 2"d, 10"h
Printed on heavy board & bordered
with an attached wooden frame.

Click here & here to check them out
at the Urban Outfitter's online store

Framed

2009-07-02T14:20:00.000-07:00

It's so great to see my my work
living happily in other people's walls.
Here is my "Birdies A to Z" print
at my lovely friend Yvonne's home.
I really love how she framed it
with the big white mat & simple frame.

Rita & Artur are keeping my prints
company at the talented Maria's studio.

My little "Terrarium" print is happy
at a cozy corner of my artist friend Tiel's home.

All in a row at Courtney 's fabulous studio.

And finally my birdies
living at Carly's beautiful home
in Northern Ireland.

Thank you so much to all of you
that have purchased my art
to keep you company, I am truly honored.

Puppy news flash...and video :)

2009-06-30T20:38:00.000-07:00

Little Turbo just turned 8 weeks old!
He had his first visit to the vet today
since he's been living with us & he was a real champ!

We begin border collie puppy classes
a week from today and we can't wait.

He's a super smart goofball
and I just know he'll be the teacher's pet :)

Little blooms

2009-06-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

The wild flowers don't come out here until the fall.
But I carved myself a little stamp garden today.

Happiness

2009-06-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

Watercolor & acrylic ink
9 x 12 inches
Click on the image to see it BIGGER

New illustration

2009-06-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

Something I'm working on this weekend...

Hope you have a lovely one.

Sit!

2009-06-26T15:20:00.000-07:00

This little guy is not only unbearably cute
but he's super smart as well.
My oldest son Israel has already taught him to sit
when offered a treat or his favorite toy.
I hope I'm not boring you to death
with puppy posts, but I just can't help it :)

Peacock Tree print

2009-06-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

It's now available at my shop.

12 x 16 inches.
That's my lovely son Daniel posing for me.
He's the best print model ever :)

Puppy Butt

2009-06-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

Turbo doing the "pancake" position.
Did you know there's even a Flickr Group
called Animal Pancakes?
The things you learn on the internet...

Ah puppy butts!
One of life's simple pleasures :)

He's here!

2009-06-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

Our little puppy is finally home &
we are completely in love with him.

I tried uploading a little video I made today
but my internet connection is really slow.
You can hop over to my Flickr and watch it there
by clicking on this link

Swollen

2009-06-22T11:30:00.001-07:00

I had to temporarily say good-bye
to my little tabletop chest of drawers.
Some of the drawers swelled from the humidity
and I could no longer open them.
They went back to the shop to be re-adjusted.

I can hardy contain myself from the excitement
that our little puppy is arriving tomorrow!
Our heart is swollen with love.

My Dad

2009-06-20T09:15:00.000-07:00

My dad with his grandpa Abraham.

Being goofy with his baby cousin.
He still makes that same face :)

Looking groovy in the 70s.
My dad is the kinda guy that would wake up
to make my sister Karyn & me
chocolate oatmeal for breakfast
and pack our lunch for school with
little hidden love notes inside.
Happy Father's Day daddy,
I love you.

Finished Peacock Tree

2009-06-19T17:58:00.001-07:00

Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 9 x 12 inches
Click on the image to see it BIGGER

I love this stage, with just a couple of colors in.

Sometimes I'm just tempted to leave it like that.

But then I just go for it.

And Voila!
It will be available as a large print
in my shop next week.
I'm thinking of printing it on
Amate paper,
I need to make some tests this weekend.
I'll be back Sunday to celebrate my Dad :)

Kitchen counter

2009-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:00

Taken yesterday afternoon.
I have a new orchid & a little thyme plant
to keep me company.

Peacock Tree

2009-06-18T15:49:00.000-07:00

Peek at a new watercolor I'm working on.
I made the pencil drawing today.

I'll watercolor it later tonight.
I always feel a compulsion to paint
when it's raining outside,
the grayer the day the better.
What kind of day inspires you to paint?

Happy Radishes

2009-06-17T15:20:00.000-07:00

The radishes we had for lunch today were so cute
we almost didn't eat them.

Fly

2009-06-14T17:16:00.000-07:00

My bird escaped the collage & is exploring
new worlds...
Inspired by the beautiful work
by my friend Margie.
Click on it to see it bigger.

1994

2009-06-13T07:38:00.001-07:00

I found these photos I took of my desk in 1994
while browsing through an old photo album
this morning .

I used to love covering my desk with Kraft paper
and doodle all kinds of things on it.
That year it was a calendar.

I was completely in love with
a box of Prismacolor pencils
my dad had given me on my birthday.
It was around that time I discovered watercolors.
1994 was a great year.

June pages

2009-06-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Went with feathers for these pages of my journal.

I'm off to the movies to see
A Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
with Manolo and the boys.
Loved the first one.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Re-Use

2009-06-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Little collage I made this morning
re-using some of my discarded prints
& a birdie I drew on vellum with white acrylic ink.
Click on the image to see it BIGGER

Monday Monday

2009-06-08T09:46:00.000-07:00

So good to me :)

Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be.

The sun is shining, the birdies are singing
and I've got lots of painting to do today.

Happy Monday to you!

Moon

2009-06-04T19:30:00.000-07:00

Looking at the moon from my desk tonight and
listening to Ray Lamontagne's "Winter Birds"
over and over again :)