lemon grove, the kit

this is one of the images i have been developing for a kit to learn basics about the paintover. what do you think?

rosie - mid-dive......

my daughter rosie has a great starting dive. she looks like she can fly like superman (er, woman).
well, she did a start like this 2 nights ago in practice and pulled her calf muscle. we just got back from the chiropractor. looks like she will be OK though. just needs some minerals and a bit of therapy.

she has a 3 day meet this weekend. too bad she is injured - it is the last meet before she ages up.

lemon grove, 1953

another version of the painting of lemon grove - it's from the same image as the previous post below.

early atomic age, 1950's

"lemon grove" this is the painting that took second place in the recent san diego county regional show at escondido arts partnership. it's moderately sized at 30" x 30". thats a good size, especially compared to my published work which is generally 8" x 10" or so.
the image is from my family album. it's of my mom and brother in 1952 in a town (now a city) called lemon grove, CA. the home of the giant lemon (in background here). also dennis hopper's hometown. in fact dennis' mom, marge, and my mom, ruby, were best friends, especially later in life...until my mom died suddenly of heart failure in 1992.
we all went to the same methodist church. in the 1980's i was living in england when marge and her husband, jay were visiting. she called me from her hotel to arrange meeting for dinner the next evening. sadly, however, she called that morning and said she was sorry but they needed to go back to the states ASAP, jay was feeling ill. that week he died. i felt so so sorry for them. but he had wanted to see england and they had done that. at least. it was very upsetting to our family let alone to her and i assume dennis. it was very unexpected. marge and my mom loved to go antiquing together. she often visited or even "sat" my mom's antique shop in lemon grove. they had a lot in common. for one thing, both marge and my mom were very energetic, happy women in their 70's.

automatic painting -

or some call it, "stream of consciousness" painting.

paint by allowing your hand sprawl across your page. do it without hesitation or intention. allow your "spirit" to guide you, and you allow your spirit to do its work for you.
so relax, you aren't in that much control anyway - just enjoy it.
what do you need to control anyway? nothing. yeah, that's right.

sound hard? then you are probably the person who needs to take my automatic painting class this wednesday (starts at noon) - what? you have the day off work so come on give yourself a treat. only $30. at the stamp addict (san diego, CA) (619) 667-5060 (see my sidebar)

great gift idea: one of a kind - and published!

i created these 5, 60's girl ads shabby chic dish towels for the publication somerset studio home, 2009. i have decided to sell them. the towels (signed) are $30.00 each or all 5 for $140.00, plus s & h, tax. the (autographed) publication is also for sale. $14.99 (same price as anywhere), s & h.
at my etsy store. www.pimpmyart.etsy.com

just added.

bob dylan and friends...

all along the watchtower....this pic of a painting that sold in 2006 is posted for my new follower lille diane-- who is a woodstock hippy.
ah, too bad it doesn't show up better than this. sorry the painting was created from one of the images found in this video - it had dylan, mcclure and ginsberg together.

enjoy.

automatic painting workshop.....only $30...

i will be conducting a workshop on automatic painting this coming wednesday, nov. 11, noon to 3 at the stamp addict, 7151 el cajon blvd., suite k, san diego, CA 92115. (619) 667-5060. www.thestampaddict.com i will also have the current Somerset Studio magazines with me to autograph.

for this class we will prepare the brown paper bags with a dark color, i used burnt umber for mine. while these dry i will demonstrate my method. once they papers are dry i will try to get the participants in a somewhat relaxed and meditative state ( i will have props like chocolate, wine and soft music). the participants will have many tries at creating these images. once dried again, we look for "beings" to embellish or to use as a background for journaling pages, or just hanging on a studio wall.

here's my daughter rosie....

she is standing in front of my tiny garden. yeah, i am pitiful as a gardener. not even a gardener at all, actually.

but rosie is growing up nicely. her birthday is coming up on the 19th. she will be 15. she says she doesn't want a party - but she would like a sweet sixteen party next year. i'm not sure what that would be. i'm sure she will let me know.

rosie's news: she got a 3 foot tall trophy at her swim team awards banquet on sunday night for being the team's top competitor. she was not surprised. she came near getting it twice before her coach said. and i know that is true. she also got an award for being the most serious swimmer on the team. she wasn't sure she liked that - she wondered if it meant she was always frowning or what. i think he only meant she is serious about competing.

she is very happy with her team members - the little team community. it is a small swim team, only about 30 swimmers - most of them little kids. but the teenagers, for the most part have grown up together. its such a good and wholesome sport. she works out 2 hours a day, 5 days a week with only a handful of days off a year. she has been swimming on the team since she was 6 years old. that's impressive, i think.

her coach has made quite an imprint on her. he also coached my older kids, but for many reasons they didn't stay at it as long as rosie. my daughter brooke didn't stay swimming because i couldn't take her after my husband died -i was working overload, so it was not her fault. she still likes to swim and loves to exercise. brooke runs everyday and works out lifting weights. she looks spectacular. as for my son who now lives in buffalo, NY. i doubt he sees the inside of a pool there. i will ask him just for the heck of it.

announcement: my new website

http://www.lisabebi.com. the live link is to the right in the sidebar. over time i will be adding more of my larger canvases - my fine art, for sell there.

it's a lot of work getting a website up plus the etsy shop. i have so much to share, its just a matter of organizing. ugh! something i was born without - the organization link. it my missing link. fortunately, i have very patient people helping me.

my old website www.lisabebiart.com is still up, but it is only a display or vanity website. my new website has a shopping cart. eventually i will streamline things so that i won't have a ton of URLs attached to my name.

meanwhile, i have been suffering with the stomach flu - yeah, i did have my seasonal flu shot - a couple of weeks ago. maybe its not the flu - it could be a bad gut from being on too many antibiotics lately. that's possible. so i am on an aggressive yogurt diet. ugh!

at home i have been putting together more fodder boxes for sale. i am really enjoying this. putting together little surprise boxes full of beloved bits from my studio, stuff i wanted to finish but ran out of time, etc. all good stuff; stuff i overbought. er, lots of stuff i shouldn't have bought but did anyway. couldn't resist. lots of vintage papers, books, stamps, stickers, random fabric bits, buttons, findings, beads, canvases, craft making stuff, fun elements, embellishments, scrap book matching papers, handmade papers, ATCs.

i need the room in my studio to work. christmas is coming up. time to make gifts.

also, i have plenty of half finished paintings, i am selling them for cheap, encouraging the buyer to finish them and calling it a collaborative with me. i will sign it before i mail it out. the owner has the option of using it as a collab with me or using it for their own purposes like put it in a journal or whatever, they can photocopy it and practice paintovers.

on etsy i also have for sell some pieces i call "quick paintover"s. that's what they are; one of a kind paintovers on magazine paper, ready to be scanned or framed, again, whatever. i sell them for just $2o.00 each. i think that's a great buy for original art. or you can buy the half finished one for only $2.20.

i am going to be selling things that have appeared in my articles for somerset studios too. i will start to place them up on the site by the end of the week.

i realize it has been a while since i have written about something other than my various art enterprises. my next blog entry will be about my family - i promise.