s a d . d a y

It's been a tough week for me. Last weekend I wrote my FINAL final exams, handed in my last essays, and that was that...Earlier this week I cleaned out my studio, took home my furniture, paints, paper, mementos etc and essentially said goodbye to what has been my second home for the past eight months. I packed up, turned in my key, took some photos and said goodbye.

It's funny because, for as long as I can remember, I'd been fantasizing about this time. Practically since my first year of university I had been dreaming about the day that I would finish school, gleefully awaiting the end of my academic life and all the pressures that went along with it. I didn't see university as"the best years of my life"...it was just something that I had to do, something standing in the way of the real life I would lead on the other side.

I dreamt about the end for four years but somehow it snuck up on me; and to my surprise, I wasn't ready to say goodbye. Leaving that studio was like breaking up with a boyfriend; it was a safe haven, a meeting point, a home away from home that connected me to the rest of the world in a way that hurts very much to lose.

Goodbye blue sky...

goodbye studio, goodbye school...

I'm adrift again.

c l a r a

Oh ladies...so close but, going to take a break with these for a while. Faces and composition are done...pattern time!

a l i c e

b u t t e r c u p

Oh these paintings...I have to say, I love process photos but these seem like too much even for me. So, I'm happy to say they're basically over. This series is done(ish). Clap clap.

e m i l y

WIP Acrylic on Canvas. After her.

a l i c e

WIP Acrylic on Canvas.

f e r n

WIP Acrylic on canvas. I have 2 essays to burn through and then I'll be spending the remainder of the weekend in my studio, painting myself into a coma. Can't wait! (and that's genuine!)

y e s

So YES was a huge, fantastic success! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to share the evening with us. Also thanks to Marta Ryczko for taking these pictures :)

s t i c k y

Some little experimental, hand-drawn stickers. Quite fun, I think I might make some more, but with proper materials!

b u t t e r c u p

Today was full of fixing and do-overs. WIP Acrylic on Canvas, continuing from here.

f u n e r a l . g i r l

The beginning of the painted version of this lovely lady.

Acrylic on Canvas.

c l a r a

After her.

e m i l y

There just wasn't something right about this girl.

The next step, looking better I think:

i n s i d e . l u c i e

Another paint-over...and it's going to be painted over itself I reckon.

a b d u c t i o n

An oldie, but definety in the same stream that I'd like to be swimming again in soon. Hades & Persephone, number one in a three part (as of right now) series that I did for the From Beneath show back in December.

Marker on paper.

i . a m . a . l i g h t h o u s e

I like drawing on yellow paper, it makes everything look antique. Athena, Aegis and all.

p r o g r e s s

Almost there, can't wait for something new!

b l u e

Cutouts n' fabric.

m y . s p o t t y . c o m p l e x i o n

Marker on Paper.

p o n y . g i r l

It's been a crazy past few days, it'll be a crazy few to come.

Markers on paper.