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Category Archives: art show

we interrupt this Diversity in Ya program…

hello lovely readers! just a poke in to say that
i’ve extended the Fury meets Mad Men contest because:
1. i didn’t get enough entries. wah!
2. i also didn’t publicize it as well as i should have, having
been on tour for most of may.
3. i’d like to have the contest coincide with a summer reading
challenge malinda and [...]

oriole among blossoms

yay lovely blog readers!
last night, i painted an oriole among blossoms.
it’s the first painting i’ve done in a long time
worth framing, mainly because i’ve been working
for months on my chapter decorations for Fury.
this was my second attempt for the night. which is
very good–as sometimes, i can make a dozen
attempts or more over multiple painting classes [...]

a painting and a poem

i gift my brush painting teacher an amaryllis each
year. this year, i had chosen one that was a deep
rich crimson. this is my attempt at its portrait. =)
i used the same one and a half shuen paper i had
used for blobby cat with quasi-disastrous results.
the flower blobbed out more than i wanted in much
of the [...]

art show 2010

it would appear that everything in my life
is happening All at Once. i’m eyeball deep
in first round of edits for The Sequel, which
will be released in early 2011! i’m very very
excited to be leaping back into the novel–which
i love–to be working with fantabulous editor
again to improve it. (nevermind when i first
received my global notes and [...]

art show!

all san diegans are cordially invited to the
chinese brush painting society’s art show.
i can’t believe it’s just next week–i’m very
excited, especially since i’ll be selling my cards
for the first time this year. they have been well
received and i hope people enjoy them!
i finished The Glass of Time, which i enjoyed,
but didn’t find as compelling as [...]