j.k. lee

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Kindergarten

Ethan has been at kindergarten for a whole week now. He chose a pink shirt, brought an apple for his teacher, and gave his feather to a little boy who asked. And that was just the first day!

Monday, August 27, 2007

Take two

Sometimes-- actually quite often-- with commission pieces it takes two or three tries before I have something that makes both the client and me happy. Here's the beginnings of a second stab at Seventh Siren.

The woman on the bird will be flying into a framed image of the night sky over an ocean toward a star.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

What to do on a lunch break

So, on my lunch break I Googled myself. I know. I'm sad. But actually it's a relatively difficult chore, there being eighty-bazillion "Janet Lee"s or "J. K. Lee"s, but I did manage to find this:http://style.nashvillecityblogs.com/?cat=26

How cool is that?

Ok, well, I know that it isn't like the whole article is about me, but still...

Thursday, August 16, 2007

More firsts!

So, I tried block printing last night. No training. Minimal reading of "how-to's". Just picked up my carving tools and went to town.

By the way: if you're holding the carving knife upside down, it's easier to gouge your finger. Just letting you know!

But, considering I carved half the darn thing with the tool upside down and considering I had no idea what I was doing, I don't think it sucks...

Trying block number two tonight. Wish me luck!

Labels: seventh siren

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Seventh Siren

Portrait of a work in progress. I met Virginia Evans through MySpace and later around the 'hood. We bonded over a failed sock monkey attack. She asked me to try my hand at an album cover. Here's my first pass. We'll see whether I'm on the right track and capturing the essence of the Seventh Siren. I still need to paint a floundering ship in the distance and I bought some mulberry paper, planning to make block prints of wings and decoupage them around the borders.

Cross fingers!

The song sounds lovely, BTW. Check out Virginia and her music at http://www.myspace.com/virginiaevans.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Tomato Post Mortem

The dust has settled. The tomatoes are all back in their beds. And what have we learned?

Sock Monkeys and Gnomes make excellent Tomato art! I sold all three of my solo pieces, and Motke and I sold the inside gnome/salad piece on opening day!

I really should ask more questions! Our outdoor piece was too heavy and not built properly to withstand outdoor life. It's inside the front window at A&I. Sorry everybody!

For Ethan more is always more! Note the giant tomato on his face. His idea!

Few pictures of the day. I look terrible, but it was 100 degrees, I'd been outside for hours, and my mom was taking the photo. 'Nuff said.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

August 11-- Tomato Day-- and beyond...

Today is the Tomato Art Festival! If you have any free time at all today, come on over. TONS of fun!

Finished with the Tomatoes? Bop over to Plowhaus for the "Bowhaus at Plowhaus" show. I curated it, and it's wonderful if I do say so myself!

Tomorrow is CRAFT. Made the Scene Critic's Pick and mention in the Tennessean. Check it out:
http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Our_Critics_Picks/2007/08/09/Our_Critics_Picks/

Tennesseanhttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708080357

east nashville calendarhttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708080355

And get your butt out of the house today. You live in Nashville, for heaven's sake. A little heat won't kill you (as long as you take the proper precautions!)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Countdown to the weekend

This is going to be a fun-filled week! Make sure you're part of it too. Let's start with Wednesday, Thursday and Friday:

Wednesday:

Nashville's 48-hour Film Festival: showings at Bellcourt.

Thursday:

Children's Tomato Art Show 2007
Presented by:Plowhaus Artist Co-Op. In conjunction withYMCA School Age Services and artEMBRACE. Prize baskets donated by CRAFT - a creative communityAn opportunity for children ages 3-13 to create tomato (and otherfruits/veggies) art and exhibit at the YMCA! A surprise judge will beawarding ribbons and prizes at 4p.m. on August 11th . Opening reception will be held Thursday, August 9th, 2007, 5-8pm.

Photomato (which I *always* want to call "Photomater"!)
Historic East Nashville's exchange gallery hosts the second annual Photomato in conjunction with the East Nashville Tomato Art Festival! Opening Reception (& unofficial start of the Festival): Thursday, August 9th from 6-9 pm.

Film Festival: awards given Thursday!

Friday:

Tomato Art Preview Party

A special evening for those who just can't wait to get a look at all that Tomato Art! This year, East Nashville's own Eastland Cafe will be providing tasty tomato treats and we can't wait to see what they dream up! Tom Laffey will be serving his famous 19th Hole Bloody Marys and music will be provided by American Songwriter Magazine!

How does it get any better than that? Well, to make the party even more magical, two round-trip airline tickets from Southwest Airlines will be given away along with other wonderful sur-PRIZES!

Space is limited! Make your reservations today!

Time: 6:30pm-9:30p.m.Cost: $30/personLocation: Art & Invention Gallery, 1106 Woodland StreetPhone: 615.226.2070E-mail: meg@artandinvention.com

That doesn't even touch Saturday and Sunday! More on that later...

Saturday, August 4, 2007

'Maters and Stuff

Where have I been? Busily painting pieces for the 2007 Tomato Art Festival right here in 'lil old Nashville. Check me out in the section for Tomato Alley Artists: http://www.tomatoartfest.com/alleygallery.html!

Labels: Tomato Art Festival

Something New
Kindergarten
Take two
What to do on a lunch break
More firsts!
Seventh Siren
Tomato Post Mortem
August 11-- Tomato Day-- and beyond...
Countdown to the weekend
'Maters and Stuff
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007