SUGAR RUSH

I NEVER HAVE LIKED COTTON CANDY. IT'S WAAAAY TOO SUGARY FOR ME. I LOVE THE IMAGE IT CONJURES UP THOUGH. LIGHT, FUN, BRIGHT COLORED, YOUNG, SWEET, INDULGENT. MOSTLY I LIKE HOW PIIIIINK IT IS! NOTHING THAT NEON PINK CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU. SO OF COURSE I PAIRED IT WITH A TWEE CHANEL SUIT AND THE ULTIMATE FASHION ACCESSORY, A CIGGIE! 'CAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING COOL, IT'S ALL ABOUT SMOKING, KIDS!

SUGAR, NICOTINE AND CHANEL, ALL THE MAKING OF SOME SERIOUS FASHION INDULGENCE!

UNDER THE (double) C

I HAD THE IDEA FOR THIS PIECE WHEN I HAD THE SPEND THE NITE IN A TORONTO AIRPORT ON MY WAY BACK FROM LONDON! THERE WAS NO WHERE TO SLEEP OR SIT OR ANYTHING, SO I JUST SAT UP DOODLING ALL NITE LONG. NOTE TO CANADIAN AIRPORTS: GET SOME FREAKIN' BENCHES!

I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY MUCH "LITTLE GIRL": THE COLOR PALETTE, HOW YOUNG GIRLS ALWAYS WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR PRINCESS OR A PONY OR SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT, THE ANIMAL FRIENDS, THE HIGH FASHION FANTASY. YOU GET THE POINT. I HAD REAL FUN COLORING THIS ONE IN AS WELL. I LIKE NOT HOLDING BACK ON HOW LOUD AND TACKY YOU CAN MAKE THE COLORS ON AN IMAGE.

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GIMMIE CHANEL!!!

IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008 I WAS ASKED TO DO A SMALL ART SHOW FOR THE 'GIMMIE! COFFEE' COFFEE HOUSE ON MOTT ST. HERE IN SOHO NYC. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO GET THE CHANCE TO SHOW MY WORK IN SUCH A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND CREATED NINE NEW PIECES FOR THE EXHIBIT. I TOOK THE THEMES OF COFFEE AND FASHION (TWO THINGS I LOVE!) AND MIXED THEM TOGETHER. ALL OF THE PIECES ARE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND FRAMED IN DIFFERENT BLACK FRAMES.

I WANTED TO PICK SOME ICONIC LOOKS FROM FASHION DESIGNERS TO MIX WITH THE COFFEE IMAGERY. THE 1ST ONE SHOWN HERE IS MY ODE TO CHANEL. OUR GIRL WEARS A CHANEL TWEED SHORT-SET WITH QUILTED CHANEL BAG AND MATCHING TWEED SAILOR HAT. I EVEN PUT A LIL' BOTTLE OF CHANEL No. 5 PERFUME AT HER FEET. SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DRINKING A GIANT FRAPPICHINO BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK IT'S A SLURPEE. I LOVE A SLURPEE ON A HOT DAY SO I'M OK WITH THAT!

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CO CO A GO GO

I HAVE BEEN SO VERY BUSY LATELY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANY NEW ART WORK OR UPDATE MY WEBSITE! I TOOK A VACATION TO VISIT MY FRIENDS IN LONDON AND THEN HAD TO MOVE HOUSE RIGHT WHEN I GOT BACK. THE GOOD PART ABOUT THAT IS THAT NOW I HAVE MY OWN STUDIO IN MY HOUSE! CAN'T WAIT TO START USING IT.

I AM ALSO WORKING ON A MINI EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER HERE IN NEW YORK! MORE DETAILS ON THAT AS I GET FINISHED WITH IT.

IN THE MEAN TIME, HERE IS A QUICKIE PIC I DID OF A CHANEL SHOE AND A CHANEL No.5 PERFUME BOTTLE. AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, I AM NOT MUCH OF A CHANEL FAN, PER SAY, BUT I LOVE ALL THE ICONIC QUALITY'S INHERENT IN THE BRAND. THE No.5 BOTTLE IN A PARTICULAR FAV OF MINE.

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LITTLE BLACK DOTS

THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS WAS SIMPLY THAT I SAW THIS CHANEL DRESS IN VOGUE AND IT REMINDED ME OF A DOMINO, SO I DREW A GIRL WEARING THE DRESS AND HOLDING A DOMINO. SIMPLE AS THAT.

I THINK KARL LAGERFELD USUALLY DOES A PRETTY SKETCHY JOB AT CHANEL (just my personal opinion folks) SO IT'S VERY RARE THAT I TAKE A FANCY TO ANYTHING CHANEL NOW-A-DAYS. SOME OF THE OLDER PIECES PRE-KARL ARE GREAT THOUGH! I GUESS U CAN CALL ME A CHANEL PURIST.


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