lesson of the day

sensei says: don't be stingy.

plein air scare

outdoors is covered in bugs

birthday bender buffer

birthday week ends with a scheduled hangover day for naps and netflix.

iz brilliant.

we all scream!

for I SCREAM CAKE!

show me burlesque

mae west and green fairies and fire and evil hate monkeys and aerialists and shriners and midgets and jingle bell g-strings and fiddling and sparkles and boozin and strongmen and tassels and bacon cupcakes and carney games and bling and hootin and hollerin...and tits. and ass.

birthday week is tits

and sparkles!
and more tits!

birthday week show business

the early show ain't nothing like the late show

birthday week pedis

luxe livin!

birthday week burlesque

a year ago dr jen walked across the stage at the sheldon in a velvet cap and gown and some hot heels.
this year rose royce walked across the stage at the sheldon in those same hot heels. different gown tho.

first stop: hoagie city for pancakes!

painting is not good for socializing

i forget how to stop thinking.

painting is good for my brain

i forgot what it was like to be thinking all day.

phone date with jess

7pm is a pretty ambitious hour

problem #2

plein air potty options are evil and scary.
i suffer for my art.

step one

the first step in plein air painting is a step outside.
it's harder than it seems. for starters, most of april was in the 40s.

like a sensei

makin it look easy. 
michaelnearyart.com

la vie d'un artiste

so i've got a new full time job.
learning plein air painting from mike, the legit artist.
there's no pay. no coffee in the breakroom. no high heels and happy hours. no gchatting. and it's pretty hard.

i'm finally getting to do what i wanted to do when i grew up.

cinco de mayo: late night

crowds hailing taxis and EMTs.

cinco de mayo: off to a good start

chicks passed out in the middle of wash ave like it ain't no thang

end of the line

by the time it was over i was getting drunk with velcroboy, getting harassed by blues fans, and getting over working this hard

this is ARTwalk

• drawing group at Lola
• hot jams on the front stage
• a fan buying me shloada drinks

under the marquee with a bottle of bubbs

now showing:
ARTwalk

mid-day crisis

no time left to get my own art up

foundations in failure

learning hard lessons in "the show must go on"

it's show time!

artwalk starts here

the story of artwalk

at the brink of failure the cavalry arrived!