treasury

The lovely and very talented Sarah Giannobile included my work in an Etsy treasury. See it in more detail here.

// purple mountain by jfoxstudio // spirited two feather by sensitiveartist // chrysanthemum by atelierlachance // portrait of a soul by bluegrasshopper // sweet kit by wdrdesigns // little black flowers by gogokittenart // k91 by tincadesign // candy-land insense by misspompadour // original 11x14 drawing by thecircleofcircles // playful by watercolorpaper // the pier by paintpotsplus // jewel in the crown by folkartvision // custom home portrait by artbyjulieann // inspire up by lindadonohue // buchart gardens by jandezign // a view from 36 st. and 1st ave. in nyc by carolmanochioartshop //

vespas and icebergs

I love this blog by Shreve Stockton.  Read it from the beginning.  It's so good.

Jeremy Miranda... my current favorite artist.  His process, authenticity, imagination and his art inspires me.

Iceberg in February

Iceberg Study No.4

Iceberg Movie

A-Frame Greenhouse

Greenhouse Interior

Ocean Greenhouse

Life Raft

Library By The Sea

touch of grey

I'm sort of obsessed with grey.  Not only the color, but the spelling.  I prefer "grey" to "gray".  I am especially loving art and photography in greyscale right now.

untitled 30X24" acrylic by Amelia Layton

  

turkey feathers watercolor print by Amber Alexander

original grey, white & black circles watercolour painting by Sara Bee Illustration

"grey area" by me, Dana Grandbois

okay...

Lucy

peek

This is how my day is looking...

Happy Friday ☺

more? again?

It started snowing last night.  It feels alien.  It is officially spring, after all.  I've been out of the house in shorts.  I've had the windows open for a week.

So I said to God, "Lord, haven't we had enough snow?"

He said, "Nope."

don't forget

It is, like, totally cold in my house right now and my fingers are frozen and I am having trouble typing.  But I do have a little something to share.  I discovered a band called 'Smoke Fairies' this week.  They are rad and make for great art-making music or just turned-up-really-loud driving music.  Check them out here.

This past weekend was spent in Kansas City with my family celebrating my dad's birthday.  Good times.  And my nieces are both so much fun and so adorably gorgeous.  I love them so much (and yes, I do tend to use the word "so" a lot).  If you could only hear the way Raghen says "Aunt Dana".  It's awesome.

Peighton (the most sensitive little girl - which I love - with the biggest heart, who is obsessed with Transformers) and Raghen (who is currently loving jumping and likes to copy whatever big sissy is doing/saying)

  

And speaking of awesome, I came across this today...

Kerry Doyle / Super Swoon

Great advice and people everywhere will appreciate that about you.

the music never stopped

I can't wait to see this movie!

good stuff

My dad is back from India and he's feeling great.  His birthday is this Sunday. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!  I love you!

I donated a painting to the Omaha Domestic Violence Council for their annual awards luncheon and raffle.  It's the first agate I've painted and I think it turned out pretty great...

'Love Never Fails'

 Spring is here!  HAAAAA-LLELUJA!  HALLELUJAH!  HALLELUJAH!

And I can't stop listening to the new Radiohead.  So so so good!  This song is my fave.  Such a killer beat.

Oh, and be sure to look up on Saturday evening to see the super moon!

Yay for the weekend!

sigh

I started out my week in a pretty good state of mind but as the days went by my mood started to dwindle and now I'm feeling a little bummed out.

Right now my dad is traveling in India and is really sick which makes me sad.  Then there's the news of the devastating earthquake/tsunami in Japan.  Very sad.  And, although this is not really very important, there's a particular album out now of some very beautiful music, but after I really listened to the words I found that they were singing something that just goes against what I believe and now I can't, in good conscience, listen to their music anymore.  Sad and total bummer.

I don't even know why exactly I'm writing this blog post now.  Am I trying to bring everybody down?  Not intentionally.  I guess I am just venting.  Sorry. 

Not everything has been a complete downer this week.

There's this video (sorry about the commercial) that I love because she has an amazing voice - but mostly I think I like her because she looks just like my beautiful friend, Jyme, who I miss very much.

Then there's this video.  Thom, you are so wonderfully strange.  

This painting I love so much.  I wanted to buy it but unfortunately funds are tight right now.  Still, it is so lovely and it reminds me of where I used to live in California, see...

And finally, this quote, which Jen of Swallowfield digitally enhanced.

Ok.  I'm going to go paint now.

happy friday.

no no no, Cat Power, I love you

Le coeur de Cat Power, by Simon Grossi.

sunshine, fleet foxes and painting

The title says it all.  That's my day today.