stuff is happening. here are some pictures to prove it.

okay...here goes...

last tuesday
setting up the show...



























wednesday...The Senior Fine Arts Show...





The artist himself, and me in painted form...





















this picture both amuses and frightens me. just...look at it for a minute...


Memorial for Jeff Pan...



Friday...the last of the capstone presentations...














(pictured above...tiffany, mollie, melissa, edan ((dressed as a pirate, of course))














afterwards, some frivolity at BJ's...




























and the elvish writing appeared on the edge of the glass...


frivolity after the frivolity...

































Saturday i helped my friend Robin at the Mission in San Juan. She, my other friend Eric and myself ran an art booth at a Cinco de Mayo festival for about 4 hours. watching kids create artwork is one of my favorite things in the world. Robin took pictures...i'll have to get some from her...
that evening i got to hang out with Ashlee and Tracy, and i got to sing in Pip's show. which was pretty rad.
Sunday was church...
Today i'm at school working on the Nick painting some more...
then tomorrow is my last final
then Wednesday we're going to Disneyland for Dad's birthday :)
Thursday will be celebration day for the seniors, with a Grad dinner, then a 50's themed party in the upper room at Hennessy's...
yadda yadda
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Lord please give me endurance...!
there is so much i could screw up...
but i guess that's just the way it is.



<3



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it's 22:21. do you know where your painting is...?

well...here's mine...sort of.
so, in 11.5 hours this needs to be finished. YES!! right this moment, Robin, Megan, Phil and his gf are in here working away. i just made some pizza, and we're listening, again, to some pretty nasty hip-hop. but at least it's keeping us energized.
i even recorded a new voice greeting on my phone and turned it off for the night.

i went to Trader Joes for provisions for the all-nighter...

and i already have battle-scars...

oops


back to workkk...

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whelmed-over II

yesterday i posted that a person i know at school was hospitalized. his name was Jeff Pan, and he died last night. he was a talented guy with many friends. he had just turned 21 a couple of weeks ago. Dad taught him twice.
Edan knew him...i wish there was something i could do to comfort him and it makes me ache. i didn't really know Jeff...he was in a completely different major than me...but i am still so stunned by this.
and other personal things going on...

i just rubbed out the face on my painting of nick...
i can't look at it. i wish i could walk away from it for a couple of days...
but i'm starting to panic because we are hanging the show tomorrow morning...yes...i said tomorrow morning...
and this painting still needs another solid week of work on it. i don't know what to do. i can't paint today.
my brain is not working.
only a miraculous surge of energy and ability from God is going to help me now...i won't be getting any sleep tonight.

again, prayers would be most appreciated for me and everyone around me. there is a lot more, but i always hesitate to get too personal on this blog (believe it or not). so i guess that's all...


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Capstone Tomorrow

colleen is very very not happy about talking in front of people.

my studio all cleaned up...



head drawing...

Tracey picking lemon-herb chicken flower bouquets...

a somewhat current photo of the Nick painting...bad color, etc...

i can't work on it anymore today...i'm just too frustrated!!! agh!

so tired. i think i'm going to drive back to my apt and eat soup and try not to worry about tomorrow...

before you go, you should really check this out...CLICK HERE! RIGHT HERE!!

and this...courtesy of Pip...


amazing.


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for now...

things are better.

here are some of my working progressions...again, i must repeat that the color in the photos looks terrible...

*NUDITY ALERT...*

watercolor on hot press

pastel on canson paper

oil on sanded canvas

the painting of Nick is coming along...

...and Ashlee is 97% finished!! i'm so excited! just some touches here and there before next Tuesday...


NEXT TUESDAY
I HAVE TO FINISH THESE BY NEXT TUESDAY

i can't believe things have gone so fast...

my friends and i just spent the last hour and a half cleaning up our studios for individual gallery interviews...

Friday is my Senior Capstone Oral Presentation...
Monday i'll be up all night...
then Tuesday we hang the show...
the show is a week from tomorrow...
then finals...
then Industry Open House...

oooooh goodness.




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