I am so excited to meet Rachel Ashwell at Round Top!
Thanks Kelley!
August 28, 2011
January 22, 2011
Taxes
My least favorite thing to do...Taxes!
My daughter has been on me to finish to get the FAFSA submitted...back to the grind!
images via We Heart It
French Macaroons
I'm in the kitchen today baking up some French Macaroons. I have been seeing these beauties in all the magazines lately and decided to give them a try.
All the recipes seem about the same on the web so I'm using Martha's for the first go around...thinking about making the chocolate version...YUM!
Wish me luck!
images via We Heart It
Artist Watch : Amy Ruppel
Amy Ruppel is a self-taught encaustic artist & photographer. I have always wanted to purchase one of her pieces, but never followed through.
Her encaustic pieces are created by using computer illustrated drawings layered into beeswax with etched drawings on top. Since the surface is smoothed with the flame of a propane torch, Amy Ruppel describes her process as “painting with scissors and fire instead of a brush.” These works represent snapped moments in time, captured and taken from one simple slice of a digital photograph, to create a field of pure and lucid color. Simple imagery of birds and nests are a recurring motif in this series.
Amy Ruppel is constantly exploring new ways to bring the digital realm into the hands-on world and is constantly reworking encaustic methods into fresh contemporary forms. Amy states, “To me, feeling the completion of a piece is like reaching that ethereal finish line, and you feel the way that you do when you see the ocean from the shore, or when you exit a matinee and squint into the sudden light, knowing all along it was there.” Which is very much how one feels when experiencing Amy Ruppel’s paintings.
Her encaustic pieces are created by using computer illustrated drawings layered into beeswax with etched drawings on top. Since the surface is smoothed with the flame of a propane torch, Amy Ruppel describes her process as “painting with scissors and fire instead of a brush.” These works represent snapped moments in time, captured and taken from one simple slice of a digital photograph, to create a field of pure and lucid color. Simple imagery of birds and nests are a recurring motif in this series.
Amy Ruppel is constantly exploring new ways to bring the digital realm into the hands-on world and is constantly reworking encaustic methods into fresh contemporary forms. Amy states, “To me, feeling the completion of a piece is like reaching that ethereal finish line, and you feel the way that you do when you see the ocean from the shore, or when you exit a matinee and squint into the sudden light, knowing all along it was there.” Which is very much how one feels when experiencing Amy Ruppel’s paintings.
January 21, 2011
Busy
Been super busy at work...arg!
I'm loving all the beautiful shades of purple right now...check these out!
Love the plush velvet sectional in a bold color!
A touch of purple on the bed makes me want to dive right in...
This armoire makes me want to paint something in a rich violet!
Adore these plum ikat chairs...need them!
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