09-05-12. Our wedding invitation.

09-04-12. A swamp.

09-03-12. The transportation system that Indianapolis ought to have...

09-02-12. A baby monster.

09-01-12. The TI-85 calculator that I've owned since I was in high school.

08-31-12. A spelunker (really, a caver) in the Philippines.

08-30-12. Me in my wedding dress on our wedding day, April 18, 2010.

08-29-12. Harold on a beach in Maui during our honeymoon in 2010.

08-28-12. The Rift sofa by Patricia Urquiola, inspired by tectonic plates.

Tiber Tiger (36)

"Tiber Tiger (36)", oil on canvas, 24x24 in. (61x61cm). For sale on eBay.

This painting is about the Tiber and other European rivers. The main color is "Tiber Green" (#36 in Naomi Kuno's Colorscape book). Near the top of the painting I have included a Twitter post which mentioned the Tiber. Near the bottom is a Facebook post which mentioned the Garonne Canal in France. Though they are unrelated, they seem to be in conversation with each other. They each were posted by people who are strangers to me sometime during August 2012 while I was working on this painting. The background of the painting is loosely based on a photograph of the Tiber which I found on Flickr. Squares of Tiber Green and various semi-recognizable objects, including a tiger's head, float in the foreground of the painting. My goal was to create a space that expresses the Tiber Green color, that includes some of the things that the internet told me when I searched for "tiber", and which includes some of the random side thoughts that can occur during a web search. 

08-27-12. Katamari Damacy, my favorite video game.

08-26-12. RIP, Luna, our cat.

08-25-12. Our decorative bottle of maple syrup.

08-24-12. Max is too young for a sippy cup.

08-23-12. An ink pot.

08-22-12. Parasol.

08-21-12. "Bee", a 2011 sculpture by Will Ryman.

08-20-12. A sand dollar.

08-19-12. A can of beans from our pantry.

08-18-12. Four generations of Reeds.

08-17-12. A tarantula.

08-16-12. Capes.

08-15-12. Prescription medication.

08-14-12. Canadian maple leaf cookies from Trader Joe's.

08-13-12. The Abominable Snow Man.

08-12-12. Wise babies: Maxwell now and Clara in 2010.

08-11-12. ERMAHGERD PERPEYES.

08-10-12. A three-toed sloth.

08-09-12. "Wheelbarrow", a sculpture by Corin Johnson.

08-08-12. "Portal", a 2006 sculpture by John Reeves.

08-07-12. Maxwell is one month old today.

08-06-12. A hobo.

08-05-12. "Help!", a Beatles song.

08-04-12. One of my old award certificates.

08-03-12. I love getting a pomegranate in Fruit Ninja...

08-02-12. A shoulder shrug.

08-01-12. I haven't worn my rain boots in a long time because it's so dry.

07-31-12. A starfish.

07-30-12. A crash-test dummy.

07-29-12. "1000 Plateaus, Molecule", a 1999 sculpture by John Corbin.

07-28-12. "Windmill", a 1998 sculpture by Liz Craft.

07-27-12. Virginia Woolf.

07-26-12. One of my rulers.

07-25-12. Young man with a harmonica in Memphis.

Cherry Pop (530)

"Cherry Pop (530)", oil on canvas, 18x24".

For sale on Etsy.

This painting is centered around the "Cherry Pop" color (#530 in Naomi Kuno's Colorscape book). I started with the search term "cherry", which the search engines linked to walnut and oak. Nearly recognizable objects that I found on the web are scattered around on the canvas, but the overall effect is somewhat abstract. I gave birth to my first son in the middle of the time I spent working on this painting, so it's possible that some of the turbulence and excitement of my life at this time is reflected in the artwork.

07-24-12. Lava lamp.

07-23-12. "2x4 Landscape", a 2006 sculpture by Maya Lin.

07-22-12. Michael Jackson behind the scenes for the "Thriller" video.

07-21-12. One of Andy Warhol's Mao propaganda posters.

07-20-12. A tractor sculpture by Charles Ray.