Rhamphorhynchus Power

Above is a beautiful little piece Camille Rose Garcia did to benefit a wildlife trust in conjunction with Roc La Rue Gallery; makes me think that Rice Power should do some conservation work (original article and adorable picture of baby elephant here.)

Speaking of conservation, I'm totally fascinated with extinct animals, and drew a sketch of possibly the cutest archeopteryx ever?

This current obsession has been making me think of my paintings kind of as excavation sites, which I enjoy -- here's a small one I did recently.

An infrequent, fleeting update.

Up north, we missed the tornadoes and had a lovely day here yesterday. During the hailstorm, I watched the entirety of The Bad Seed on youtube (which is still hilarious after all these years -- Amber, let's watch it) and afterward, it was wonderful to take a couple pictures of my hometown.

I've been missing the sun a little but it's okay because it's now cool enough (and I actually have the time) to BAKE eeeeei! I think I will make a whole collection of Dog ate Dan's new heart desserts to test out snacks for Rice Power's first opening.

I'm not sure why I chose to update, but I'm painting again so I'll probably put some stuff on here soon! I feel like I've been waiting forever for this. Of course I've been a little unproductive but it's time to just buckle down and paint and draw and sew and make silly little furry books with angry mouths. And also plan a couple trips to Boulder and try to have a fantastic summer. Because aldkfajdlfj I'm not working. IN SHORT, EVERYTHING IS MAGIC.

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I've been making a lot of new stuff lately: masks, big huggable animal pillows, paper quilts, dioramas, and more, including an in-progress interactive computer program even though I know absolutely nothing about programing. I'm very connected to the creatures I create and need to have them in the real world outside the canvas somehow; Evan suggested I learn flash and make a cartoon which I think I will do, or at least a book of silly comics while I'm learning.

This is Clancy the Cuddlefish, my new best friend.

things.

As usual, I've been watching a lot of movies lately but recently I've been seeing a lot of good movies which is quite rare, including the Swedish vampire movie (and I am not a vampire fan) Let the Right One In. Everyone should go see it and I am actually thinking about making it my first movie purchase ever because I just want to look at it's prettiness all day.
Songs From the Second Floor is another unbelievably pretty Swedish movie that is basically amazing. I plan to watch every one of these.
Until then, I'm super excited for some more bad movie-ing this Valentine's. I haven't checked with Evan but I think he'll be alright with celebrating by way of the Friday the 13th remake, or watching Tremors and making me stay awake, or WILD ZERO!!!!!!, or all three Resident Evils, or all of the above because I am a super romantic..... if you're reading this, Gummibear, let me know how you also feel about flashlight tag, Funfetti, and being silly.



I've also been looking at pretty things and thinking about what is really important in the vast scheme of things. Any pretty or enjoyable little things anyone can recommend would be appreciated.

I am so happy; you know you're lucky when you're contemplating going to Paris... hopefully soon I will be in place of this little A.