Handmade Holidays

Driftwood Christmas tree by Umi Baby

A beautiful treasure map dish by Kristina Ayala of Pufferfish Press

Jay and Duke and I went to Pacifica last weekend to attend a handmade goods holiday market and I love what we came home with.  And, both items are still available in their shops.  Happy Holidays to you!

Art for Surfers issue of Blue Magazine

There's my piece on page 55! Surfboards (left), mixed media on board

Bitchin' cover

I wish I could read Japanese!

I love this piece by Malibu surfer and artist Ned Evans

When I was asked to be featured in the Art for Surfers issue of Japan's Blue magazine, I was completely thrilled.  When the magazine arrived in the mail last week, I jumped for joy.  It is a gorgeous issue and I am honored to be included with so many great artists.   Arigatou Blue magazine! 

ありがとう

Blue mag's issue #38 is available for purchase on Amazon in Japan.

Pillar Point Birthday

The morning of my November birthday was spent on the coast.  I had the best bagel of my life at the hardware store in El Granada.  I highly recommend the "Low Card" - a toasted bagel with cream cheese, avocado, bacon and hot sauce.  Then we went to Pillar Point, which is where you can see Mavericks when it breaks.  I had a happy celebration with loved ones at my mom's house - each year I make the same request for pizza and my mom's cupcakes.  And to have a birthday card with little scribbles on it from Duke, well.  I sure do love being alive.

Guerilla Art Project

What is guerilla art?
Guerilla art, also known as "street art", is leaving art in public spaces for others to find and enjoy.

Intro:
For the past two months, I have been a mentor to two 8th grade students, Heydi Orozco and Robert Jimenez from Spark, a national non-profit whose mission is to provide life-changing apprenticeships to youth in underserved communities.  Robert and Heydi were assigned to me because they want to be artists.  We have been working on a guerrilla art project and each week we meet at my studio to discuss our inspirations, ideas, and make art.  Heydi and Robert are amazing, smart and talented kids who love learning and love making art.  Heydi is interested in Japanese culture, especially anime, manga and Japanese rock music.  Robert wants to paint with oils and learn to do landscapes.

Heydi and Robert have produced individual monotypes with the sole purpose of displaying and distributing their work for free in public spaces within our community. Our goals are 1) We want art to be accessible for everyone to enjoy and 2) that when you create something that you love and send it out into the world, good will come from it.   

The "Free Art" sticker on the front of each piece means we want you to own it, display it, or share it. Yes you can take it home and frame it! We hope you will be inspired in some way.

What you can do:
If you were lucky enough to discover Robert or Heydi's work in Redwood City or Palo Alto, please leave a comment telling us about it! 

If you have time, please send us a photo showing where your new artwork rests and I will repost it here.  Please send your photo to pineappleluv at gmail dot com.  When Robert and Heydi talk to me about what is most fulfilling about this project, they each say that they're excited about who may find their artwork. 

So thank you from the bottom of my heart for participating!