Deep Time Threshold Arts Movement

I am pleased, nay, I am thrilled that I have been asked to be apart of the Deep Time Threshold Arts Movement!!

Please read more about it here.

I will let you know when my work is officially displayed on the website.

Happy Father's Day, dad!

My mother and father

My father and I, circa 1987

My father teaching me how to weld.

Summer 2007

Heads, send them...

I discovered this artist on Facebook, of all places. Karen Schmidt has been painting a portrait a day since January 2009 (from what I gather). They are 3" X 3" - so they are very small, but extremely interesting and their simplicity is breath-taking. Her website is sendmeyourhead.com. I plan on sending her my head, and I look forward to the results. Here are some of my favorites:

Ben 1/31/09

Junaidi 2/28/09

Kevin 2/24/09

Sarah 4/23/09

Catherine 3/26/09

Liem 3/30/09

Aren't they beautiful? You can also become a fan of Karen's on Facebook at Send Me Your Heads.

Friday Night Movie

Exactly that. Enjoy! :)

Friday Night Girls Night

T.G.I.F. WOMEN!!

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About two weeks ago, Lauren, Tonya and I established Friday night Girls night. Since then, Tonya and I have fulfilled the commitment, but Lauren hasn't. We are in the process of getting in touch with her for tonight. Ruby Tuesday's is our restaurant of choice, because of the drink specials - $5 cosmos, though I'm not sure how good of a deal that is. They sure do the trick though!

I could live on their Southwestern Spring Rolls - they are simply to die for. Their spinach artichoke dip is amazing too. But how hard is it really to combine spinach, artichoke hearts and cheese? I think my cousin Annie's spinach and artichoke casserole rivals theirs.

Is there any irony in going to Tuesday's on Fridays?

In my daily creative news....

I got a really good start on a "girly" apron for my mom's birthday. Even though her birthday was the 17th. (Sorry mom, Happy Birthday, though).

This is the bottom half. It is two different panels of floral fabric. The top is two panels of different colors too, but they aren't attached yet.

Note Morey on right :)

Gypsy Kisses

New jewelry! Meet Gypsy Kisses, my newest edition to JanaBailey.Etsy.com.

A beautiful necklace perfect for any day, with any outfit, be it a dress or jeans and t-shirt.

It includes unique glass beads from a bead boutique in northern Connecticut, as well as round faceted jet glass beads, stone bead chips Amber Hydrothermal glass, faceted rondell Peridot glass beads, dyed Jade orange beads, and Amber glass bicone crackle beads, South African beads (thank you, Ruthie)

The 26 inch necklace is secured around your neck with a skeleton pad lock and key toggle clasp.

So Check Her Out!! There are other goodies of mine on Etsy too!

I would also like to give a shout out to Chad Wys. Check out his Etsy page here. Or you could go directly to his website. Either way, look at his work. It is absolutely beautiful!! I am inspired by artists [painters] like him. I really admire that he isn't a painter first, and I'm really rather impressed that his roots seem to be in graphic design and photography. I am considering picking one of his paintings on Etsy for my personal collection....

The Rapunzle Necklace

I finished this necklace today. It will be available on JanaBailey.Etsy.com tomorrow for $78.00. I call it "The Rapunzel Necklace" because I have incorporated a braid into it.

Two sewn chiffon "ribbons" braided with a single strand of clear beads (pictured on left). Three stands on right: two clear, one maroon with a iridescent finish.

Fabric "floral" component, with blue glass "globe" bead.

Approximately 31 inches in length.

Copper-colored toggle clasp.

Big News!

  Hi Folks,

I officially have a grown-up bed!  For the past eight or nine months, I have been sleeping in a lofted bed.  And before that I slept on a small, uncomfortable couch.  Well, college is over, and it was time to upgrade.  Michael and I cut two feet off from the loft bed he and his friend Chris built in August.  I was also fed up with raw wood look, and painted it.  I am much happier with it, and so is Morey, he can actually jump up on it now!  I apologize about the poor quality pictures, they were taken with photo booth.

The new height of the bed.

Morey, pretending that he can't get up.

Morey and Michael.

Being a pup.

Thesis Weedend

I will update soon.  For now read this.  Poor Ruth.

Thesis Night

The Painters:  Jean, Lauren, Jes, Tonya, Jana, Meg, Cait

Progress

Untitled 3, detail

Cut & Sewn  

Sorry so small.

Untitled 4

crap

Today, my piece-of-shit PC ate my Thesis paper.  I had been working on it feverishly for 3 or 4 days, and it is due tomorrow.

The Thesis Process

It feels really good to be on my way.  I am only concerned about two things now; one, the space I'll be assigned, and two, writing my paper.

*** All paintings are in process, and all titles are temporary.***

Untitled No. 2, 59" X 49"

canvas drop cloth, latex house paint, acrylic paint

Untitled No. 2

Untitled No. 2, detail

Untitled No. 2, detail

Sewn & Cut, 47" x 40"

canvas drop cloth (cut and sewn), yellow cotton, latex house paint, acrylic paint

Cut & Sewn, detail

Untitled No. 1, 80" x 71"

muslin, latex house paint, acrylic paint

Untitled No. 1, detail

Untitled No. 1, detail, top

Untitled No. 1, detail, bottom

Untitled No. 3, 104" x 79"

canvas drop cloth, latex house paint, acrylic paint

Untitled No. 3

Untitled No. 3, detail

Untitled No. 3, progress

Larger Than Life

I am starting insanely large paintings; the largest being about 9'x5'.  There is nothing more exhilarating or powerful than creating one of these beings.  Not to mention the ultimate feeling of accomplishment.

I am feeling more draw to Mark Rothko than usual.  I think it is because of the size I am now working in, and he is probably my number one favorite abstract painter of almost all time.  This being said, my thoughts wander to the lack of women in the recent history of abstract painting.  Abbey joked about these men, Rothko, Motherwell, Newmann, Pollock, de Kooning, etc. making big work as an ego trip.  And who are we kidding?  Men do want to be the kings of their castles, and have a the biggest castle while they're at it.

Writing Thesis

So far this semester, I have had a debilitatingly extreme case of denial.  I am supposed to be graduating form Arcadia with my BFA in May.  Well, this is a recent development.  

I met with the Dean of Undergrads to talk about my missing Gen. Ed. requirements.  I got both waived, and she signed off on a petition to get my one "F" changed to a "WF" so that my G.P.A. isn't affected.  Needless to say, Monday was the best day of my life, and finally felt like I could start thinking about Thesis.

My rough draft was due on Tuesday.  An 8-page paper on Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" (Ms. Woolf's place setting pictured above) was also due that day, for Art History. Long story short, I know whole lot about "The Dinner Party" and I'm still sitting here "writing" my rough draft and watching 'pop goes the weasel' montages on America's Funniest Home Videos.

Any way, thesis is a most undesirable process, and I wish it to be over.  I don't know if I'll make it.  And I am deathly afraid of failing, but not in an academic fashion.

I just bought some tomato seeds and dress patterns on Etsy, so I'm sure much more procrastination will ensue. 

Here's to you, Tonya Adele.

A Few New

This painting is no longer in existence as it appears above.

Barbara

Susan