Weekend in Hudson NY for third Annual Ramp Fest. 20 chefs showing off what they can do with this first edible sign of Spring foraged in the woods of the Hudson Valley and elsewhere. The Fest is held annually at the Basilica, a cool old warehouse turned event center. Hudson revolves around Warren Street and for good reason. Over a mile long, Warren Street is filled with art galleries, antiques shops, gourmet markets and restaurants.
Go here to read newest restaurant Fish and Game's owner/chef Zak Pellaccio's picks for best of Hudson.
goodbye winter....welcome back blue skies.....and blossoms
Stencil I made for cloth bags for annual easter egg hunt and Easter gathering this weekend. Sometimes its just the little things..... Have a wonderful weekend!
Margaret Margaret Kilgallen was born in 1967 in Washington, DC, and received her BA in printmaking from Colorado College in 1989. Early experiences as a librarian and bookbinder contributed to her encyclopedic knowledge of signs, drawn from American folk tradition, printmaking, and letterpress. Kilgallen had a love of “things that show the evidence of the human hand.” Painting directly on the wall, Kilgallen created room-size murals that recall a time when personal craft and handmade signs were the dominant aesthetic. Strong, independent women—walking, surfing, fighting, and biking—are featured prominently in the artist’s compositions. Her work has been shown at Deitch Projects and the Drawing Room in New York, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Luggage Store in San Francisco, Forum for Contemporary Art in St. Louis, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Kilgallen’s work was presented at UCLA Hammer Museum. She died in June 2001 in San Francisco, where she lived with her husband, Barry McGee. (source:http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/margaret-kilgallen) You can read more about her here.
Barry McGee is a lauded and much-respected cult figure in a bi-coastal subculture that comprises skaters, graffiti artists, and West Coast surfers, Barry McGee was born in 1966 in California, where he continues to live and work. In 1991, he received a BFA in painting and printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. His drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations take their inspiration from contemporary urban culture, incorporating elements such as empty liquor bottles and spray-paint cans, tagged signs, wrenches, and scrap wood or metal. McGee is also a graffiti artist, working on the streets of America’s cities since the 1980s, where he is known by the tag name “Twist.” He views graffiti as a vital method of communication, one that keeps him in touch with a larger, more diverse audience than can be reached through the traditional spaces of a gallery or museum. His trademark icon, a male caricature with sagging eyes and a bemused expression, recalls the homeless people and transients who call the streets their home. McGee says, “Compelling art, to me, is a name carved into a tree.” His work has been shown at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and on streets and trains all over the United States. He and his daughter, Asha, live in San Francisco. He recently had a mid-career retrospective. (source http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/barry-mcgee
Had a chance to visit the Society of Illustrators (SOI) in NYC and saw the Illustrators 55 exhibit. Here are some favorites. Sorry for the reflections... great show.
Gary Taxali,Wild Forever: A Tribute to Maurice Sendak, mixed media, New York Times
Dadu Shin,The Advantages of Education, Mixed media, Plan Advisor/ Asset International
Marcos Chin,Flower Watching in Spring, digital, Washington Post
Jody Hewgill,Born and Raised, Acrylic on wood panel, Rolling Stone
So excited today to receive Christmas Kind presents from friends in Germany. Their two sons Steven and Lennart made and sent beautiful framed works of art for my studio walls!
Lion, by Steven Notter, 2012,
Der Clown, Lennart Notter, 2012 and Herbst, Steven Notter, 2012
Sunlight in my studio today felt so good.
During my trip to NYC we visited the Museum of Natural History. I have never been! The Great Hall of Mammals is wildly impressive and the dinosaurs, well, they really make you feel small:)
I am excited to be going to a workshop with Scandinavian designer Lotta Jansdotter at her Brooklyn studio where she creates and sells her products and designs. See her work at Fish's Eddy in the Flatiron district of NYC. It was a little Christmas gift to myself for the grey days of January, a time when alot of us need a little creative inspiration. I'll be back with all kinds of ideas:)
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 10:40PM 
