life is rarely black and white

cherry blossoms, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

(tgi)friday

Spring Break weekend 2, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

Some soothing greens to look at.

wip: some text

on the bench, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

Found this quote - it makes a lot of sense.

#51 – Amanda Maxwell, Vancouver, Canada

from Laura Bucci's blog on the exhibition she is curating - if i can submit a piece, then you can too!

#51 – Amanda Maxwell, Vancouver, Canada:

“lowest ebb” | when I’m at my lowest ebb I know that the only way now is up–this is where I go! | oil pastel, watercolour, acrylic and mixed media

Filed under: All Participants, Canada Tagged: canada, correspondence art, mail art, postal art, Vancouver

studio portrait thursday: carousel horse breaks free

carousel horse breaks free, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

After the excitement of Spring Break, a practicum at SFU's Beedie School of Business and completion (successful, I hope but Continuing Studies is rather sluggish with communications despite the high fees paid for the course) of a Digital Communications certificate, the studio is well and truly back at the bench.

With no clear plan either.

Apart from a general mandate to apply for jobs, I don't have much creative direction and need some projects to keep me busy.

Last night I whipped out my sketch book, grabbed a pencil and captured an image from the screen in front of me.

It felt good - the rough scribe of 2B on smooth 98lb Canson. Carousel horse breaks free.

wordless wednesday: mail art

on the bench, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

Spring is indeed springing!

Spring is indeed springing!:

photo credit: Sarah Ronald

Spring is indeed springing, even here in the gift shop.

In fact, come on down before we’re so overgrown that the door won’t open.

The weather, as you know, has been so damp yet sunny recently that our cosy gift shop has taken on the appearance of a greenhouse. Paper artist Joan Marr’s handmade paper cards have seized the moment, and the seedcases she uses to add texture are sprouting luxuriantly.

Although we've seen paper with seeds offered as grow-your-own cards, this is the first time we've witnessed our own stock taking root from their envelopes to our shelves.

Spring is definitely sprung, especially today April 1st ;)

detail from handmade paper by Joan Marr