Common Swell at Together Gallery in Portland!

Hello everybody! Happy April! We have a show in Portland Oregon coming up at Together Gallery at the end of the month. They are moving into their new space so it will be a sort of grand opening for them! It features some really awesome artists including two of my favorite ladies from way back in Milwaukee Catherine Stack and Betsy Walton. Jeremy and I sent a bunch of drawings and egg tempera pieces for this show, if you are in the area go and check it out!

Meet Claus!

A week ago today Jeremy and I adopted a little grey kitty from the Charlottesville SPCA. His name is Claus and he is 9 months old. We are in the process of acclimating he and Fricky (she is being pretty good except for one altercation this evening) We are hopeful that they will be living amicably soon! He is such a sweet kitty, very talkative and affectionate! He plays a lot but is gentle and does not use his claws a lot. Come visit him!

SNOW ANGELS

We are having a happy snow day off of work including long walks, wet feet, hot tea, snow angel, and a day off of work. Allyson and I did tons of planning for lectures that we were suppose to give today. We worked all day Sunday until 2AM. But then weather happened! Yay! Hope others in from NC to NY had fun with the snow!

SALUS CLOSING

Hey all "Salus" is closing this Friday 5-7:30 at the Garage across from Lee Park! Please stop by to see this installation before it comes down. I am also posting a review written by Laura Parsons in the Hook. It was a flattering review but she seemed bummed about the cat hairball paintings, but its cool. I like them. I know fricky does!

www.readthehook.com/art/index.php/pretty-gory-taylor-turns-green-in-the-garage

Hope to see you out this Friday!

SALUS

I am posting pics from "Salus" an installation of paintings, drawings, and objects at the Garage... a small intimate space in Charlottesville.

http://thegarage-cville.com/category/blog

I usually do not show my work in Cville as I feel that there is a small audience for what I do here...but I am trying to be better about getting more involved in the local art community. If some of you were not able to come to the opening I hope that some people can come to the closing on Feb. 27th! Cheers!

Ocean Holiday

Allyson and I have been enjoying the warm weather in Va Beach and Nags Head with family. It has been crazy with weather in the 60s and 70s. Spending time getting some R&R after a tough semester. 2 weeks left of this break and we are going to enjoy these days off. Happy New Year to all!

yo carrots yo break!

Its winter break! We are done grading and are happy to be off. Now what? Well we picked the last carrots from our garden, I went to the dentist and had my first ever cavities filled, and I really like watching Dr. Who.

Heres a pic of our carrots (check out the two-legged one!), the cat trying to kill me and a new drawing from a show I am in in Berlin.

Time to hibernate for a while!

xo,
Allyson