2011 Card

It has been a while, since the year began now, but it's not too late to enjoy my card illustration. I know it's the year of the rabbit, but I ended up being in the mood for cats. :)

Chinese New Year - Year of the Rabbit!

Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the rabbit this time around. How auspicious!

My annual New Year's cards to friends and family aren't in the mail quite yet...they usually coincide better with the Chinese New Year more often than not, though if I planned for that intentionally I suspect they'd not go out until April!

Studio Remodel

I have lots of plans for 2011, but first, my studio is undergoing an inconvenient but very necessary remodel....which is throwing some chaos and distraction into my creative activities.
I couldn't put this off any longer, though. The 1960s discolored pressed paper tile ceiling, wood paneling, stinky deteriorating fiberglass insulation, and color-bleeding red linoleum tile floor were all mid-century retro, but only in a bad kind of way. We found mud wasp nests and a bird's nest in the ceiling when we pulled down the tiles. Nice. We'll be adding numerous ceiling lights to replace the currently zero ceiling lights. This will be good - I just wish it would magically remodel itself in 2 weeks, not several months.

featured on thekitchn.com!

My Beth Bee Books blank recipe book was featured on the apartment therapy thekitchn.com online blog/site on 12/13. Super!  -- I love that site!

New painting

Last month I finally finished up this painting, started back in 2007. I don't usually paint people because I don't often photograph people. This piece is from an actual photograph, but with several people & things removed and some other small changes for the sake of composition.

Two chairs, girl in field. 16" x 20" oil on hardboard.

Around Oregon Annual 2010

One of my paintings, Parking Garage No.3, will be hanging in the Around Oregon Annual juried exhibit at the Corvallis Art Center from September 23-October 23. The gallery is open Tues-Saturday noon-5pm; the evening reception for this show is Thursday, October 7th 5:30-7pm.

New Paintings

At long last, two new paintings completed in the past month!

I have also posted them to my flickr photostream along with the source photographs. Enjoy!

Parking Garage No. 3 (Oil on hardboard):


Monroe Street, Corvallis (Oil on hardboard):

Artwork on Display

Oops! I forgot to mention one of my paintings is making a public appearance in the annual Howland Community Open Exhibit, which will be up through March 2. The piece in the show is View from Parking Garage, Chattanooga, TN.

Beth Bee Books will be at Handmade Bazaar 12/12/09

I am rarely lured out of the house to table with my books at a live craft fair, but my good pal Meredith has organized a lovely holiday season Handmade Bazaar event, and so I had to join the fun! I'll be there selling my books. If you're in Portland, it would be lovely if you'd come by and say hello!

Handmade Bazaar @ Mississippi Studios

3939 N. Mississippi

Portland, Oregon

Saturday, December 12,
11am - 4pm

www.handmadebazaar.org

Corvallis Arts Center - piece on display & for sale starting 11/13

The Corvallis Arts Center is putting on a holiday art sale/show invitational, with the theme of "Shrines & Reliquaries" this season. They gave me a box with which to make something shriney. This project is a little outside my own "box," but I still managed to make an oil painting. Here's the result:

The show will run from November 13-December 12, 2009. For more information, check out the Arts Center.