Time is the Longest Distance Between Two Places
“Time is the longest distance between two places.” ― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie So y’all may be wondering, “How is it going, living apart from Blake?” It isn’t easy. We are both very busy with teaching and making work and coordinating the millions of other things we try to do in addition to that. […]
Recent Collaborations: Working on Working Together
It’s been a long time since I have contributed to this blog aside from snarky comments for Hannah as she diligently keeps up with posting. Hannah says that’s OK because I’m busy ’cause I have a job; I say that’s me being lazy and handing the reigns over to my social media director (her). I’m […]
The Luckiest Unlucky Girl in the World
Well, I’m not going overseas afterall. Everything fell through, and I don’t know why. So, I’m just a girl in Ohio, married to a guy who works at BGSU. I had some other opportunities, which I regretfully denied based on my signing a contract for my job overseas, and which now are most likely unavailable […]
Orange Barrel on Etsy + Blake’s New Website Design
I started an Etsy shop back in 2009, posted a bunch of items, and made a few sales. It was fun! A great way to clean out our inventory of prints to make room for new ones! However, through grad school and the years of working multiple, time-hog jobs afterwards, I largely ignored the shop. […]
2,000 Words on Why You Shouldn’t Go to Grad School for Art
Okay, so the title of my post is a bit misleading. I’m not necessarily going to advise you, prospective graduate students in art, NOT to go to graduate school. Nor do I necessarily mean to impress upon any other post-grads (“post-ops” seems almost appropriate) a feeling of remorse for having dedicated so much time and […]
Closet Discoveries: Orange and Sapphire
Packing up my clothes closet today. In addition to sorting, folding, and making a big pile for Goodwill, I’m enjoying putting together some new outfit ideas. This is a dress and shrug my grandmother made for my mother out of sapphire blue velveteen when she was a little girl. I paired it with the belt […]
Miniature Birthday Cake
It was Blake’s birthday yesterday (insert confetti here.) Since we’ve both been so busy, Blake wanted to wait until we go to Georgia for Thanksgiving to really celebrate. But I felt it wasn’t right to go through one’s birthday–even a something+1 birthday that is not twenty+1, the only fun one–without a bit of cake or […]
Different Strokes: 45 Images Exhibiting the Evolution of Blake’s Drawings
I’ve posted many times on here about my own drawing practice, so I wanted to share some of Blake’s work with you. We draw in very different ways. I will do a 100 drawings in a hot panic, scribbling out elusive visions and quick marks before I have a chance to second guess myself. Blake […]
Sneaky Husband Tricks: Another Sketchbook Post
A sketchbook is for: doodling, to-do lists, shopping lists, important dates, planning Halloween costumes, planning future art projects/shows, drawing challenges, laying out gallery exhibitions, mission statements, waiting for events to start, surviving plane rides, recording interesting quotes from reading, coffee & tea stains, brainstorming, passing notes during lectures, keeping figety hands busy during movies, and […]