I miss school. Both as a student and as a teacher.
I was thinking about this last night and how it would be possible to do everything that I wanted to do (own a bakery/making studio) and still teach high school. What is it about teaching high school art that I love [...]

Garth got a bee stuck in his helmet on the way home from Alabama the other day. It’s certainly not the most exciting thing to happen in recent days, but it’s the only thing that I doodled about on my Sacrament meeting program.
I’m packing this morning for Spokane, WA. I’ll be visiting my family [...]

My parents bought me a RAD bicycle for my 27th birthday. Garth is thinking about getting one too so we can ride together (awww…) and so he can ride to and from work powered by his own two feet.

Bikes that will someday (*giggle*) be parked in the garage with our current bikes:
One Paul [...]

This is my photo friday entry for this week.
I sure do miss teaching. I love being part of a school and sharing art with students all day. *sigh*

I’m in mourning. I’m protesting. I’m crying in my spare time.
My Canon 30D was stolen from my desk on Friday. I am still in shock. That camera represents more than a $1500 investment. It was also my artmaking tool, the way that I recorded and celebrated my life, my communication [...]

so much excitement to share with you…but this will have to suffice for today. =)

I’m sitting in a science teachers classroom at Oak Crest MIddle School. Today I am a substitute employee. Today my time is worth a flat rate of $95 for the entire day. Today I did not get a lunch, and I feel held hostage here in this classroom where I am wasting [...]

I went to prom this last weekend. I got all dressed up in a red velvet dress, wore lipstick and mascara, and gave my date all kinds of things to hold in his coat pocket. He was unbelievably handsome. I bought him a black velvet suit for the occassion and we had [...]

I love being an art teacher.
Last night was For Arts Sake, a gallery event showcasing the work of Torrey Pines High School art students. We spent the two previous days cleaning the often haphazard art room and finishing, hanging, and labeling amazing student artwork. I like big things. My students showed an [...]

If there was like a nuclear bomb and there were like seven people left, I would be the artist.
Daniel Nani, who’s in my second period class and told me this morning that I was legally obligated as his teacher not to laugh at his painting, explaining the circumstances that would have to occur for him [...]