ssshhh! Don’t tell anyone! These are the test prints for the 2009 Hawker family Hoopfest shirts. I adore test printing, mostly because I like printing on “scrap” paper and hugely because I really love my subject.

We are leaving shortly for Spokane via New Orleans/Salt Lake City. Garth is doing the dishes [...]

I know that I’m different. It must be on my mind lately as I’ve written about it a few times here. I feel normal and right within myself, but I don’t fit in with the rest of the world. I notice things. I see the way that the spily milkshake makes [...]

This is a portion of the painting that I finished for Nate today. =) He’ll receive it shortly. =) It’ll make his head swirly. What you can’t see is that this painting is “packaged” in vinyl.
Something about today was renewing to me. I’m not sure if it was the long run, [...]

I’ll tell you a secret. I’m an art teacher. *grin* that’s not the secret! The secret is that I can’t draw very well! I made my way through college (and a BFA program) without having to draw too much by claiming a style that didn’t require too much precision. =) [...]

I was a newbie teacher, and he was the outspoken English teacher across the hall. We were both new to the school. Our frequent and lengthy conversations in my classroom interested the students, who seemed to enjoy pretending to be embarrased if they caught us together during lunch. His name was Douglass [...]

I am a freak about record-keeping. I’ve been keeping paper journals daily since I was about 13. I have tons of them. I’m afraid of losing memories, I’m afraid that by not documenting in some way, it will be forgotten. I also take photos and video like crazy. I wanted [...]

How precious is the time that I get to create! My focus right now is on other things, but I’m making this piece for a friend, and it’s such a wonderful fun break for me to work on! He gave me the word “robots” to start from…and soon you shall see the final!
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