Feeling Blue

Konstantin Dimopoulos; blue tree project

Van Gogh, Almond Blossoms, 1890

Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul/ Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City

Anna Poole, Late 20th Century, Oil on Canvas

Gnome Cookies! Bake at 350 (blog)

Pantone Coffee Mugs- I want them all!

*(none of these images are my own)

White Elephant Sale

photo from the SF Chronicle

It was so much fun going to the White Elephant Sale in Oakland. My work sent me and another co-worker to go and buy art for the gallery. I felt honored that my bosses respect my taste enough to send me off to purchase things for them. I haven't been at work to see their reactions about the 20 pieces I picked out for them but I did get a sweet text. They said they were impressed and that I did a fantastic job! Yessss!

I also felt great when my co-worker and I were walking around the sale with stacked paintings under our arms. People kept complimenting us on the pieces we found, and some of them tried to trade with us. This made me feel confident about my choices. And, if the people at the W.E.S liked my pieces, then our clients will too. This was also the first time people (outside of my family) to say "You must work in the art business!". Eeeeek! I do! Finally!

The whole thing was kind of wild because it was the very last day of the sale. Luckily, that meant everything was half off so we were able to buy much more. Sweet! i was even able to find a nice painting for myself. Actually, a lot of the pieces I picked out for the gallery I want for myself but....I don't know what to do about it. I just wish I knew about it sooner so I could have gone during the Preview Sale, though. Oh well, maybe next year!

pooped

Wow! This week was so busy and stressful. I'm not even in my midterm period at school yet and I have been doing so much studying lately. I had my first biology exam on Wednesday. It was probably my first bio test since high school, so I kind of freaked out.

We have also been working on a lot of projects at the gallery. Since the new year, I have been multitasking to the max on several artist collections, new PR responsibilities and the usual art gallery tasks. By the time I get home from work, I'm pooped. The only thing that keeps me going is coffee (obviously), working on personal art projects and being soooo close to graduating. I'm sure my friends who are already doing the 9-5 work thing would roll their eyes when I say...I can't wait to be done with school and working full time!

Anyway, I've been doing a lot of fun coloring in my GBB coloring book zine, drawing things for the next zine and I just started a Mondrian tribute project! I'm working on a collage that is inspired by Mondrian's "Composition C"and the various "composition" pieces. My boss actually did a few versions himself! They will probably be on my Pinterest soon!

Some cool Mondrian tributes:

PS, has anyone tried the Mondrian cake the the SF MOMA? I want to!

Cheesy Fruity Breakfast

hump day--a photo an hour

So taking a photo per hour just for 12 hours was totally a challenge, and kind of exhausting. But I'm also happy with the results because now I can see how productive my Wednesday actually was. MWF are my days at school and I'm usually there by 7:45 am so my time there usually feels like a blur. I found that taking a picture while I was there helped me remember my day (and also made me feel like a freak whose attached to their phone).  Should I make this a weekly ritual? It was kind of fun but time consuming and I have midterms soon!

Some things not photographed: My random trip to Philz Coffee (waist of time and money), the beautiful blooming cherry blossom trees in the Mission, the 2nd round of beers during happy hour, and the cutie pie dog that my boyfriend is dog sitting right now. 

Yolanda Sanchez

She Likes to Party, 2012

Midsummer Magic, 2012

Zehara

Azul #6, 2012

YOLANDA SÁNCHEZ was born in Havana, Cuba and emigrated to the United States in 1960. She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1979, and has practiced and taught psychology at the graduate level for over 30 years. Prompted by a personal crisis in her mid-thirties, Yolanda decided to give voice to her creativity and returned to school, obtaining a BFA and subsequently, an MFA from Yale University in painting. While at Yale, she studied with the British painter, John Walker, who became a mentor, and with Andrew Forge and David Pease, among others. Yolanda is a Fulbright scholar, completing her fellowship as a painter in Spain after she graduated from Yale. Her Fulbright project focused on four Spanish painters: El Greco, Goya, Miró and the abstract painter, Tàpies.  (bio from The Schoolhouse Gallery)

Dong Kingman

Untitled, 1940

 

Friday Afternoon in San Francisco Bay

Dong Kingman (1911-2000) was a Chinese American artist, born in Oakland, and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings, especially his San Francisco scenes. He has won widespread critical acclaim and his works are included in over 50 public and private collections worldwide, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum; deYoung Museum and Art Institute, Chicago. His style favors the everyday and universality.