the big night...

If you ever check out my sidebar, you may have noticed my confession of my love for the Oscars.  That being the case, I can't help but make a post about the big night!!  I've being doing as much "Oscar training"* as possible, and here are some of my predictions on the winners:

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Director: Slumdog Millionaire (although tempted to go with Milk)

Actress, Leading: Meryl Streep

Actor, Leading: Mickey Rourke (although tempted to go with Sean Penn)

Actress, Supporting: Viola Davis

Actor, Supporting: Heath Ledger

Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design: The Duchess

Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Animated Feature: WALL-E

Animated Short: La Maison en Petits Cubes

Screenplay, Original: Frozen River

Screnplay, Adapted: The Reader

Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire

* "oscar training" coined by VB

where've you been?

My world has been a bit hectic lately.  One of the projects I did in the last two weeks was a piece for womanMADE Gallery's call for entries for their upcoming show, The Emotional Body.  I used a drawing I did a couple of years ago to do an image transfer and these are some photographs from the process.  I'll find out on March 4th if it makes it!

weekend projects...

This weekend I've been working on sketches for Harvey, giving my vintage boxes a new life and enjoying 30 degree weather (like spring!).  Despite the fact that it's warmed up, I've still been working on a lot of projects on my living room floor since my studio has no heat.  This tends to result in an art project explosion.  Funny how it happens in a matter of seconds, but takes so long to clean up... which is what I am about to do next since I have dinner guests tonight!  On the menu: moroccan-spiced chicken, minted carrots, apricot pistachio couscous... and ice cream of course.

the mess... and the results.