Big Bold Dreams

My friend Karli comes up a lot on my blog. She's an awe inspiring lady...a designer, an artist, a musician. Now her and her husband are in the process of raising funds to open an all ages music venue here in Spokane this Spring. The Bartlett! I'm so very excited for them. Click the link below to find out more about the Bartlett, and see how you can support, and or spread the word. Spokane is lucky to have such a talented passionate lady with big bold dreams. Go Karli! ♥

www.thebartlettspokane.com

Draw Off

Oh hello seriously neglected blog...I still ♥ you!

A brief update:
The past weeks have been spent finishing our yard and home improvements posthaste (photos to come). Our Ladywife, as we call her, Whitney got herself married off and we hosted her a mighty fine reception at our house. I think we're all still recovering within the residue of a very long month of preparation. It's fun time now, as she is leaving us soon for Arizona. This past weekend was filled with spontaneously lounging around a fire, night swimming, and meteor watching - staying up to all hours of the morn. It was also the Garland Street fair Saturday - and more importantly the Block Party (that evening)....which is what I am so excited about that it brought me back to post for you. The Draw Off!


Seven2 started the Draw Offs after seeing the sketching, doodling and whiteboarding going on during meetings at work. They've now had 6 of these "live 3 on 3 Art Battles". Essentially 2 teams get an 8 foot square white board and only black pens, paints, and markers. They have 2 hours to make a piece based on the selected theme. It's live and people vote for the winner.

I was so stoked when I heard Terrain was partnering with Seven2 and they asked me to make a team. I picked 2 of my most lovely and talented ladyfriends...Karli Ingersoll and Karla Dagovitz. They ended up being perfect collaborators. Our theme was "The 60's" and we faced off against the Boars Head Tattoo guys...Spoiler alert - we won! Like big time!

Here are some photos my good friend Mitchell took:
(Thanks Midgel ♥)

You can see a bunch more photos of both teams: here - on the Draw off site.

Best Of

Holy smokes! What a delightful surprise. I just wanted to say thank you to the readers of the Inlander for voting me Best Visual Artist for 2012. I can't even begin to describe how thrilled I am.

'The Best Of' comes with a big themed formal party which (from the photos each year) looks like a hell of a time...The funny thing is - I missed the party! Somehow I never got contacted. This morning I went to wish Karli (design friend and fellow blogger) congratulations on a post she made on Facebook. She got in the top three...and in the photo I saw my own name!

What a great way to find out....and super congratulations Karli! Spokane has so many wonderfully talented visual artists - this is just amazing.

spring type

Lately I've really been enjoying Karli Ingersoll's blog - Rough Gems. She does Type Tuesdays where she posts some sort of illustrated letter-set or something written in handdrawn type. I remember loving her work back when I was just getting interested in illustration. Out of all the posters floating around Spokane Karli's were so inspiring. She really has a lovely way of working with text.

So, this morning [inspired by her], discussing over coffee - seasons, and which seeds need to be started first...without even thinking about it I begun drawing a happy spring type set:

Don't forget about my giveaway happening now! ...I think Karli will be having a 100th post giveaway as well in the next couple of days - so check her blog out.