doggums

Halloween has come and gone, but here is a pumpkin I painted at the time. He's residing at a children's art center.

I hope you're all enjoying the cloudy day here!

message in a bottle

I ordered mailable post card prints featuring three of my more recent paintings: 'tenderfoot', 'where I keep you', and 'it caused in my heart a forest'. They have the same old-fashioned post card back and glossy finish as my old tattooed lady post cards, but I skipped the rounded corners this time so they're a framable 4x6".
I wanted them to be more like mini prints you can send to a friend. :) I like framing cards from friends because each time I look at the picture, I know what's written on the inside of it.

I'll have them at Mass Market and should have them in the shop soon.

I hope you all had a beautiful weekend!

paper menagerie

Last night I made this paper bunting banner out of prints of my paintings. I think bunting is the term used for the cloth that is typically used to make this type of banner, but I love the word so much because it can also mean a flock of birds. What a beautiful word for that!

That's my Nana and Grampa in the bottom right of this photo. :)

The banner is available here in the shop.

Have a lovely Friday, everyone!

xoxo

Amanda

like candy in a mason jar

I got really excited when I discovered on Bang Back this afternoon that Penguin is going to be releasing 100 of its beautiful book covers as a package of postcards!

I have always loved the graphic imagery and beautiful colors of Penguin paperback covers. They're so simple, but have this quality about them that makes them so fun to purchase. 

Writebloody Publishing, to me, has always had the same feel when it comes to their paperback poetry books. That's why I was so beyond excited when they asked to use my tattooed lady on the cover of Karen Finneyfrock's first book to be released through them. 

All of their covers have the vintage appeal of old Penguins. Swoon.

There is just something about a paperback book that makes it feel so good to hold one in your hands. It's the same something that draws me to masonite as opposed to canvas or thicker woods - I just love the way it feels to hold it. I can't really explain it, but I like that it's there. 

It's rainy and cold here and I have the day off from work. I'm trying to straighten things up but I think I'm going to begin the first steps of a project (one I have begun and re-begun a few times in the past) that I finally feel ready to take on. 

I hope you all have a beautiful day!

xoxo

Amanda

house guest

Pooks, our house guest for the week. He definitely brings joy to the apartment!

I hope you all have a beautiful Wednesday!

xoxo

Amanda and Pooks
P.S. - I might be changing the look of this blog a bit over the next couple of weeks. I am liking the all white background - it makes this feel more like a museum of art and pictures!

on keeping a companion

Patrice with her Parakeet

a little original painting on paper that is available here.

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It's the first of November, my favorite month of the year! In addition to being my birthday month, it also holds thanksgiving and is the perfect transitional month between autumn and winter.

If you're in Boston, you should stop by Kate's opening tonight!

Cafe Japonaise

1032 Commonwealth Ave.

Boston, MA

6-8 pm.

Love,

Amanda

spool of cherry

Stocking up on neat frames and packaging supplies for Mass Market.

Happy November! Did everyone have a good Halloween?

All Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween from the Doubtful Guest and I!

My mom and I visited a relative on the Cape today and made a spontaneous stop at Edward Gorey's house.

And visited a familiar beach.

What did everyone do for Halloween this weekend? What are your plans for the evening itself? And more importantly, what are you dressing up as?!

I went in-costume dancing tonight, and tomorrow I think I might wear the orange dress and see The Great Pumpkin at the Brattle and all the wandering trick or treaters. I love Halloween!

xoxo

Amanda

"He'll come here because I have the most sincere pumpkin patch and he respects sincerity." - Linus

black and white photo of lovers #5

Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl. What a wonderful pairing.

I was out of your league, and you were 20,000 underneath the sea waving affections.

"where I keep you (seabird found)"

acrylic on masonite, 9x12"

I hope you all had a lovely monday!

Love,

Amanda