autumn equals

Just some pictures from the past month.

I hope you're all enjoying the long weekend!

xo, Amanda

satin maps

My roommate sent me the link to these amazing photos on retronaut, and I love them. 

I hope you're all having a great week! FYI, my friend Kevin is in The Man Show at Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, NH, opening this Friday! Portsmouth is fantastic in autumn.

xo, Amanda

Cabinet of Curiosities

A couple of weeks ago, I saw Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities at the Booksmith and needed a good reason to justify buying it. So, I planned a lesson around it for my class!

I coffee stained enough paper for two sheets each,

collected some 'specimens' they could draw from,

and brought in the book for them to look at. We folded all the paper in half and after they did some illustrations, I bound their drawings into individual little books with twine.

(these bats are my favorite!!!!)

It was so much fun! 

let's call a heart a heart

There's a feature on me in the October issue of Abstraks, written by David D'Alessandro. Thanks so much to Abstraks and David. :)

I hope you all had a beautiful weekend! Do anything fall-ish?

xo, Amanda

No fear of wonder.

 "No fear of wonder."

acrylic on masonite, 9x12"

Happy October, everyone!! I like to think that October is one of the most magical months of the year.

This painting is for a Halloween show at the Lincoln Arts Project. There is something about shiny, black creatures that is so beautiful and mysterious. Black cats have always been a huge part of my family, so I took this show as a great opportunity to do a painting that pays an homage to them. There's a costume reception on Friday, October 28th. In honor of Halloween, I made her available as a print here in my etsy shop.

I hope you have a beautiful October Saturday!

xo, Amanda

lollipop, lollipop

So MICE has come and gone, and it was such an amazing day! I think as an event it did a great job of learning from the year before and making everything even more awesome.

(photo by Renee)

(photo by Renee)

I was happily placed between my two good friends, Valerie Arruda and Julia Denos. Julia is in the picture above, with all her amazing books (including Audrey!).

Val and I with all her glorious prints. We will be sharing a table at the Boston Bizarre Bazaar!

(photo by Renee)

 (photo by Val)

(photo by Val)

Thank you so much to everyone who came!! I love the craft/art fair feeling. So autumnal for me, just like back to school. :) And congrats to all my friends on such a successful day!

xo, Amanda

the pine trees in black and white

Marika Rivera, daughter of painter Diego Rivera and artist Marie Marevna. I love how beautifully old-world Italian she looked, though in actuality she was Mexican and Russian.

She's perhaps best known for her role in Fellini's Casanova. 

(with her husband)

A painting by Marika's mother, seen at left holding Marika as a child.

Another fascinating branch of the Diego-Frida "family" tree of lovers and children.

mice mice mice

MICE is this Saturday! I've been crazily preparing prints, post card sets, paper dolls, etc.

I'm so excited! Maybe I'll see you there. :)

MICE

University Hall, Lesley University

Porter Square

1815 Mass Ave.

Cambridge, MA

September 24th, 2011

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

europe: yellow london

phone photos from London:

 How is everyone's week going? It just switched over from hot weather to cool, beautiful fall weather here.