Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Butterfly's Wings

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly die ed and he did not know whnd en it was brushed or marred. - Ernest Hemingway



I started another painting today...
In the beginning, I didn't have anything in mind so I just grabbed a paintbrush and paint and went crazy on the blank canvas...

Squeeze some paint here... here ... and here..
Move paint brush this way... that way... down.. up...

After 20 or so minutes, I left my room to clean up...
I focused on washing my brushes and myself while I let the craziness in my room settle down on the easel.....
When I returned to my room, I put my supplies away.. and wait... I did a double-take on what finally settled on my easel....

I stared at the piece and developed an interpretation of what Past Alice was trying to say....
The meaning of this new piece hit me hard...
I started to ponder on why Past Alice drew this...
And I discovered a new side of me...
And a new perspective to Past Alice's problems...
Even though it did not solve my issues.. this new thought enlightened me.

I'm not going to show the painting just yet....
I know that if I display this interpretation and self-revelation along with the final artwork.. it will create a bias audience.
For now, I want most of my pieces to have a neutral stance so that the audience can develop their own perspectives.

Cheers,
Alice

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Pressure makes diamonds


Despite all the stress I'm under, I was able to have a couple minutes to create this piece


Let me know what you think!

Enjoy!
Alice

Monday, March 29, 2010

What is sleep?


So ever since I came back from Vegas, I have not been sleeping well...
more like not at the right times...
Even though I got up for class today...
I'm starting on day three of going to bed around 4 am...
NOT good...

Luckily, I realized today that the effects of a cup of coffee still works on me...
Just one cup!
However, this effect has not improved my memory...
I lost a couple things today...
NOT cool...

I also realized I haven't been painting...
but I've been clipping and pasting my magazine clippings into a $1 book...
I'll post up pictures about what I've been doing...
Yeah I know that's not my homework...
totally NOT productive...

Cheers to Carina for her comments on my posts... Always happy to see them :),
Alice


Sunday, March 28, 2010

End of Spring Break


We got back from Vegas safely... yay!
It was a fabulous time...
We sipped and walked along the strip...
We watched the Bellagio water fountain show twice (simply beautiful)...
We watched Cirque du Soleil's Mystere (amazing show)...
We watched a sexy performance at the Crazy Horse Paris (loved the tease part)...
We shopped/browsed in very expensive stores (I saw my dream LV purse.. ahhh)...
It was just a great time because the sun was shining!!!
And I was wearing dresses and shorts!!!

Ahh I wish I could've brought it all back with me but I doubt they would fit in my suitcase.
Back to work!


Cheers,
Alice

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Spring Break!!!!

'elloooo...
Spring break is almost here!!!
I'm so ready to just relax and have some fun...
My friends and I are going to Las Vegas...
Repeat of the Hangover??
Not so much...
but it'll still be fun.



all pictures via.


Cheers,
Alice

Monday, March 8, 2010

Happiness in small doses

Hello,
The sun was shining today...
And it changed my case of the Mondays significantly


I love great weather...
And I hope it's nice where you are.
Cheers,
Alice

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time...
On a far away college campus...
Lived a girl named Alice...
She was bored and unproductive...
(fake mustaches are fun)

She spent her time...
shopping... (etsy & UO...)
blog surfing... (Rockstar Diaries, Design*Sponge...)
facebooking...
and wondering what she should do with her half done paintings...
(I think I'm going to add more colors... the grey is too depressing...)

Eventually, Alice wrote her papers and got good grades on them.
The End.