..... and to 2011

and a happy new year from ABBA

happy new year

happy times

young john wayne

What Did You Say: David Bowie

"Turn and face the strange."

Gorge Madonna

sketchbook & the city: F train 12/30/2010

beautiful girl: marisa tomei

you don't say

The. Moment.

people i know: jordan

jordan: friend of friends & dancing partner extraordinaire

best line

What Did You Say: Haruki Murakami

"And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over.  But one thing is certain.  When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in.  That's what this storm's all about."

Musical Intermission: Hot Chocolate "Everyone's A Winner"

people i know: jorie

jorie: skinnamarinky dink, skinnamarinky doo, i love you

Musical Intermission: Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas"

Give Me Meisel or Give Me Death: The 12 Days of Christmas

What Did You Say: Leonard Cohen

"There is a crack in everything.  That's how the light gets in."

Culture Vulture: Balenciaga: Spanish Master

amazing Saturday @ the Balenciaga: Spanish Master exhibit at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute.  just a great chance to see the key items that define the magical mystique of Balenciaga.  i'm starting to bring along my Muji pocket sketchbook around with me to capture these moments of inspiration.  So what better place than to start with the master couturier Balenciaga.

people i know: laura

laura: my "boo" & buddy and super stylish friend with an amazing personal style that can't be taught or bought

Bookshelf: Beauty Flash by Stephane Marais

a gorgeous book of polaroids by make-up artist Stephane Marais - amazing images of the most amazing models whose faces are made into painted canvases.  major inspiration sensation.

people i know: aimee

i wanted to document the friends and family who all make an impression in my life in probably the best way i know i can: by drawing them.  so i present my "people i know" series - a portraiture diary of the people i know as i see them.  and here's aimee: friend, surrogate-office-dad, budding food blogger http://aimeessweettooth.tumblr.com/

guilty pleasure ....

tempted

Perfection In The Mirror

What Did You Say: Kurt Cobain

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not."

innate style

so damn f-ing gorgeous

Mural Series #9: Sarah's Apartment

spent a relaxing Saturday afternoon hanging and painting for my friend Sarah.  good to come back to my painting and art after awhile ... plus a few glasses of wine and some laughs ain't too bad either

amazingness in absurdity

Amber by Steven Meisel (Vogue January 1997)

obsessed with these 80s SNL parodies of "attitudes"

Give Me Meisel or Give Me Death: Gisele for Vogue Italia December 2010

History Repeating Itself: Marlene Dietrich & Kate Moss

Aretha

Raquel!

"art workers won't kiss ass"