lines and dots

2011-04-03T13:04:00.000-07:00

I'm showing in three different locations in Seattle this month (April):
Macrina Bakery-SODO, Tart Hair Salon and The Stables.

Hope to see you there!

One night - two art openings!

2011-01-07T11:51:00.001-08:00

Join me for the Artist Reception & Ballard Art Walk
Horseshoe Boutique
Saturday Jan. 8th from 6-9pm
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If Ballard is a little to far north for you, stop by the
Georgetown Show/Art Attack art
Saturday Jan. 8, 6-9pm.
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It's a great night in Seattle full of art and adventure - hope to see you out!

Deck the Halls with Cafe con Arte!

2010-12-10T11:05:00.000-08:00

Art Opening Saturday December 11th from 6-9pm
All City Coffee (Georgetown)
1205 S Vale St. Seattle, WA

PRESENTING: a Holiday Group Exhibit : for the Holidays!

There is a new curator in town and he wants YOU to pay attention to what's going up at All City Coffee. Steve Withycombe, the former curator at All City Coffee, is passing the torch to Marq Dean, whom with the assistance of Mary Enslow and Amanda Michele Dellinger, intends to knock your holiday socks off with a joyous group exhibit for all to see.

Follow us in merry measure, as we are pleased to present small and affordable works by local artists: Amber Anderson, Chris Pfeifle, Dave Bloomfield, Dave Mazak, Ed Matlcok, Gail Howard, Guy Merrill, Joey Bates, John Ohannesian, Ken Torres, Marty Gordon, Michelle Smith Lewis, Richard Walker, Rick Baker, Tory Franklin, and Twozdai Hulse!

Come prepared to pull out your money folds ladies and gentlemen. There is enough art here for everyone so give the gift that keeps on giving. Just when you thought we couldn't squeeze any more holiday cheer into 2 months you'll be happy to know you're invited to a delightful reception for the artists on Second Saturday, Art Attack, December 11 from 6 - 9 p.m.***Prospero Ano!

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Contacts:
Marq Dean 206.228.6106
Mary Enslow 206.265.9924
Amanda Michele Dellinger 425.268.7360

A Northwest Icon - Wallingford Dick's

2010-12-05T13:14:00.000-08:00

Tennis Time

2010-06-21T20:11:00.000-07:00

Jennyndesign put together this great Wimbledon theme treasury that features my painting Capitol Hill No. 10.

Capitol Hill Art Walk Thurs. June 10th

2010-06-09T23:06:00.001-07:00

Featuring the iconic structures of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Skylines embrace the moody feel and gritty beauty of the neighborhood. The architectural photographic transfers, overlaid with original paintings to highlight unique details, include Dick’s Drive In, the Oddfellows Temple, El Capitan Apartments and others.

These dramatic new works will be on display at Poco Wine Room (1408 E Pine) from June 5 to 30. An opening reception on June 10th will be held from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. to coincide with the Blitz Capitol Hill Art Walk. Sizes range from 8" x 10" pieces, to an impressive tiled set measuring 4' x 5'.

In addition, I have contributed pieces to the group "Murder of Crows" show, opening the same night at Retrofit Home's new location (1003 E Pike).

If you are on the Hill Thursday night, swing by one or both shows. I'll be at Poco all night, come say hi.

Neighborhoods

2010-05-07T00:09:00.001-07:00

I recently started a set of skylines focusing on the Seattle Capitol Hill neighborhood. More will be added to the set over the next month. Let me know what you think.

San Pancho Mexico

2010-03-28T17:49:00.001-07:00

New Skylines of San Pancho Mexico - Enjoy!

Poppytalk & Skylines

2010-03-19T20:46:00.000-07:00

If you haven't checked out Poppytalk yet, now is the time because the Skylines are part of the spring marketplace.

Okay, its an early night for me, I'm off to Lake Tahoe tomorrow morning - maybe I'll even get in some images for the skyline series if I'm lucky.

Live and in person

2009-08-17T21:47:00.001-07:00

look-see
Originally uploaded by Twoz

Here's a sweet little picture of two of my good friends checking out the show at Retrofit Home.

I wanted to send out a Huge thank you to everyone who made it to the opening, and all those who have visited it since. I'm really happy with how everything turned out, and even more excited about how great the opening went (despite the crazy rain/thunder storm that backed up traffic and clogged up parking). What's more, pieces are already selling!

Now that the show is up, I'm regularly adding to the flickr album for those who can't make it out to retrofit to enjoy in person. Feel free to leave comments, I love all feedback!

Opening!

2009-08-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

Join Retrofit Home and myself for a champagne reception of my new series, Skylines.

Skylines is a series of photos I've taken around town and out traveling of various cityscapes, that have been photo transferred on to canvas and painted on. The show features a wide range of canvas sizes and prices (most are under $100). The show runs through the first week of September.

The show is part of the Capital Hill art walk, see the link below for a list of other participants and a handy map.

Champagne Reception
Aug. 13th, 5-8pm

Retrofit Home
1419 12th Ave
206.568.4663

sneak peak

capital hill art walk

Anniversary

2009-07-13T15:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Lines & Dots - I forgot to celebrate, but it's never too late!

New work

2009-07-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

Here is one of the new pieces for my "Skylines" show at Retrofit Home.

The opening is part of the Capital hill art walk: Thursday August 13th. Things kick off at 6pm and go till closing. Hope to see you there.

recent design work

2009-07-02T17:16:00.000-07:00

Recently both my good friend Blythe and my mom asked me to help them with new business cards, above are examples of the final pieces, I have to say, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

being domestic

2009-06-25T14:28:00.000-07:00

It's only 2pm and I feel like I've done a lot today.

I cleaned most of my patio, did the dishes, went grocery shopping and 4 loads of laundry. (I say most of the patio, because I need to take a bunch of things to goodwill, then I can clean the rest, but as it stands I now have enough room to do large messy paintings outside this summer [yeah!])

I planted a new little garden featuring lemon cucumber & lavender, I'll use both of these in infusions if all goes well. I also planted some catnip as a treat to Miss Kazi. Lets all hope that the squirrel doesn't eat my plants before I can enjoy them to their fullest.

I started a new round of infusions this morning including the following: Banana Rum; Cucumber Vodka; Ginger Vodka and a special batch of Earl Grey Vodka. Earl Grey is by far my favorite of the infusions I've done, which means it's time to test out the top shelf vodkas and see if I can't make it even better.

2009-06-22T16:10:00.000-07:00

So what have I been doing since I last posted?

Well there was a little trip to Mexico for Josh's 30th birthday and his boss' wedding, both events were amazing and I wish I was still hanging out at Casa Linda in San Pancho. Sadly all vacations come to an end. There was also a little cabin trip, that ended with a wonderful visit up to Port Townsend.

I came home to a string of work, which is always good. Between gigs I've been working on two personal projects, that are going well but a bit behind schedule. The one I can talk about is a solo show at Retrofit Home in August. I'll be showing a whole new series (well almost new, I hung two trial pieces at the $100 and under show at Retrofit back in December.). Once I get a few complete I'll post images.

I've also been working on my infusions a little. I took stock of all that has been made so far, all of which is kept safe under my bed (lets all hope my apartment building does not catch fire while I'm sleeping). I have a lot of small amounts of odd ball flavors I tested out. I never really tried to figure out drinks for any of them, this is something that is going to change. No more making random flavors in small batches. I'm going to figure out what I like and don't and focus on those, and make cocktails. Here is a picture of Bartlett Pear & Cinnamon vodka, the combination taste a little like fresh apple pie.

I'm almost out of cinnamon, so I'll have to wait a few months before I get to enjoy another one of these tasty little drinks.

2009-04-22T15:37:00.000-07:00

I'm exicted to announce that my mom: Penny, has opened her etsy shop: Poccissimo. She has been making beautiful earrings for years, and now there is finally a place online for everyone to enjoy and purchase!

She also has a brand spanking new blog which will feature information about new items on etsy; her amazing hand painted chairs (and the auctions they will be available at) as well as other events going on in her life. She's an amazingly talented lady (I'm a very lucky daughter), and I hope that you'll enjoy her work as much as I have.

its been a long time

2009-03-04T10:15:00.000-08:00

Ah how life can take over and blogging gets left behind from time to time. Things have been busy and slow in their time.

Over the last several months I've worked at two different companies as a freelance designer and production artist. Both jobs were amazing, I couldn't ask for better people to meet, work with and learn from. Fingers crossed that I'll get to work with both groups again, and continue to be lucky enough to find great companies and people to work with going forward. I have been applying like mad lately, 2 in particular I'm really interested in...

Painting/Photography is going well. I've been doing more photography lately and a bit less painting. Right now I have paintings up at two Capital Hill locations: Retrofit Home (I believe 4 pieces are in the back in the "past shows" section) and Copper Vine - currently showing the Kaleidopop series Next month I'll be showing photography there, probably a mix of the nature and the cafe series. Both are shops I love and always lust after the amazing items they carry, so I'm really excited to be part of their worlds for a while.

I've also been writing a lot, trying my had at short stories which is new for me. So far its been really fun and challenging. Considering that my normal medium for writing is Haiku. I am still writting Haiku as well, not to worry.

Other than that I've just been enjoying good books, good friends and family and waiting out the winter. I have to admit I'm pretty ready for spring time and a little warmth and sun.

Oh, the photo above is from one of the trips I recently took to portland. Its from this wonderfully mouth watering resturaunt Navarre. I can't recommend it enough. I've gone twice now for brunch. Its great with a group, the food is set up to be eaten family style!

So far so good.

2008-11-05T01:18:00.000-08:00

Tonight we voted
good or bad, a decision
YeaHaw Obama

Get out and vote!

2008-11-04T08:55:00.001-08:00

Get out and vote!
Originally uploaded by Twoz

Happy election day.

PikaPackage Project Giveaway

2008-10-17T11:56:00.000-07:00

You'll remember from a this post that I'm part of the Fourth PikaPackage project, I just got this email from Amy who runs it. If you want to win a free PikaPackage full of great hand crafted goodies, you better go leave a comment!

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The Forth round of the PikaPackage Project is in full swing, and right now the giveaway has already begun, and just like the last round, both winners are going to be picked entirely from the list of comments. The comments will close on Tuesday 21th October, 8pm PST/PDT.

Hope on over to http://www.pikaland.com to give it a go, or if you'd like to purchase one for yourself (or as a gift!), please head over to our NEW shop at http://www.pikaland.com/shop! We will be donating USD2.oo from each sale to Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.

Art Opening Tonight

2008-10-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

If your in the seattle area tonight, you should join me for the opening reception of my nature photography show at Chaco Canyon Cafe.

This event is also part of the University District Art walk, make sure to check out all the other wonderful artist and venues. Full list is here.

Twozdai Hulse

2008-10-09T07:40:00.001-07:00

Twozdai Hulse
Originally uploaded by pikaland

Amy over at Pikaland is posting photo's of all the wonderful goodies part of the October PikaPackage. Here's a Sample of what I sent. More in this photo.

So many great artist are involved with PikaPackage, I'm really honored to be part of the group!!

weekly update

2008-10-06T19:46:00.000-07:00

I haven't been doing a good job of keeping this updated, have I?

Well here's a list of things happening, or have happen in the recent past

Last week I switched out the Gray Girls for the Keleidopops at Candles cafe
Chaco Canyon Cafe contacted me about showing there for Oct-Nov (more to come)
Working on producing/printing/framing photos for both the Chaco and Candles shows that are around the corner!
I've been working up at Fluke Networks for the last two weeks
Decided to work instead of taking a road trip with family to CA for family parties
Today I got the best political t-shirt, well at least that I've seen (now you know who I'm voting for and my fav tv show)
Very excited that Silks Pumpkin Spice Soy milk is in season (also a good reminder that I need to finish making my spiced rum for the holidays)
And I'm very excited to announce that I am part of the October PikaPackage project (I'm getting excited as each of the other participants work is slowly reveled!!)

Okay off to do a few updates to my web page and get in some "home school" work

(what would you call assignments and readings you give your self to improve your brain/work skills/creativity, etc? it's like school and home work, right?)

p.s. Josh just sent me this- a fun little story of the disaster that is our economy right now.

can you see color?

2008-09-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

Josh just sent me this hue test. See what your color IQ is...

I got an 8 on my first try, I can't tell if that is good or bad, what did you get?

Gray Girls showing in Seattle

2008-09-08T13:22:00.001-07:00

The gray girls are showing at Candles for the month of Sept. 08.

Candles Cafe and Catering
1060 N 39th St
Seattle, WA 98103

2008-09-01T20:30:00.000-07:00

Gray girl study #18 - 12x16

Gray Girl studies #15-18, as well as a handful of other Gray Girl paintings, will be up at candles cafe for the month of September. You should swing in for some coffee and check them out.

2008-09-01T18:17:00.000-07:00

Gray girl study #17 - 12x16

2008-09-01T17:10:00.000-07:00

Gray girl study #16 - 9x12

2008-08-30T18:51:00.001-07:00

Gray girl study #15 9x12

Painting like mad

2008-08-29T10:02:00.000-07:00

over the last three weeks, I have been working on 4 sets of keleidopop's the plum set is shown here, and 4 new gray girl studies. I've also been working on a few new gray girl studies for a show that will go up next week... more details to come.

yoga art

2008-08-08T09:24:00.001-07:00

Baclori has a wonderful set of photography of her model 'clive' doing yoga and working out. You can get note cards featuring clive. They are sold individually or in sets on Baclori's etsy shop.

etsy front page goodness!

2008-08-04T09:14:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Cricketappollo and her lovely treasury, one of my prints made front page of etsy this morning. (third row down, middle column). whoot!

new prints up on etsy

2008-08-01T12:14:00.000-07:00

I've just added a new print in each of my etsy shops, go take a look. Each is 5x7 and your's for only $15 (+ shipping).

Artist spotlight

2008-08-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

A while back I stumbled upon Hidden Elosie's work. I love her soft yet whimsical style, and the old time illustration look of her work. You should check her out, and go to her shop to pick up some prints or stickers.

the begining of a new life

2008-07-31T21:19:00.000-07:00

Today was my last dat at PlexiPixel. I am now unemployeed, at least in the conventional sense. And tonight I start my journey as a full time artist and freelance designer.

I'm spending my first night of this new life celebrating with delivery pizza (thanks Josh) and fancy wine (thanks Karlton). I've also added a new print to each of my etsty shops, and will be perfecting my portfolio's before turning in.

Here's to taking the leap and new beginings!

Ring Bound notebooks

2008-07-23T15:52:00.001-07:00

I just love this Myndology - Ring Bound Random Pack of note books offered at Feel More Human. for $28 you get 12 notebooks, you don't get to choose the color, but maybe that's more fun? I'm always carrying around a notebook of one size or another so this pack is a dream for me, the small ones would be perfect as haiku books, and larger for notes and sketching!

Feel More Human has many other great modern items that are getting added to my wish list!

2008-07-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

My cat has taken ill, and needed in-home care this weekend. As a result I've had lots of quality home time to work on my paintings, organizing files/folders on my computer and uploading loads of photos' to my flickr account, which is now up to date.

I also added two more items to my shop, featured here! (I also spent some time working on the next few to go up, stay tuned!)

Kitty seems to be improving, but I think there is still a ways to go. We will see what her vet has to say.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

Alphabirdybet

2008-07-15T14:43:00.001-07:00

Alphabirdybet Q-T.
Originally uploaded by Paulabirdy

I was introduced to Paula's work via the Pikapackage. She has two etsy shops and a great blog you can visit to learn more about her work.

2008-07-13T21:33:00.000-07:00

New Keleidopop 5x7 print is up on etsy!

2008-07-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

Here are the two pages I submitted for the 2009 Diary project. It looks like the deadline has been moved out to July 17th, and there are still a handful of pages left... so go sign up!

projects

2008-07-05T20:54:00.000-07:00

I'm taken by this image from coquinete, it reminds me of lazy summer afternoons, which I hope to have a few of this summer. You can see more of her images here.

This afternoon, while putting off working on my website galleries and working out. I took some time to go through the many starred items in my rss feed. With in the many post there were two that were call to artist, if you will. First project is the Diary 2009 project that Fantazya puts together- I will be creating two pages. I've already had quite a bit of fun coming up with some concepts, I think I'll be doing one gray girl page and one Kaleidoscope page. The second project is the Canvas project from Art House- they will be sending me 5 3x3 canvas' to play with, send back, and be hung in a group show. I've never participated in anything like either of these, and I'm pretty excited to see how they both go.

3am

2008-07-03T11:26:00.000-07:00

a hail storm wakes us
"why don't we kiss in the rain?"
he asks, half asleep.

Pantone

2008-06-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

Apparently I'm a bit of a sucker for Pantone merchandise since I've been lusting/contemplating these Pantone plates for some time now. I've been trying to figure out the best way to incorporate them into my other dishware. I love the handwritten color info on them, most of the mugs have a standard PMS chip detail, which is nice, but I prefer the handwriting.

Then today I stumble upon this beauty... Pantone messenger bags!! now to decide on a color.

in completely unrelated news, did anyone else read this article about the swarm of bees that took a pit stop at a cafe?

2008-06-24T13:58:00.000-07:00

Lonely office plant,
growing new little plantlets.
Are you wanting friends?

I want

2008-06-24T08:30:00.001-07:00

I've been thinking about getting one of these sweet little gocco printers for the last two months. Now that uncle sam has paid me, maybe I should???

web site redesign

2008-06-24T08:01:00.000-07:00

I've been working on the redesign of my website for the last few days. The bones of the site are up, but I still need to do a lot of work on the galleries - building galleries in Flash, decide how I want the haiku page to work, smooth out a few things, etc! hopefully over the next week it will be completed (or in a more complete state, personal sites are always a work in progress aren't they?

Before (maybe you saw it?) I was relying solely on simple viewer for my galleries, but had never figure out a skin for the site, and wasn't particularly thrilled with simple viewers end look.

Its been a fun project, getting to play in illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and next I get to dig into Flash.

go check it out, let me know what you think! twozdai.com

I'll post again when I get the galleries in working order

human nest

2008-06-21T15:25:00.000-07:00

While reading through the last several Apartment Therapy post, I came across this one on Patrick Dougherty's work (maybe you did too). I am awe struck by his tree sapling sculptures. There is something so appealing about the etherealness of the human sized nest/tree dwellings. Maybe it's the part of me that doesn't want to grow up, and always play in tree forts!

in soft light we dream

2008-06-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

I've recently came across Baltimore artist Under the Leaves. I love her soft focus photography and compositions. You can see more of her work here, and buy prints here. If these aren't proof enough to you of her talent, she also makes jewelry which you can get here.

time to plan a road trip

2008-06-13T08:43:00.000-07:00

In my morning browsing of blogs, flickr and etsy, I came across a post from Grassy Knoll. Turns out one of my favorite artist-Amy Ruppel is showing there through August. So if your in the Portland area, you should go check out her work. She's also having a little art sale, only a few piece's left!

hello

2008-06-12T20:57:00.000-07:00

Today I was on a mission at work to find a good sticker vendor... in my search I came across Cicada Studios. Such wonderful textile designs, and greeting cards. Go check out her shop.