daydreamer

lift me up where the air is thin and my mind will take off

pull me down when my love is pure and I feel alright now

-oh land

daydreamer

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the process of becoming

it's been a while since I went outside and made an ass of myself for a self portrait so I figured I better get back into it.   :)  nothing like jumping around on a hill in a park to start your day.

the process of becoming

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dyad

stayed up late last night editing and came up with this.  I quite like it. :)

dyad

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broken flowers

playing around with headdresses and hairflips~

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I'll also begin offering classes and workshops soon so please stay tuned.  :)

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Affordable Works for $1000 and Under - the damsel collection

very pleased to have my image" the damsel collective" included in the Affordable Works for $1000 and Under Collection at Saatchi Art.

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elle love frida

elle love frida

I've wanted to something Frida Kahlo inspired for a long time & I decided a self portrait would be an  appropriate homage.  I knew I wanted to have a cigar and smoke in the image and was inspired by the mystery created in this image.  I braided my hair and arranged flowers in it and snapped away while learning to try and control the smoke.  good god that thing tasted awful!!  after I finally could take no more I found a good face shot and a good lower body shot from when I tilted the camera down a bit and put them together.  from there it was just a matter of balancing and correcting, making each braid similar in size, giving more volume to the flowers, straightening out my uneven lips so the line of light down my face was all the more highlighted.  and of course adding in a few hairs between my eyebrows.  :)  all in all this was a pretty complicated edit for a portrait shot with no obvious photoshopping.  I'm quite happy with it.  it came out nearly as perfect as it was in my head.

on a side note I have finally quit my day job to pursue art full time. YAY!!!  I'm super excited and a tiny bit scared, but mostly thrilled and ready to begin this new phase of my career as an artist.  got some big plans in the works so pleased stay tuned.  I promise to try and thrill you on a regular basis~

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lady lilac 

one of my co-workers brought in two big bouquets of lilacs from his yard and I got to take them home. :D  knowing they don't last too long once cut I just had to do a quick self portrait with them.  plus I got a new wig I wanted to play with...

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my new artist studio!

so this is what has been keeping me so busy lately, my new artists space! finally somewhere to store all my wardrobe, props & equipment. and the perfect meeting and prep space before photo shoots.

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