Leaving What Will be my New Home, Naha, Okinawa, 2014

Joining the #portraitchallenge_2019 with a drawing of Patti Smith I did from one of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs. There is an interview with Patti that always plays in my head. She talks about being a mother and people telling her, “Well, you didn’t do anything in the 80’s” and she says I was being a mother. I was doing a lot. * The last few months I haven’t made a lot of art or many things for myself. I’ve felt invisible at times because of that. But reading about other mom’s and sharing with each other is so important. Being a parent is important work and it’s okay sometimes to do that and focus on that. * Thanks @kpstyles of @thehungry_studio for challenging me to do this. Another very rad mom I know. 💕 #PattiSmith #robertmapplethorpe #portraitchallenge_2019 #playingwithprocreate #watercolor #penandink Quote Via Alan Light interview in Medium
Enjoying Andrew Wyeth 🧐🥰
Barbara loves her cousin, Paige. Thumbs up to you Paige. Thanks for the hand me downs. 👍🏼 #handmedowns #minnieforever #barbararose @thelosttexan06 #ignoreourkitchen
Layers of art. Working on hanging things around the house. @rachelleeclark @kpstyles @thehungry_studio Frame is an unknown artist from my parents @sueuntz @gerryuntz 🥰 #hangingart
🦌🌱👻 Haunting #Staghorn 👻🌱🦌. Fun time at #longwoodgardens with @onaclairedayyoucanseeforever @tchlapek @thewrkncacnter #barbararose
old business buildings = great geometry 🔻▪️◼️🔻🔺◾️⬛️◾️🔺🔻◼️▪️🔻 #newrainjackets #alwaysdinos #barbararose
Our new YMCA membership is one of the best decisions we’ve made lately. #barbaraapproved 👧🏼👍💕
It’s that time of the year again! My tribute to the late Bill Gold. Check out @facesofdeath2018 and @mhambouz who makes this all happen. 😎 It’s a very cool project that brings together artists, from all over, to draw and memorialize famous people that have died in that year. This is my drawing of #billgold who designed many recognizable movie posters. This is a riff on his #clockworkorange poster. Google his name! Some of my favorite posters are his Cool Hand Luke posters. 😍 Every person will recognize The Shining movie poster too. 🎥🍿. He created into his 90s, which is so inspiring. ✍️🖌 @clockworkorangefans #createtilldeath #movieposters #facesofdeath2018 #penandink
Love these two kids 👭💕 With @thelosttexan06 hanging in “homey” spaces in #ikea feeling like #guybenner 🏡🛋🛏🛍🛒
In the process of saving for a new kitchen so I’m trying to make this one as homey as possible with what we have lying around. This is the coffee nook in our quaint and small kitchen. I’ve been cursing our “junk” for days but I really do love seeing all of Adam and my treasures together. #usewhatyouhave
Making due with the kitchen we have means making a drawing wall for Barbara. Thanks to @thewrkncacnter #bangsintheface #barbararose
Finally getting around to my #2018bestnine It was a year of painting, traveling, and mostly moving. This new adventure in Pennsylvania is really starting to sink in. 😬😊 I’m hoping 2019 will chill out a bit, but part of me is hoping it doesn’t. 😉🙃