Me Saying Hi!

I have a thing for postcards. My grandfather gave me a book of dog postcards when I was six, and I've been hooked ever since.

I like to collect them, send them, receive them, make them. I especially love black & white, and sepia vintage picture postcards, but really, I love them all! I think what I'm actually hooked on are the images. I could look at pictures all day long. They transport me out of my ordinary existence, and often inspire me.

As I've mentioned before, writing is not my favorite thing to do. Postcards are perfect for letting people know you're thinking of them without having to write very much. I mean, my life isn't all that interesting, so at least with a postcard there's something fun to look at, right?

David Shrigley is a British artist whose work is both profound and dementedly funny. I adore his art! I was inspired by Shrigley to create this set of six works as postcards to send to friends in England and Scotland.

The International Self-Portrait Series:

#1 Me Saying Hi!

#2 Bonjour!



#3 Brunhilde

#4 Shrine Miko




#5 Munro DNA




#6 (and last) Ciao!



A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, and All That

A picture is worth a thousand words, and all that. I prefer visuals. I adore picture books, and images from movies will haunt me in ways that the written word will not. I am capable and even good at following written instructions, but show me once how to do a thing, and I've got it.

If you ask me a question, I can talk with you for ages. (And I'll be sketching images in the air with my hands the whole time.) However, with the exception of poetry, writing is not something I really enjoy. It's a necessary thing, but I don't get excited about writing up a thought and exploring where it will go the way I get excited about making an art idea come to life. I become nearly obsessive till I've seen an artistic idea through.

So with that preamble, I offer you more photographic self-portraits:



Fuzzy Thinking





Holding On



Buried Deep



I'm Not Drowning




Hot & Bothered





Looking For God in All the Wrong Places





Bit of an Imp




Starshine





THE DEVIL IN ME

 

I bought some horns, and it's brought out "The Devil in Me".




The Devil In Me I

  

The Devil In Me II



The Devil That You Know

 





Eye of the Devil

 

Negative Devil In Me



Angelic Devil





Devil Down Below



Devil's Lightening







I'm just beginning to think about why I am suddenly creating a series of self-portraits. It's never been anything I've been interested in doing up until now. At a time in my life when I feel about as unattractive as I ever have, it's an odd impulse.

When I Am An Old Woman I Shall BE Purple