Fred

I picked this up today. I was telling a friend yesterday that I need more Mississippi Fred McDowell records, lo and behold, I found one today. What’s even better, is that it was put out by Mississippi Records in Portland. (They reissued Armchair Boogie by Michael Hurley and a great Abner Jay record among other things. Really good stuff.)

Flickr

I added some photos to my Flickr account last night. Just a random assortment of old photos I never got around to uploading.

I love this dog. He was just hanging out on the stoop, completely uninterested in what i was doing. He was very well behaved.

Happiest place on earth? I’d say so. I get this effect by reversing my wide angle lens and holding it up at an appropriate distance to the lens.I’ve just been getting bored of taking ‘good’ quality photos.  Think of it like art history; Classicism is appealing and beautiful but, it just gets so bland and boring after awhile. That’s when abstraction comes in to play. How many of you know Picasso for his realism phase? Exactly! We know him for abstraction. There is more beauty in abstraction. It leaves more to the imagination and takes probability into account. Anyway…

crush

I stumbled upon this females Flickr page, and now I have a huge crush on her. But, mostly her fashion stylings and her face, I don’t know anything about her of course.

thrift store finds

$4

Had to take out some weird metal things from the back, and polish her up a bit. What a sweet timeless subject. (with a very time-period specific display)

Glass painting

I bought a vase from goodwill last week with the idea of painting it to look less ‘grandma-chic’. I looked on the internet to try and see if anybody had any good advice, but all i could find were finished product pictures, nothing demonstrating the process. So, In case somebody else is in my shoes, here is a quick guide:

Here is the vase before.

I got some white primer and some glossy spray paint.

I sprayed the outside and the top part of the inside with the primer and let it dry for about 15 minutes. ( i organized the junk-drawer in the meantime)

I added the first layer of paint, making sure not to get it on too thick (prevent dripping).Again, I let that dry for 10 minutes or more.

I added the second layer, and let that dry for maybe 20 minutes before bringing it inside to dry in front of the heater.

I encountered a slight problem when i was bringing it inside. I just gently grabbed the top of the rim with my thumb and index finger, and picked up the bottom with a paper towel. When i set the vase down, my index finger stuck to the vase and as I pulled it away, a small chunk of the paint and primer came off (also the paper towel stuck slightly). I just went outside and sprayed over the small area, problem solved. This leads me to believe that this isn’t exactly permanent, and defiantly not really meant to be handled carelessly. After it dried for about 30 minutes, i was able to carefully move it around without it sticking to my fingers, but still, I was being extra cautious. But, i’m wondering now if I really needed the primer, i’ll try it without it once i get another bottle or vase i want to be brown.(I also heard you can put a coat of clear gloss over it, but i couldn’t find any.)

I got some plastic foliage from the craft store (but you can use real foliage if you prefer). And now instead of ‘grandma-chic, we turned this into nature-chic or western-chic or something along those lines.

Price guide:

Vase:$3

Paint+Primer: $4

Foliage: $3

Total= $10

boys

…and if i was good with computers I would have a goatee.

Cherry Green

Still hear that devils voice sometimes

Brown Bird

Ryan Mclennan

Ryan Mclennan. I was looking through his paintings last night, and i found them to be pretty comical. A reoccuring theme in his painting is this bear figure who is constructed out of , what looks to be, leaves and twigs. The bear is always dead and being demolished by other ‘less superior’ forest animals.

i wanna be with you always

Been listening to a lot of Lefty Frizzell. I’m still on my classic country search. The thing i found difficult, is finding artists who are distinct enough to stand out of the crowd. There were a lot of artists doing the same songs, and playing with the same arrangements, and singing with the same tone. Lefty’s voice is one that stood out to me. Now i gotta get Willie Nelson’s tribute album to Lefty.

more about "i wanna be with you always", posted with vodpod

jim tierney

This artist has a real nice style. (click on the picture to make it bigger)