Henna BBQ
So I did this gig in the middle of Missouri yesterday. I really had fun. It was totally NOT like deliverance! 
Everyone were really nice, good people.
Here are some pics:
New henna work
Ok, here’s what I just did on my friend Heather.
You like? Please leave comments here. thanks.
New sketch
Sooooo….
It has been a rocky last 2 months, I’ll tell ya all about it in another post. I’m still sketching with my drawing group and I love it. It’s more adult but without the pretense.
Here’s my last, enjoy, and as always, please comment and/or ‘like’.
- oil pastels on grey paper- 24 by 36
me, working.
Ouch, my back!
My back has been hurting me for the longest time but now, it’s really getting worse. Sometimes the pain is paralyzing!
Here’s a photo of my lower back, taken one and a half year ago. I suspect it’s much worse now…
My lower back
My latest…
So I have to put up a painting tomorrow for our senior thesis. I just finished this one, since my 3 other pieces will be at Koken for the Renaissance show…
Voila!
-
- painting by jeanjoel
Damn it! my comments are gone!!! 
(
Painting is hard…
So I whipped out my paints last night at a painting session and did this. It was a lot of fun but I think I’m still searching for my own way of making marks. A lot of my strokes were tentative. I just need to do more and more and more 
)
By the way, this was done in oils…
Just a dreamer…
I need a hot, passionate woman that can’t stand to be away from me. I need a woman that would get wet just thinking about me, one that would…Aah! Nevermind. Who am I kidding…I’m just a dreamer… A passionate dreamer lost in a world of gain, betrayal and secrets….
I’m a strong dreamer tho… I shall conjure her from wherever she is, and she will come…my passionate lover…
work…no, fun.
What I did last night. I was doing some exploration. )
-
- The girl with inspiration
The sweetness of the infinite…
I dive within myself
and dissolve into the infinite, like honey in hot tea.
Aah, to lose oneself into the ocean of bliss.
To become one again, like the raindrop falling into the ocean…
I am home again, love me, caress me, make love to me
I am yours.
New work
So I just got back from Koken. We had a group drawing / painting session. I did some exploration with Sumi ink on Yupo paper. It’s such a strange texture but does some really interesting things. I still had time to so a pastel painting of the model. I also gave her one of the drawings.
Let me know what you think, and please click a few starts if you like it.
New Show coming up…fast
So I’m part of a show that’s coming up fast. The submission deadline is this Friday. I have to submit 3 large paintings, 3 by 4 feet and I’ve just started today! hahaha.
Leave it to me to work under pressure.
Should I show the progress of the work or just show the final product?
Heavy heart…
I woke up with a heavy heart today.
I tried to fight the tears but then gave up and cried and cried all day.
I just don’t understand why it hurts so, or maybe it’s just me, letting go…
I felt this grief coming, like a giant wave that swept me away, from my stable ground.
There’s nothing I could do, nothing to hold on to.
This wave tumbled me around and around,
and now I feel lost, like a drift wood on a sea shore.
Venus Envy?
So I went to Venus Envy tonight at Mad Art Gallery. I had fun looking at everyone that was there. I even saw a few friends I had not seen in a while. It was also nice to get out of the house. I was starting to feel trapped with this snow…
I took some photos of some of the performers tonight. One girl, Ellen the fellon, really touched my heart when she sang. Her boyfriend was killed in a hit and run a few weeks ago. She was in the car with him as she told him she loved him. That was the last thing she said. Most of her songs were about that experience.
-
- Ellen the fellon
Tuscany here we go
So a friend of mine commissioned me to do a painting of a Tuscan landscape sunset with red flowers.
It’s done and will be delivered tomorrow, yay!
Here it is, what do you think? I did it for $200. Not bad heh? So, who’s next??? lol
Tuscan landscape with red flowers
Cute girl…
So I went to this drawing meeting club thingy at Coffee Cartel and it was fun. I love it when people have different opinions and are not afraid to share them. Like the French say If we all think alike, no one”s thinking!
But, I did notice on the corner of my eye this really cute girl. She works there. I think I have a thing for nerdy girls… I think they’re hot.
Anyway, here she is. Has any of you seen this show called “Dead Like Me”? She reminds me of the weird little sister. hehehe.
More henna today…
So I did a little more henna today at MoKaBes coffee across the park.
Let me know what you think…At least rate it.
Breakthrough?
Wow, so today I understood something really cool. I realize now why I get so worked up about things people do, including girlfriends or exes. It’s because I always think that I would not have done this or that, this way! That is such a ridiculous notion because it wasn’t who did it and the moment is past. All I need to do is react or not to what is and not what should have been…
I feel so good…
I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because Spring is finally here. I also feel like I’m at a crossroad, come to think of it, aren’t we always at a crossroad? lol.
I’m meeting a lot of people and it’s great to be in different circles. I can’t believe how much I was limiting myself.
I also want to go to Guadeloupe this Summer but I don’t know if I’ll have the money. If I keep selling art tho, I’ll be able to buy my ticket. Yay! hehehe.
I went to this party last night and I have a lot of fun…
