BUST Craftacular NYC (aka Shameless Self-promotion post)
Dear New-Yorkers-Who-Read-My-Blog, Let’s meet up! I am selling my art and illustrations at a booth at the Bust Craftacular this Sunday, December 6th! All week I’ve been working crazy hours to get everything ready. I’ll have new prints, new tees, original paintings, cards, journals and tote bags up for sale. Plus, BUST is hosting free coffee [...]
Lost or Loss
I’ve been listening to the new Bon Iver/St. Vincent collaboration and the new Lykke Li song on repeat for a few days now. They both seemed to pull at a really strong feeling in me, a feeling of loss, of numbness… of a heavy-heavy-heavy-heart. I am a strong believer in hope and in beauty and [...]
carried away
I do. Right now I am very much trying to keep my feet on the ground. In the good way, like trying to stay organized and juggle very many details at once. I am enlisting the aid of my iPhone in this task. I hear it is a valuable organizational tool. So far I have [...]
inspiration: maira kalman
Maira Kalman is the best role-model I’ve found so far, in terms of what I’d like to to with my life and art. She’s a kook! Enjoy, Sam
every day is like this
oh, brother
i saw these wolves in a dream a few months ago and sketched them as soon as i woke up. (this is a detail of the painting) they say an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth i tell you the truth only love casts out fear. love, sam p.s. click on the [...]
just for looks.
Today I woke up in a terrible state. All the loudest and meanie-meanest voices in my head were going at full-tilt saying truly awful things. I kept thinking, why am I doing this crazy being-an-artist-thing? This won’t work. And when you do a crazy-artist-thing, people keep telling you to be ready to fail… that you [...]
Both hands felt like eyes on a crack in the door
Both hands felt like eyes on a crack in the door, originally uploaded by dwelldeep. This painting was inspired by this Iron & Wine song: Sodom, South Georgia I had never noticed it on the album, but Russ and I got to see them live when we lived in Miami. He sang this song with [...]
It’s story time!
Do you think it would be fun to write a story and use some of my drawings as illustrations? You do? I knew it. You are so great! Here’s the link: http://storybird.com/dwell-deep/Have fun! Love,Sam p.s. Tara Lazar wrote this one and it’s pretty funny (at least i think so!)
craft showcase: papernstitch!
hello everyone! sorry for no posting yesterday, but it was monday. monday. phew, glad THAT’S over! today i wanted to tell you that my work is being featured on a great website: http://papernstitch.com/ it’s run by this great gal Brittni and she hand picks artisans and crafters to be a part of her monthly showcase. [...]
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