by mati | Dec 10, 2008 | inspiration
i’m madly painting for a show that opens jan 2nd and i texted my girl kelly that i was having the above “painting identity crisis” and then remembered that oh yeah, what was the class i just taught?painting, that’s rightand how did i teach...
by mati | Dec 6, 2008 | Italy
we’re back! one of the highlights of our trip was the olive harvest on our friend’s olive farm named for 150 trees. i think the pictures tell a good story of the day.xxx
by mati | Nov 7, 2008 | Italy, press thank you
….this was our first mix-up. kelly and i thought that we had another student in our class named tutti… what a cute name we thought. we’ll make tutti an extra packet and “be sure to bring tutti an extra print” we reminded each other. we...
by mati | Oct 19, 2008 | pinching myself because i feel so lucky.
Good morning!I am packing my bags for Italy! Kelly and I take off this Weds early morn… it’s so unreal! I am really getting excited about the actual teaching aspect. I spent the weekend in my studio laying out my supplies and walking through the steps to...
by mati | Oct 18, 2008 | fear facing
I don’t intend for this blog to be my soapbox for my political views, but I happened to be doing image research on beluga whales for an illustration project and it coincided with reading this article in the New York Times this morning. Sarah Palin does not want...