i'm gonna get back on the illo friday band wagon! i'm not even sure what this is about, but it was the first doodle that came out when i sat down with this theme.

Monster Town is organizing another postcard exchange with the theme of Summertime Creatures! Fun! So far it seems to have piqued the interest of Laurel, Spring, Shash, Camilla & my friend Ali. Anybody else? If so, please comment here & e-mail monstertown at...

my little world of paintings. i feel like these 3 go together, somehow.

my mom is so pretty & me so roly. happy mom's day:)

i'm sitting here listening to a mix with a lot of tom waits' gravely voice. what a leisurely mellow morning sipping coffee and visiting all of my lovely blog-spots.

i'm done my last class of this semester!!! what a whirl-wind, and this blog has chronicled it all since i started:) ahh, time to celebrate! la la la.xoxo,mati rose

update: my teacher apologized in class tonight for not making my appointment and we talked a bit about how i'm doing and my concerns regarding the {generic} work i'm seeing in the upper levels, and do the teachers encourage individuality & creativity? he said to keep...

ergh. i came all the way down to school, on my bike, in the rain, to meet with my illo teach to get some advice. poor guy seemed pretty flustered and had forgotten our meeting, ETC. but anyhow, it leaves me so unmotivated for going home and working on my homework for...

my sweet upstairs neighbor laurelscored me this book- "my dog is lost" by ezra jack keats on the street. one person's trash is another's treasure! i want to remember this book when i get too fussy with composition.i've been walking my neighbor & friend donna's little...

thanks to the "anonymous" person who suggested that i wear makeup! so helpful you are! i love to cake it on! especially when i'm painting in my studio!! admittedly not the most flattering pics, but that was sorta the point:) while we're on the topic of...