Surprise Party (Crow) goes abroad...

Surprise Party (Crow) has safely landed overseas and his new owner kindly sent me these photos of him once he got settled in. Thanks so much Isabelle!!

Home...

This is a photo of a sculpture I did my last year at Moore in 2003. It's a life size self portrait and in the hands was a little bronze dead bird. The piece has been outside in my backyard for 5 years or so and despite the patina flaking off (It's plaster and not meant for being outside) it still looks pretty good (if I do say so myself...). A funny thing is that after that big snow storm we had recently, a pigeon laid beside the piece and died there... I wonder if it knew I was a lady who was fond of birds, alive or dead. My wonderful husband took some photos for me once some of the snow melted...

Darla 3.0

I just celebrated my 30th birthday (!) and despite not feeling much different, I have been trying to get my ass in gear for all that is to come... What might that be, you ask? I have no idea at the moment but whatever it is I hope to be ready for it! So my filing cabinets are getting purged of excess papers, my studio is getting a serious overhaul, my ideas and ways of working are being looked at and tweaked...basically a reboot... Because once in a while you just need to shake life up...yes, even your art life...heck, especially your art life! I've got some upcoming shows that I'm getting ready for and a new series that I am hoping to work on soon (Once the studio is less chaotic...)...and not to mention that its been quite nice out this week and its making me look forward to getting to the studio and making new things (Spring always does that to me!)...
So here's to Darla 3.0 ...and go!

Year of the Rabbit Sale!

It's no secret that I love rabbits...so I am (of course) excited that we are now in the Chinese New Year, Year of the Rabbit! To celebrate, I'm offering 25% off all sculpture in my Etsy shop from today, until February 13th (my 30th birthday!!!) To get the discount, just enter "YEAROFTHERABBIT" in the coupon section of the checkout screen! Yay Rabbits!