I’m working on two paintings right now, which is exciting as I really don’t have time to be doing this, but I don’t think you can put a price on stress relief. If my camera were working I’d post pictures to show what stages they’re in, but it’s going through some sort of awkward adolescent phase and I haven’t found batteries that suit its fancy yet.

One of my paintings is a piece I’m doing for Lance’s mom with some letters she gave me off an old mailbox, so it’s real mixed-media with shards of glass and curls of wire and stuff. The other one right now is just acrylics and paper and is more representational. It’s kind of a metallic/rusty/coppery red and flat black, with olive green and white for accent colors. Neither is finished. I have in mind some more stuff to do on the one for Lance’s mom, but I’m going to have to ponder the other one some more. It has a bird in it.

I redesigned my shop:

heliantha.etsy.com

I think it doesn’t look half bad, but I’d appreciate input.

Guys, check out the talent we have here in Atlanta. This is so inspiring.

I’ve joined etsy to list my cards and journals and suchlike, although seeing the caliber of things on here makes me feel a little amateurish! You can find me on the site by searching “heliantha”, although I haven’t listed anything yet because I haven’t got my ish together yet.

I ordered some jewelry things.

I really hope I can get it together and create a good inventory this summer. And then, of course, actually selling some of it would be nice.