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Last Night’s Illuminare Show!
Just recovering from all the excitement from the last few weeks of preparation, painting, etc. which all culminated in last night’s awesome show sponsored by RAW. For those of you who came, you know how much fun last night was, and thank you ALL for your continued support. For those who couldn’t make it, it was a TOTAL BLAST!
I haven’t even had a chance to post all the individual photos of my pieces etc., and I will do that first chance I get. For now, here’s a link from my artist friend, Michele Ross, who came through to show her support and took a bunch of pics! Love you, Michele!
Las Vegas Art Show!
I was invited to participate in a group show at the end of this month, sponsored by Rawartists.org!
That’s the link to get yourself a ticket or two that will go toward my overall quota of 20. I’m excited about my first Las Vegas show, and I’d LOVE to see you there! xo, dreX
beauty is where you find it
this is a piece i did for an awesome girl i work with. 24″ x 24″ canvas print. xo, dreX
SOLD
This is the awesome new home of one of my favorite paintings of NYC called “Still Hangin’ On” inspired by the struggle between Coney Island lovers, dwellers and staff and the developers who want to tear it all down and build condos.
100 Places to Put a dreXeL Sticker
1. between the wheels of your bicycle!
I Won a Contest!
It’s been YEARS since I one something from a contest. I mean…I win $3 on scratchers sometimes, but not like a proper contest. It’s been probably about 10 years since I won a contest. So yeah this is exciting. The contest was a Threadless contest on Vecteezy.com. As a winner, I get a coupon for free stuff from Threadless and a special anniversary book they just printed! So yeah just a little news. And in case the guys from Vecteezy or Threadless see my blog, THANK YOU!!!! <3
Here’s the message I got today:
I’m Featured in an Etsy Treasury!
Just found out a few minutes ago that I was featured in an Etsy Treasury called “Oh Cityscape”. Thought I’d share it with you.
XOXO, dreXeL
50s-esque-christmas-card
Merry Christmas!!!!
What’s Next?
“Futurescape”
24×36 Original Limited Edition print on Archival paper
I haven’t updated this blog since I moved to Las Vegas. So I imagine it’s time!
As an artist, my main mediums have been acrylics, spray paints, inks, varnishes, various ornamental papers and things I find around the house like nail polish or spices. All 3-dimensional items. The digital thing was a bit of a weakness for me, although I loved Photoshop and Corel Painter.
Somehow I’ve landed a job as a Director of Promotion and Marketing, meaning I use Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator constantly. Now I’ve got Adobe Premiere and I’ve been playing with that a lot. And after seeing “Avatar” twice (not nearly enough times I might add), I have an urge to get into motion graphics, animation and I want to get some DJ software to make my own mashups.
Seems everywhere I turn there are more tools to learn, and more avenues for my own artistic expression I want to involve myself with. I guess I’ll never be a one-medium girl. And that suits me jusssst fine.
I’ve been promising the new series of 50s Americana-inspired paintings, as well as a new line of tshirts. And they ARE coming. I’ll keep you posted.
If you happen to have any suggestions for the correct sequence of tools to learn motion graphics and creating DJ mashups, let me know. Especially tools that are awesome that don’t cost $1000+. Meanwhile, I’ll be doing my own research and testing. xoxo, dreXeL
Merry Christmas!
To all my family, friends, fans, colleagues, those who’ve helped me, those who I’ve helped, and everyone else not necessarily in those categories…MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS and best wishes for a stellar New Year!
Featured in the House of Tate
In my gypsy-ness of moving from Brooklyn to Las Vegas and stopping in LA…for like 3 months…I’ve missed a lot. A lot of emails, a lot of things happening with friends or on the internets, and I’m just now trying to take a minute to catch up a little bit.
Apparently in August I was featured, among several artists in a webzine called “The House of Tate”. I actually didn’t even KNOW until I saw a new inbound link that I hadn’t seen before on my blog the other day. That was exciting, so I thought I’d share it with you. (Click on the image to see the webzine.)
This is the issue I'm in!
Thank you SO much to The House of Tate for considering my artwork worthy. You all are the best. XO, dreXeL
PS: There’s another publication I was in as well, that I forgot to tell you about. I’ll post that one soon!
“The House Of Tate produces, edits and publishes a digital webzine for the creative arts that features an eclectic mix of art, design, sculpture, photography, fashion & architecture, indeed anything creatively stimulating. (www.thehouseoftate.com) The webzine is published bi-monthly and distributed predominantly within the Advertising, Film and Creative industries as an inspirational Creative Digest.”
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edie for alice
This is a piece I just found out I sold from the Younity “Fresher” group show this month. 🙂 I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to personally attend, because the Younity shows are always one of my favorite shows of the whole year. And it’s such an honor to be part of that collective and have the opportunity to participate in shows with so many amazing woman artists.