This is Christine

This is Christine. Getting her portrait taken.

This is Christine Signing autographs after her Broadway play.

This is Christine Playin' it HOT!

This is Christine She is the owner/operator of the Bar Tahiti in Niamtougou, Togo.
I can't stop looking at this photo. I LOVE this shot. This woman warms my heart. She looks so happy. She's BEAUTIFUL in all sense of the word. She's got that "christine" look of intrigue.

This is Christine. Taking some photos.

This is Christine. She's at Coney Island getting some Cotton Candy.

This is Christine. She's in from Germany.

This is Christine. At her 80's Birthday Cheesefest.

This is Christine. She's having a good time with her friends. plus, she's got really great hair.

This is Christine. She just started her journey.

perfectly good man

So, um The Secret says that if you want that "shiny new red sports car" you should go drive it. Convince yourself that you already have it. I'm wondering it that idea applies to all things- because I would really like to test drive a

As I get older I think about the things I really enjoyed when I was younger, like running around the neighborhood on my pink Schwinn with the flower banana seat and a basket full of chalk, and my little Canneaut-on-the-Lake coin purse full of Jacks. SWINGS.

The big swing set at the local park had its supports cemented in the ground. IT was my favorite. Looking up to where the the chains were connected to the top bar gave me willies. I only liked swings with the legs cemented in the ground because I was gonna go REAL HIGH. I was there often. Especially when I was upset.



My childhood swing set was a work of art. It's legs were supported with cement because my dad, being so cool did it. It was a basic two swings set. And a sliding board. It was painted with leftover forest green paint from the front porch and had stripes circling the legs of bright orange. OLD SCHOOL. My mom painted it. I remember watching her peel the tape off to reveal the stripes...it was so exciting. When my thoughts go back to the memories that make me who I am that swing set is always an easy visual. And the ducks. We lived on the south side of Youngstown. We had ducks running around the yard.

Presently, there are many parks throughout my neighborhood (called "East Hill") and they all have wonderful swings. I often stop while walking Mutch. As I'm floating back and forth I enjoy the memories of the shiny fenders on my fabulous pink bicycle, the white quacking ducks, and my green and orange swing set.
(-and its really neat to try and balance with no hands-it's like cross training for riding!)

I'm interested in my realization of how very visual of a person I have always been. We never stop learning how to learn do we?

I'm happy. I'm thankful for all that I have. I've listened to "The Secret" four times now.

guileless

Now that I am doing freelance artwork full time I'm not repeatedly chewing the first layer of skin off my bottom lip anymore. Constantly.

I've purchased a domain name for my new endeavor - which is APPLYcreative. And with it I got free hosting from GoDaddy. I set up a frontpage and looked at it. "owh." I got free hosting because they put their ads all over the top of it. I hate ads. I don't hate free hosting. So what shall I do? Go Daddy is cool enough, they have Danica!

APPLYcreative. is the name I picked out and I think its rather catchy. "HEY YOU. APPLY CREATIVE." And the marvelous slogans I came up with...I know, I know, it's not really all that professional for what I'm trying to do- or is it? I think it's on the line. My goal for this site is to be a go to place when I approach someone about Freelance. I want it to be a cross of my professional work and my rather creative cartooney Illustrations, I want it to be professional yet guileless. Do those two words belong together in a sentence?

In addition to the new domain name and website coming soon (which means in my talk SOMEDAY) I am trying to write a bio for my site. I've looked at countless other artist's bio's, which are good but I'm having some trouble with mine. First of all it's really creepy to talk about yourself in third person. Why is that the way it is done? Obviously the people know that I'm the one who did the website and so then, they will know I wrote the bio. Creepy. Do people think that someone else writes your personal and professional biography? Who wrote yours? Dingdang.

And second of all, what is all this "to do" about projects that have been done? I've had to sit here and THINK really hard about what I have done that I can include on my list of credentials. I've done so many things, and when I did these things I really didn't think "oh wow, this is a HUGE thing". One of my colored pencil drawings was in a few shows in college, won some things, I did art projects with the Kids at the Boys and Girls Club- Are these things that I should include? Ok. you talked me into it.

Dusty was fabulous tonight and very forward with a lot of GO, and I loved it. I will be able to harness that energy and we shall look fabulous some more.


This was taken tonight while I was riding. I think this is a decent picture- I'm just beginning to ask for bend as his back leg is stepping under him, engaging. Now if I can get the front together...


This is a start of a shoulder in. We're learning together. You see those yellow things on the fence? they hold the electric wire and they REALLY FLIPPPING HURT when you scrape your knee on them.







Here's us sitting trot.
I LOVE dusty.