For the Fun of it - some drawings

and on being in between

I have just til the end of the week before I go on mat leave (we get a few weeks before in Cali), a momentous occasion which I have been waiting ages for. Maybe someday, when I’ve processed it properly and with a clear head, I’ll write about how strange it was and is to work while pregnant. But I’m almost done for a while, and I’m excited to recuperate and prepare for the journey ahead. It’s also just a deeply strange time for artists everywhere. There’s never been a thinner line between the call of capitalism and the work that we do. Anyway, in the face of that, I’ve been enjoying crayons again lately in the evenings before I try and fail to sleep.

I return often to women as mountains/giants in times of stress. Maybe my mom read me too much folklore as a child. Or maybe I read too much folklore as an adult. One of those.

These are all neocolor on onion skin paper, which is soo smooth and lovely, the only downside is that the minute the pages close up, you know everythign is going to smudge. Ephemeral! Let your drawings go, let them be what they’re going to be for the moment that you do them, I think.

2024-2025 for me has been the era of landscapes. I love characters, and always will, but I have been trying to love space.

I used to say I was bad at drawing cars but HONESTLY I really love drawing a very specific kind of car. Maybe it’s a UPA/mid century animation car. It’s not COOL but it’s probably fun to drive and the horn sounds like MEEP MEEP.

Anyway, hope you’re all holding up and hopefully see you in a couple weeks!

ok love u bye