Almost same-same

I am working on a picture with names and a giesha for a friend. She likes the sweet geishas and are they not cute? I moved her hair a bit and discovered that she became a Muslim. We are not so different. :)

Spring forgot Malmö

Last year in March the first springflowers were blooming and wintercoats on their way to hibernation. Today: still snow and the coldest and snowiest winter in almost thirty years. How I long for the sun and warmy days! Hello spring! Don't forget Malmö!

Image: Turning Torso in Malmö by night by me.

Paris

What is it with the Eiffel Tower that makes it appear so often in art? Is it becasue it is a piece of art itself? Or could it be because it is a symbol of journey, glamor, fashion, holidays, romance?

The cat's name is Filip and he has never been to Paris, but he has traveled to Stockholm from our house a few times, which is a 6-hour-journey: sitting in his cage in the car trunk watching the world pass by.

ArtHeart

A heart for Valentines Day. Or just a bit digisplatter. New brushes are always useful.

When I find a song that goes straight to my heart, I can listen to it twenty times in a row without getting tired. "Road Salt" by Pain of Salvation - one of many contributions to the Swedish Eurovision-Song-contest-song - has swept it away everywhere due to contest rules. Now I listen to this and when there are these (highly).

Last weekend we wathced the movie Star Trek. I really like those films, how unreal they are, I still like them. Have you seen Star Trek? Then you know maybe how I think when I say that our society is becoming what the Borg are: having a common consciousness: the Internet.

Another reflection I did this weekend was when I read on a blog "... and we have saw the SUN in the weekend ...". I thought what does SUN stands for? Then it struck me that SUN means just sun. It is hard to be modern... :)

The Art of Life

Art and images is a part of my every day life. I see patterns, beauty, lines , color, shape combinations Kodak moments whenever och whennever I expect it. Therefore this print came up: "The art of life": travel, music, food, computing, shopping, environmental awareness, home decorating and love and also of course art.
Ok. I admit I left out "fart", it would at least be a part of my every day life with the kids and their sense of humor, and sometimes also mine, I admit again.

And I must admit one more thing. That "art" was one of the most boring things I knew when I was a little girl. Or so it was the word itself, which then meant boring abstract paintings, have-to-go-to-museums in school and bit of snobbish, which I did not really understand. How nice that you can change!

On Etsy here.

Another caffe-latte-day

Are you happy today? I feel quite good. Soon I will go for lunch at my favourite café and have a caffe latte with whipped cream (lchf) and sort out ideas to new images that I have in my Moleskin. I expect a feel-good-mode to appear then.

This week we changed our newspaper subscription to a "Friday to Sunday"-subscription. We do not have time to read it properly on weekdays and a bonus is that we have more than halved the amount of journals to be carried away to recycling. And yesterday came the news with the real picture of it: IPad. I love the smart design. And stylish. The only question is when you can buy your giant-iPhone for home use.
Maybe we have to buy two "Can you pass me the Culture-pages, please??".

The fossil house

When I was a child we often went to this beach with both pebbles and sand. Once I found a white fossil there large as my fist (then, not now). I know it is in a box in bag from the 80's at my parents attic. But which bag?

This little house is used by the fishermen and looking peacefully lonely I think.

Where? Here and on Etsy here.

Wake up and smell the breakfast

My version of Keep Calm. Stay calm at breakfast. An idea that has been joining me for a while: I could just not choose what food or drink to smell. Therefor I chose them all! Except for chai tea. Would be a bit too much with coffee.

On Etsy: here and with a sunrise here.

Facades

I have had an idea for quite a while now about facades from different architectural styles combined to one building. I am waiting for that partly cloudy lunch hour with perfect light, when I take my camera and for the facades-walk in Malmö city for shooting images to the image toolbox. Meanwhile I made this image of whatever buildings in my iPhoto.

Exhibition: Märtas Café

During February but starting today I will display ten artworks at Märtas Café in my little town. It is a cozy café with delightful salads and great muffins. In summer the backyard is a great place to relax in the shade and watching people.

Which ten images? These:

The first one.