Thanks ! A wonderful weekend at APE !

Thanks everyone who came by say hi to us at APE !

We had such a great time seeing our friends and meeting new friends! 

I hope you enjoy our collaborated book, Round Robin, as much as we did making it !

 

( we got to make some bookplates at the table !)

Thanks again everyone !

Thanks Daniela, and Anita for the photos at APE !

an Expedition with Mr.R ( the Raccoon )

" In search of a dim memory from times past,

Mr. R (the Raccoon) packed up his pouch 

and set off alone on an expedition.

Through fields and forests, villages and towns, 

storms and sunshine, through all the seasons of the year.

He came at last to a gate 

hidden behind a thicket of shrubs......"

Here is a 5 pages accordion postcard booklet made for Mr. R ( the Raccoon) ! Each illustration on the postcard follows Mr. R on his journey through four seasons of the year... This is also a little tribute to the Bay Area weather - where grass on rolling hills are yellow in summer, and heat is greater in fall....
I hope this would be a souvenir of the Bay Area, and also a friendly personal postcard to send to someone at far.

Each booklet is handcrafted, illustrations printed on watercolor paper and perforated to 5 postcards. There will be limited number available at APE this weekend, along side with Round Robin, and Daniela and Katy's beautiful books !
Our table number at APE is #330, please come on by !

  

ROUND ROBIN

Alright ! it's now two weeks away from APE ! The illustrated book I've been working on with Daniela Strijleva and Katy Wu, now officially has a title, called, " ROUND ROBIN" !
What is it about ?? well, ...give you a little more hanger and surprise till you see the actual book in hand,... Instead of a conventional story line, our illustrations were created along with a word game. Here is a sneak peek of a finished painting I made for the book, and please also check out Daniela and Katy's blog for a glimpse of their beautiful work.

APE 2010 !

APE ( the Alternative Press Expo) in San Francisco is once again coming up on Oct. 16th !
It'll be the 2nd time for me to exhibit at APE ( after 2 years...), and this time, I'm sharing a table with 2 amazing artist friends from work, Daniela Strijleva and Katy Wu.  Also, for the first time, we're collaborating to make a small illustrated book, which will be coming out at APE !
More details will be posted soon, for now, I could only say, we're working feverishly to make this happen, and the collaboration process is definitely one amazing experience ... I hope you'd enjoy the book when you see it at APE !

Also, I'm brewing to put together a little postcard booklet for Mr. R ( the Raccoon), hopefully, it will also be exhibited at APE.

Here are some pictures of my work-in-progress, and meet me and my hubby's new kittens of the family - Pocky & Mikado !   ( they keep me company while painting, help chewing on my brushes and lick away the water-color paint.... What's in the paint anyway...? )

Mr. R, the Raccoon.

In my previous little cottage apt, there lived 2 Raccoons in between the ceiling and the roof, Mr. & Mrs. R. (perhaps). They ran marathon at night, above the ceiling, in the wall, sometimes even cracked nuts rhythmically. In a foggy summer day, they'd come check out the whimsy peach tree in the little front yard, surely, it was a bit too bitter for their taste...... So, every once a while, Mr. R keep popping in my head, did nothing much, just unpack his travel pouch, pull out a thermos and make some tea.....

The Whimsy House

A little studio loft, full of windows, settles in the middle of tree shades. It's a magical experience to wake up on the top floor bed, feeling like waking up on and between trees...My friends' family built this loft by themselves with their own hands, they named it, " the Whimsy House ".

Friday ! Last but not least... Meet Le Uyen Pham & Alex Puvilland , Artist Duo.

Le Uyen and Alex is an amazing talented, creative, and powerhouse artist couple living in San Francisco. They are both wonderful people and artists who inspire me everyday.
Check out the interviews with them today on Rose la Biche!