Friday July 17, 2015 ARTinerary©

Some pictures and drawings I have been working on and now that summer is really here enjoy this Friday's ARTinerary©

 Part 1, the beginning...

 Part 2, still in the works...

Friday July 17, 2015 ARTinerary©

Part 1: 6pm @ Bad Grammer Theatre Book Reading @ Powell's Bookstore @ 1218 S Halsted

Part 2: 8pm @ Taste Of River North @ Ward Park @ Kingsbury & Erie

Part 3: 10pm @ Logan Theatre @ 2646 N Milwaukee

 

 

ARTinerary© Friday June 12, 2015

One of my very favorite fests is happening this weekend; BLUES FEST. Can't live without music! Now that summer is official in the city, the weekends are packed with neighborhood festivals, art exhibits and concerts.  For Friday night arts weekend follow my ARTinerary© on Twitter. 

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Friday June 12, 2015

Part 1: 6pm @ The Purple Pig  @ 500 N Michigan

Part 2: 7pm @ Blues Fest @ Grant Park @ Monroe & Lake Shore Drive

Part 3: 10pm @ Matchbox @ 770 N Milwaukee

Rain or shine the show must go on...

Dress Project 2

While living in limbo (the search continues for Oktober Studio 2) and not being able to paint. I have been occupying my time with other projects, drawing, photography and a second dress project. Thanks to the most talented seamstress, Diana Maldonado and fashionista, Tracy Jacobson Inwood of Fringe Boutique my second dress project is complete.

This dress project has become a summer project.  Starting with last summer. Now this year we have created a racer back maxi dress. The color is Spring Forest and the fabric is Organic Cotton Knit printed from Spoonflower. Only two dresses were made; this is a limited edition.

"Kale"

"Kale" on fabric

Dress 2

Welcome to Fringe Boutique

$75/ Large/Maxi Dress

Dress 2 by Licha At Oktober Studio handmade by Diana Maldonado. NOW selling at Fringe Boutique located at 27 Ash Street, Frankfort, Illinois 60423, 815.469.0607.  STOP IN TODAY!

   

ARTinerary© Friday May 29, 2015

ARTinerary©  Friday May 29, 2015

Part 1: 6pm @ Biophilia Exhibit @ Elephant Room Gallery @ 704 S Wabash

Part 2: 7pm @ Invent The Future Exhibit @ Galerie F @ 2381 N Milwaukee

Part 3: 8pm @ Summer House @ 1954 N Halsted 

Here are some photos from my practices.

Trying to get the shots when the birds were in flight and the shadows they were making as they were flying around and landing.  These were taken with my Samsung phone.  The quality is not great, but I am always thinking subject not quality. Maybe when I improve I can then make the next step to image quality. 

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ARTinerary© Friday May 15, 2015

ARTinerary©
Friday May 15, 2015.
A Friday arts night out.

Part 1: 6pm @ A Night At The Opera Exhibit
@ Printworks @ 311 W Superior

Part 2: 7pm @ May Fest @ 3100 N Ashland

Part 3: 10pm @ Cody’s Public House @
1658 W Barry

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Photos

Still looking for a place to live and work.  It's been hard when your buying bracket is on the low end.  There is nothing affordable that is decent; not for my needs, a live, gallery, studio space.  I will keep looking and I will find the right place at the right time for the right price.  My affirmation these days. Mean while I have started another dress project and I have been drawing and taking photos.  Here are the latest photos. My issue; my hands shake when I hold camera. 

 

 

 

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February

I went on a hike one morning in February. The morning sky was bright and clear. I have tried over and over with paint to get the color exact and although I come close it's not the same crisp blue.  My love for trees shows up and I think it's not always the trees, but the lines of the branches I like best. They criss-cross, connect and reach high; thick lines, thin branches growing in all directions.  The sun was strong for February and the temperature was a balmy 50 degrees. The clouds swirled about in the subtle breeze just enough to make the sky look grazed with white still allowing the azure of the sky pierce through. Practicing my photography with a digital Cannon I was able to get these shots.