christmas presents 2009 + recent stuff

so for this christmas i decided to be more creative and economical so i painted pictures for my family instead of buying gifts. to be extra “green” this xmas i also didnt wrap them, but used recycled materials for final presentation.

because we use 8,000 tons of wrapping paper each year, and we consume enough xmas cards that can fill up a football stadium ten stories high. and if we could tie the amount of ribbon we use annually, it could tie a ribbon around the earth.

i shipped my work via checked in baggage when i was flying up to the bay, so i left the work in its original shipping materials.

there were two paintings for my parents, this is the first painting - initially i made something else but i couldnt ship it or fit it in my luggage so i gave them this one instead, haha

this is the second painting i gave my parents, its the nursery rhyme:

“they went to the animal fair, the birds and the beasts were there

the big baboon by the light of the moon was stroking his auburn hair

the monkey he was drunk, he sat on the elephants trunk

the elephant snees (ah-choo) and fell to his knees

and that was the end of the monk - the monk the monk”

this painting was for my older sister, based on the concept of dr suess

“one fish-two fish, red fish-blue fish”

this painting was for my little sister - “little fawn” a nickname i gave her

my family with their gifts

my family jumping - hahahaha

as for the rest of my christmas, it was pretty stressful - but we were trying to work on our continuing traditions of having breakfast with the fam bam in the morning - my mom makes quiche and buys lox

my dad was in a rush and wore two different slippers in the morning - which was funny because my grandmother later that night wore two different white sneakers because she dressed in the dark - like mother like son.

so besides going home for a quick visit, ive been home painting -

i also went to the grove and saw ‘up in the air’ with moca

we took pictures ..

moca

mister tree

up close and personal

gas station

two girls holding hands