With THAT Man!

So, I will have some holidays eventually… with THAT Man Kev Moore!

I am a lucky girl, am I not?

It has been such a busy time for about the last 10 months, including

the renewal of our house where we used to live in Albir  in the Provincia de Alicante,

the move from Albir to Turre, where we live now, in the Provincia de Almeria,

the organisations of some exhibitions,

the purchase of a new gallery,

the construction of a new music Studio,

an entire CD album, music and artwork,

the purchase of a new flat to extend our living and working area,

the destruction and construction works to connect to our former flat,

and many different time-consuming art works and projects…

yes, the vacation is overdue, for both of us!

Tomorrow we will take to the road again, and drive around  in the very south of Spain, around Cadiz and Huelva, and then into Portugal, driving up along the Spanish border to finally drive back to Albir through the centre of Spain, where I have a business appointment on the 15th of July. Kevin himself will fly on the 16th of July to Bosnia, where he has a gig with BC SWEET.

And around the 20th of July we will come back to our lovely home in Turre, and the hard work will start again!

I might give some news in the meanwhile if we can find some internet cafe… but we normally go to wild places, as they contain the best motifs for my sketches. Oh yes, I forgot to say, although I refer to it as a holiday, it is in fact,  a painting trip! But with no-one other than myself ruling my work…

except perhaps THAT Man Kev Moore, who made me today a very touching gift: a sketching book with John Lennon on it. The thing is, he bought this book about 25 years ago, and kept it for a very special occasion.  This morning he took it from a hidden place and said to me:

“I think it can only be for you, especially now…. And I want you to draw your lovely caricatures of people in it, as John Lennon himself made such funny caricatures!”

The fact is, we have started watching the Beatles Anthology series some days ago, and I love it. this is why this present couldn’t be more appropriate!

See you soon!

Cafe Sketches

We have been so busy wiht many things ove rthe last few months, there was hardly time to relax! But 2 days ago, on the way back from some stressing palec where we had to some dome formalities, we decoded to make a haly by our favourite cafe by the beach: it had been weeks since we were there! Luckily for me, who can’t cope very well with just sitting around without doing anyhting, I had a small  sketch book in the car and could sit there, at Masko, sketching people again. And what a pleasure: Great motives were there that day, and I just regret that I hadn’t more time. Here are some of the sketches I did.

By that woman reading the news, i was fascinated by her hands position, and the “delicateness” of the whole apparition…

especially the length of her neck, face and fingers…

Here I guess that the woamn was telling off her husband about eating too much…

forgetting to look at herself in a mirror…

Some couples really shouldn’t spend their lifes together… 

The Countdown is ready

As annouced some months ago, I have created a calendar

“Countdown for The Commons People”

as a complement to Kev Moore’s Cd

“Fan Fayre for The Common s People”

in honour of  of Deby County Football Club.

The calendar is designed for the championship football season 2009/2010, presenting a piece of Art each month  featuring  humorously (and not in an impartial way as I am a Derby Fan now!!!)  teams who will have to fight against the Rams (Derby’s Nickname).

Available in Slim Line Format and in A3 Format here

Portugal in Acrylics

by Miki – Boat and Houses in Vila do Conde, Portugal

Acrylics on canvas, 70 x 70 cm

For the first time in my painter life, and to celebrate my new acrylics atelier, I reproduced in acrylics on canvas a sketch I had done last Summer in Portugal. I normally don’t fancy doing such works, I find “repetitions” or, to sound more sophisticated,  “interpretations in other techniques” quite boring and I really can’t overcome myself to do it.

This time I was myself quite curious to see how these funny sketches of dancing houses would look like on canvas. Also i have been asked many times for it, and in fact I los the opportubity of many sales because of my “lazyness”. Now I must admit that I  quite like the result. So much that I have even done a second one, and perhaps, if I can find the time (and above all the energy), I will do a whole series of them.

Fancy an Ice Cream with me?

Your last chance… today is Ice Cream Day!

Please be tender!

An artwork dedicated to my French friend Joel, who, I have the feeling, can’t wait that the Ice Cream Day arrives! 

PS: Joel, au cas ou tu ne le saurais pas:

“We know when we are licked”

est un jeu de mots. En Anglais cela signifie aussi

:Nous savons quand nous sommes battus”

{battus dans le sens de ‘vaincus”)

C’est Kevin qui a choisi ce titre…

I think we were made for each other…

another creation for my ecard gallery in 123Studio…

celebrating the Ice Cream Day on 8th of June!

You didn’t know that such a day exists?

Me neither!

PS: sorry for my absence on the net these days, I was quite ill, and still am…

and no, I haven’t eaten too much ice cream!