Ces And Her Dishes

A Bit Too Forward...

2012-01-29T17:15:00.000-06:00

Please pardon me, if lately, I appear to be a bit too forward with my nuts. Can you blame me? Look at them? It is my great luck that I happen to love the genus Quercus and Cyclobalanopsis, and to be gifted by the diversity of these beautiful members of the Kingdom Plantae. Sigh! What glorious nuts!!! I delight in squiggling them everyday. It is my desire to draw as many species as I can this

台湾窄叶青冈

2012-01-28T00:01:00.000-06:00

Cyclobalanopsis stenophylloides (Hayata), 台湾窄叶青冈, wan zhai ye qing gang, also known as Cyclobalanopsis stenophylla(Blume) Schottky var. stenophylloides (Hayata) J. C. Liao; Q. salicina Blume var. stenophylloides(Hayata) S. S. Ying; Q. stenophylla (Blume) Makino var. stenophylloides (Hayata) A. Camus. Pen and ink drawing on ATC-sized Bristol board. This is an oak from Taiwan; up to 17

Lithocarpus densiflorus

2012-01-27T12:01:00.000-06:00

Lithocarpus densiflorus, Tanbark oak. Pen and ink on 3.5"X2.5" Bristol board Lithocarpus densiflorus, aka Tanoak or Tanbark-oak is considered a link between the chestnut (Castanea) and the oak (Quercus). It has flowers like the chestnut and acorns like the oak. It is found in Oregon, California and Nevada.

Quercus dunnii - Dunn Oak, Palmer Oak

2012-01-26T08:44:00.000-06:00

Quercus dunnii, Dunn Oak, Palmer Oak. Pen and Ink on 3.5"x2.5" Bristol board Quercus dunnii is a native of California, Baja California and Arizona. It is usually an evergreen shrub. The leaf of the Quercus dunnii is 1.2-5 x 1-3 cm; elliptic or rounded; leathery; not convex; with wavy margins , sometimes rolled backward or downward or rolled at the tip of the margins (revolute). It

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL!!!

2012-01-25T03:25:00.000-06:00

Sarah Ebarkins swinging through the vines, a ballpoint drawing study on my Moleskine notebook for a story my daughter wrote when she was 5 years old. I love this story because she then gave me strict instructions to type the words exactly as she wrote them. Here is the original post. The Adventures of the Blue RingBy Em One day a little girl named Sarah Ebarkins bought

Do Not Judge An Oak By Its Leaf

2012-01-24T00:01:00.000-06:00

L to R: Cyclobalanopsis chungii; Cyclobalanopsis phanera; Cyclobalanopsis stenophylloides L to R: Cyclobalanopsis chevalieri; Cyclobalanopsis morii; Lithocarpus densiflorus L to R: Cyclobalanopsis astro-glauca; Cyclobalanopsis lamellosa; Cyclobalanopsis fleuryi Coming tomorrow, their acorns...

Quercus falcata - Southern Red Oak

2012-01-23T00:01:00.000-06:00

Quercus falcata, Michx. 1801. Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak, Swamp Red Oak Literally, thousands of twirls and rotations of my pen nib create miniature circles and swirls to complete this illustrated 10"x8" double cut board, matting the 3.5"x2.5"ATC illustration of the Quercus falcata acorn. This is the second oak decorated mat I have drawn. I did the first one last year, also

Quercus virgiliana - Roverella

2012-01-22T00:01:00.000-06:00

Quercus virgiliana, Ten. 1835, pubescence, acorn, leaf. Pen and ink on 3.5"x2.5" Bristol board. I had a difficult time capturing the scales of this acorn; a lot of patterns and texture. I chanced upon this almost perfectly ovoid acorn, Quercus virgiliana because I made a typographical error in searching for interesting facts about Quercus virginiana. What a magnificent

Quercus virginiana - Live Oak

2012-01-21T00:20:00.002-06:00

Quercus virginiana. Live Oak. Colored pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol board. Quercus virginiana. Live Oak on 3.5"x2.5" Bristol boards and live oak acorn specimen on my work desk. The acorn of Quercus virginina. The acorn of Quercus virginiana is barrel-shaped; mucronate at the apex. The stalk is 1-2 cm long. It is enclosed by a grayish cup with slightly tomentose

What's Inside My Purse...

2012-01-20T00:01:00.000-06:00

Of course, what did you expect? :)

Quercus Infectoria - Aleppo Oak

2012-01-19T00:05:00.000-06:00

Quercus infectoria, pigment ink on 3.5"x2.5" Bristol board. Quercus infectoria Olivier. Taxonomic rank: Species. Genus: Quercus; Family: Fagaceae; Subfamily: Fagoideae. Common name(s) Aleppo Oak.Taxonomy ref. Quercus infectoria is native to Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Greece The leaves of the Quercus infectoria measure 3-8 x 1.5.-5 cm;

Quercus douglasii - Blue Oak

2012-01-18T08:48:00.000-06:00

Quercus douglasii, pigment ink on 3.5"x2.5" smooth Bristol board. TAXONOMY: Blue Oak, scientific name: Quercus douglasii Hook. & Arn. (Fagaceae). It is in the white oak (Lepidobalanus) subgenus [72,114,134,157,239]. USDA Forest Service Fire Effects information System, Tree Index Quercus douglasii; Blue Oak; Mountain White Oak, Iron Oak, is named after its discoverer, David

An Oak A Day...

2012-01-17T23:59:00.000-06:00

Just like that... starting today. Quercus stellata (Post Oak). Colored pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. A new series, An Oak A Day. Guaranteed to increase brain power :). Every day I draw acorns and leaves. Just because...

Tomentous versus Glabrous

2012-01-14T17:02:00.004-06:00

Thirty five and counting... Which nut are you? Tomentous or glabrous? I am loving this little project of mine. It is an activity I decided to undertake to keep me drawing while I tend to life's more important tasks, like say, laundry? Today is laundry day. Do you know why it is good to wash clothes on Saturday? Have you ever noticed that no matter what the weather may be; be it

The Asians Are Coming!!!

2012-01-11T13:06:00.000-06:00

Coming Soon!!! A New Collection of Exquisite, Exotic, Fascinating and Captivating Acorns of the Cyclobalanopsis Genus. Left to right: Cyclobalanopsis kerrii, C.phanera, C. lamellosa. Left to Right: Cyclobalanospis pachyloma, C. austro-glauca, C. fleuryi Ah, dear friends and visitors. A new year and lots of talk about new hope, new promises. I have nothing against it,

Hanging Out With The Asians

2012-01-09T06:34:00.001-06:00

Some oaks of the Orient. Family Fagaceae, Genus Cyclobalanopsis Left to Right: Cyclobalanopsis kerrii; Cyclobalanopsis pachyloma and Cyclobalanopsis lamellosa. STRESSSSSSSS!!!! A very busy January! I will be occupying work to meet deadlines, testing events, project implementations and the homefront for annual medical appointments, birthdays, christenings, school programmes. To start

Good morning! Wake up, It's your Birthday...

2012-01-08T15:44:00.002-06:00

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:27 AM Good night Nene Cecil. Thank you for everything. I have two meetings tomorrow, a criminal case in the afternoon, and a deadline for the Supreme Court. Good night. Happy Birthday, Son and Inday Leah From the "Shed A Tear" collection. My mind is agitated and my heart is healing and then breaking and

Grounded

2012-01-07T00:00:00.000-06:00

Autumn #3. Part of the original Seasons Series. I gave away this drawing. Unfortunately, I did not scan it. This is a photograph of the 9"x12" pen and ink drawing on Bristol Board. I have been trying to redraw this image and I cannot do it, something always changes. I know that the facial features are very simple but somehow I want to recapture that. I cannot even explain why it appeals

Unfinished Business

2012-01-03T22:26:00.000-06:00

A grove of American basswood in the Blue Ridge mountains. A row of Populus tremuloides or Quaking Aspens, Rocky mountains. Quercus virginiana at the Alamo Shrine and gardens. San Antonio. Bald cypress trees along the Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway, Louisiana. Here are some images from a project I did not finish because of my carpal tunnel syndrome, and later because I

Not Just Dishes

2012-01-01T09:28:00.001-06:00

It was wonderful to meet you all last year! This is going to be an exciting year. The air is full of uncertainty. That always offers many great opportunities. There will be predators and opportunists as usual. As for 2012, I hope the Mayans were wrong. Onward! Every right imposes some obligation on others. My right to freedom is borne by the brave and self-sacrificing soldiers,

More Than Highlights...

2011-12-30T21:26:00.000-06:00

Snowscape. Micro pigment ink on 11"x14" on Bristol Board. 2011 was a period of punctuated equilibrium. Here's to 2012. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Malipayon Nga Bag-ong Tuig!!! May your life be filled with people you love and who love you. May you occupy industry, diligence and success. May you be of good health. May healing take place. May your life be filled with celebrations. May

Quercus Macrocarpa or Bur Oak

2011-12-30T02:44:00.000-06:00

I am seriously contemplating of joining the oak society. Yes, there is such a thing. I am thinking...thinking...gotta pay the membership fee...seriously thinking... In the meantime, this is the Quercus macrocarpa, also known as Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak or Mossy overcup oak. And to everyone who has access to oak acorn and leaf specimen, tell me about them and I will illustrate them. If you send me

If I Had To Draw Only One Thing...

2011-12-29T02:45:00.000-06:00

Above, the acorns of Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), Quercus lyrata (Overcup oak), Quercus marilandica (Blackjack Oak) and below, their leaves. Above, the acorns of Quercus falcata (Southern Red Oak), Quercus prinus (Chestnut Oak) and Quercus laevis (American Turkey Oak) and below, their leaves. Above, the acorns of Quercus virginiana (Live Oak), Cyclobalanopsis blakei,

2011, I Shall Remember...

2011-12-26T09:18:00.000-06:00

Give thanks for your life, your gifts, your blessings!!! If you find no reason to give thanks, change your friends. Seriously. One cannot change one's family; but friends, you can exchange. Exchange them with those who will help you find meaning and reason to get up and love life, appreciate the sun or the rain, smile at your brother or friend who constantly tags you with every blurred

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

2011-12-26T00:16:00.000-06:00

Today is Boxing Day, literally... This morning I woke up very early. I wanted to set up the new Bose Wave music system that my husband gave me for Christmas. The old Bose wave radio intermittently works so he decided to get me a new one. The new one can hold 4 discs so that will provide me an entire day of listening pleasure. Today it is classical music. I took Daisy and Weezy outside,

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T10:07:00.000-06:00

Weezy, The Christmas Gift Eater "Hah! She thinks putting up the presents on the coffee table instead of putting them under the tree will save them from me!" Seriously, this pup is changing our Christmas celebration tradition. He started chewing the boxes! Naughty dog! This is Wheezy, a stray dog rescued by my son when he was a puppy. He was an ugly puppy. He had two scars on his

A Christmas Message

2011-12-23T20:01:00.000-06:00

The Messenger. A series of ATC/ACEO pen and ink illustrations on Bristol Board. For years, the atheists, anti-God, anti-Christians, anti-religion, secularists and anti-Christmas have successfully waged war against Christmas. They have made it a secular celebration, devoid of its cultural and spiritual significance and protesting its symbols . They are so afraid to say Christmas,

Merry Christmas!!!

2011-12-18T00:01:00.000-06:00

To all my blog friends, followers and visitors, Merry Christmas!!! Thank you for your friendship, visits, kind words, support , inspiration and encouragement. Thank you for your prayers for my sister Leah who continues to do battle with cancer. Your prayers, support and love, bring comfort and healing. Thank you! It is just as well that my blog is titled

HELP!!!

2011-12-17T23:30:00.000-06:00

Hello friends. I did not realize the extent of the flood damage in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. The death toll has exceeded 400, hundreds more are missing and thousands are displaced. People were washed away in their sleep. I want to help and if you will help me help the people, I will appreciate it very much. There is always a reason to keep or save our money and mind our own business and

Winners!!! Winners!!!

2011-12-17T01:35:00.002-06:00

First, I changed my mind about the new Blogger post editor, I like it and it has many positive improvements and features especially related to image uploads. I already had the opportunity to use this uploader on my sky-watching blog last year. The only drawback is that I cannot edit the photo sizes using HTML. And now for the WINNERS of the ATC print sets giveaway. The winners were

How To Sink Someone A Week Before Christmas

2011-12-16T20:21:00.000-06:00

India ink, pigment ink on 2.5"x3.5" Bristol board on single mat. Ugh! What happened? I have this new Blogger interfaced editor I did not want and it is not very user friendly. How can I get my old post editor back? Yes, there are many features but it is not flexible at all. I am sinking here!

The Meaning And Definition Of Tsup! Tsup!!!

2011-12-13T16:42:00.012-06:00

"Tsup!" (work in progress) Part of the Windows and Doors Series of 2.5"x3.5" ATCs on illustrated mat boards. My giveaway is still going on. Please leave a comment here to join. Tsup!!!The leaves have nothing to do with Tsup! I just love color. ATC-sized prints of these leaves are part of the give-away. Below is a discussion at Bird Anonymous' blog on February 2008. In my opinion, there

Windows and Doors; Looking In Looking Out and a Giveaway

2011-12-11T21:27:00.001-06:00

Above and the three images directly below are part of a Windows and Doors Series: ATC or ACEO on illustrated mats. The art cards done in pen and ink measure 2.5"x3.5" and the double mats measure 8"x10". I plan to give these as presents to friends and family but no telling when I am going to finish them because as with any project, I tend to overdo it as I go along. Sigh. So I don't know when I

Separated and Living in Tra-La-La Land

2011-12-09T11:31:00.005-06:00

The Deceptively Charming and Despicable Mr. Jacob Klinghoffermesiterlongbottom-Jarlsberg And His Pet Horned Screamer. A horned screamer, although it looks like a turkey, actually belongs to the duck and geese family. Pen and India and pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.Mr. Jacob Klinghoffermesiterlongbottom-Jarlsberg* is long on name but short on stature. He did not have a happy childhood,

Not Much Happening, I Wish...

2011-12-08T15:26:00.008-06:00

You know those Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)? They are small at 2.5"x3.5". What does one do with them anyway? Use them as playing cards? I decided I should mat these ones I am drawing for a new series, Windows, (if I can maintain my enthusiasm). The mats measure 8"x10". I decided to draw on the mats! To all those who won the giveaway, I hope you receive your packets soon. They were mailed this past

A Morning Quickie And An Interrobang

2011-12-04T10:29:00.012-06:00

Just a couple of morning quickies. I woke up today thinking what this artistic expression, yes, expression (not journey) means and trying to find the significance of everything I have done this year. I am not calling this a journey because if I do, I would be very tired considering I have been drawing since I can remember. I do not want to think I have to arrive at some place, and then what?

Shirley's Ant Brigade

2011-12-03T10:08:00.005-06:00

Shirley's Ant Brigade. 0.2 mm line width pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Do you know that it takes less than twenty four hours for some Atta species of leaf cutter ants to defoliate a citrus tree? Talk about an efficient brigade, no, make that an army! On a side note, Scientists at Cornell University discovered that when an aphid is attacked, it releases an alarm pheromone but fearless

Winners and Recipients of Art Prints Giveaway

2011-12-01T10:26:00.003-06:00

Can you believe it's December? Where did the time go?Thank you very much to everyone who sent me kind words regarding Becky. I appreciate your kind and tender thoughts. She was a beautiful person. The world is a better place because she was here.So here are the recipients of my art prints giveaway. Some of you I have already promised a print before but got so busy and did not have time to mail

Goodbye My Dearest Friend Becky...

2011-11-30T13:55:00.007-06:00

Becky, there is an empty space in my heart. You taught me so much. My life is more colorful than ever. Thank you for honoring my blog with your visits and words of comfort and kindness. Thank you for your grace and wisdom. May you rest in eternal peace.I have known Becky since 2004. I met her through Mediumgreen, the Fiesta message board. I learned so much from her. She was a grand lady, a very

Love Does Not Make The World Go Round

2011-11-27T21:23:00.001-06:00

It is naive and downright irresponsible to think that love makes the world go round. It doesn't matter which premise. It's romanticization. A romantic story almost always ends in tragedy. You think I am being cynical or pessimistic? Try paying the bank for next month's mortgage with love. See what I mean?Improbable But Not Impossible. Micro pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Among

Giving Thanks And A Thanksgiving Give-Away

2011-11-25T02:30:00.008-06:00

Feast. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.A Prayer of Thanks:Thank you, Dear God, for all the gifts You have given me. For those I love who are suffering and are not well, please bless them and make them whole and do not forsake those who care for them.Amen.And to my blog friends, visitors and followers: Thank you very much for sharing your time with me. I would like to start the Christmas

Barbarians At The Gate...

2011-11-21T00:39:00.000-06:00

Damn carnivores!!!

I Love You!!!

2011-11-19T15:36:00.011-06:00

Happy Movember BirthdaysTo my beloved sisters, Inday Beck and Lynette!And to my Beloved Viking whose birthday is next week, I love you so much. You are the only man I ever loved and love, as a husband; you know, I love my brothers and loved my father and my male friends. But as far as husband, yes, the rest were nothing, even if they wanted to marry me, I don't even remember their names, who were

You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Post Is About You

2011-11-18T21:26:00.006-06:00

Lindol Rising. Pigment and India ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Below far left: Young Lindol. Pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. I had dental and oral surgery done while drawing the above image, can you tell?Yes, you're so vain. Repeat "you're so vain." Notice how "you're" is spelled correctly, unlike what I read today: ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The accelerated pace of cyber courtship is getting

Day 4: It's All Been A Misunderstanding

2011-11-17T05:56:00.020-06:00

The new Benetton ads are here, just in time for the holidays. The ads are Benetton's attempt to inject political correctness into the minds of young people. It is dangerous and downright ignorant. The homoerotic ads want everyone to think that it's all been a misunderstanding, that if we just "unhate", kiss and make up, perhaps the world's problems will just disappear. I am not even going to

Day 3: Some Scared Fish, Utterly Confused Dragonflies And One Copacetic Canine

2011-11-16T01:41:00.001-06:00

Thank you very much for all your wonderful and thoughtful comments. I am behind my visiting and commenting but did not want to miss my drawing progress update. See you soon!

Day 2: At What Point Does Slow Matter?

2011-11-15T02:13:00.003-06:00

I am deliberately being slow with this drawing which I started yesterday. One of my laments is the fact that I draw so fast; paint so fast. For the things that I love to do so much, at least I wish I could linger and savor every pen or brush stroke. I think I do, except at the speed of which I draw or paint, everything is a blur after I am done. What I remember are the stories and memories I

Day 1: Sun Fun Day

2011-11-14T00:00:00.001-06:00

I actually did some drawing today. Here is a sneak peak of some very angry goddess inspired by my even-sweeter sisterfriend Bella Sinclair's narwhal maypole dance. Have a great week everyone!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTERS!!!Rebecca and LynetteTsup! Tsup!!!

How To Cook Pansit Bihon Guisado

2011-11-13T01:38:00.010-06:00

To my new visitors: I am taking a short break from posting artwork. I have thoughts of food in my brain lately. If you just want to see artwork, you may go here.Thank you to everyone for your words of encouragement on my previous post. I am well, thank you. I always wanted to share this recipe because every time I serve pansit, people ask me how to prepare it. My recipes vary depending on the

A Personal Post and Sharing A Secret

2011-11-12T08:54:00.013-06:00

Good morning! This is a very personal post today. What do you think about before you go to bed? What do you look like when you wake up in the morning and what do you think about first thing in the morning? I will address these questions and present images. Please forgive me. Some of these images may prove torturous for some but most especially for me. If you have been following my blog for a

Silent

2011-11-11T11:11:00.007-06:00

Nine years ago, my beloved mother's heart became silent, only to continue beating in mine, and my sisters' and my brothers' and my children's. You see, a good mother never dies. She lives forever... perhaps in silence, but she never dies.Blind. India and pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Several days ago, I had a foreign body sensation on my left eye. It started on Sunday. It kept irrigating

The Enchanted World Of Bella Sinclair, Artist Extraordinaire

2011-11-08T23:59:00.002-06:00

Enchanted. Pigment ink, India ink and graphite on 9"x12" Bristol BoardWhen I was a little girl growing up in the tropics, there were tales of forest spirits told to us by our elders. This is the reason why every time I pass by dense wooded areas, I always say "Tabi anay, puede lang maglabay anay" (Pardon me, may I please pass by). The forest did not belong to us. It was not for us to desecrate or

Show Your True Stripes

2011-11-05T20:50:00.006-05:00

Run! Pigment and India ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.Last week, I posted the image on the left. I was a week ahead of Illustration Friday. I already posted my stripes. Talking about stripes, I love pinstripes. I also prefer pinstriped people over flannelmouths, and chintzy people.So I was preparing a post for Stripes and drew an image of a pinstriped woman on a snowy background. However, I messed

Back Where I Started

2011-10-30T15:19:00.007-05:00

...but not quite.Unravel. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardWiser.Brisk. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardSo many things have happened since I drew the top image. It was my first entry to Illustration Friday. I posted it on January 12, 2008 for the Illustration Friday prompt "Stitch." Later that year, in the month of August, to be exact, something wonderful happened on my blog. I posted the

Not Really Scary

2011-10-28T19:06:00.004-05:00

Dream Series: Bound. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.I relegated this drawing to my box of "Draw and Forget." I did not really intend to post this for a reason. However, my drawing pad right now has nothing scary, so I thought I'd give this baby a chance and share it with you. When I showed this drawing to my children, I expected them to be a little bit shocked by it but instead they said "

Life Fuels Love Fuels Life... Popetchca

2011-10-23T18:37:00.001-05:00

Popetchca, Circa 2011Archival pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board2010From: Leah To: Ces Sent: 1:33 AM Subject: Re: My SisterNene Cecil, I read your final write up. You know, I never felt or knew that you were ignoring me. Remember, when you left for the US, I had just taken the bar. And you were with me everyday. You massaged me when I came home from the court and when I was tired. You were

Toilet Paper

2011-10-21T01:45:00.007-05:00

Dream Sequence No. 4Oh wow! No mushrooms!!!Just nine mice.I had this dream about toilet paper, do you want to know? One day I'll write about what I think of toilet paper. Oh yes, it is a very important subject matter. It's quite fascinating actually. Toilet paper has very peculiar cultural and political aspects to it...seriously.

Quincunx

2011-10-18T19:34:00.002-05:00

Dream Sequence No.7, Quincunx. Archival micro pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardYou know, sometimes, the only reason why I blog is to take a break from being such a terrific and amazing clinical analyst or take the opportunity to use high scoring words. Hahahahahaha!!!Sincerely,The Grande Witch of Xystoi, Xylem, Zoysia, Zeks, Oyez, Soja and Jeux

The Light Of Your Love

2011-10-17T21:45:00.005-05:00

Sometimes, life takes you down on a bleak and dark journey. You seek the light at the end of the tunnel but the journey is long. You look around, and you hold on to something to steady your gait. Sometimes you fall and can no longer walk. Then there is someone or a special few beside you who willingly accompanied you on your journey, and they carry you. And then something astonishing happens. In

Don't Settle; The Flea Party; Here, Take Some Drugs and Other Saturday Ramblings

2011-10-15T10:25:00.004-05:00

Dream Sequence No. 8The Spider and The Earthworms005 Micron pen on 9"x12" Bristol BoardYou know, every time I open my blog and see that header up there, it's a detail of Anomie right now, I want to revise it. It is lacking something, perhaps more squiggles. I would like to do that, unfortunately, I do not know where that drawing is right now. So sad. Everything I have is scattered, like my mind.<

Multitasking, My Scattered Mind - The Mangrove

2011-10-14T08:04:00.003-05:00

It's midnight and I got paged for a problem. I was so sleepy, now I am wide awake. I can't sleep! sadly, the drawing above pretty much illustrates my mind sometimes. So much...........stuff!I have, pinned to my office wall, a Wall Street Personal Journal article titled "Multitasking Makes You Dumb", "The perils of taking on too much." I think I saved that article because despite the fact that

mAliceCesious Contraptions In Blogland

2011-10-07T10:42:00.006-05:00

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!! Three posts in one day! Sleeplessness has its rewards, right? This is mAlice in Wonderland. Micron pen and ink on 11"x14" Bristol Board. This was the drawing that inspired me to start my Dream Sequence Series. It was the contraptions and ropes on and around the mushrooms that I enjoyed illustrating.

A Nobel Prize For Settled Science

2011-10-07T07:10:00.009-05:00

"Today Dan Shechtman, Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University, received a telephone call that he didn’t expect. It was from the Nobel Committee which had taken valuable time out from awarding its Peace Prize to assorted

Fungal...Err...People Infection

2011-10-07T00:40:00.004-05:00

Dream Sequence No. 6People Infection; Infectious People; Nasty Bugs; Nasty PeopleI have seen some strange infectious diseases during my clinical practice days; gangrenous tissues we packed with maggots to devour the tissues; some strange, malodorous rotting infestations of the skin; tiny worms coming out of orifices; some awful fungal infections... I often made myself sick or give myself

Sea Of Love

2011-10-06T02:11:00.005-05:00

Dream Sequence No.3, Sea of Love. Archival micro pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardSea of Love

Don't Stop Doing What You Are Doing

2011-10-05T01:59:00.006-05:00

Dream Sequence No. 5Archival micro pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardDuring my short hiatus, I started a new drawing series called Dream Sequence when one night, I woke up, drenched in perspiration because I just scaled a mountain and then ran through a town brandishing an AK47 rifle while saving some loved ones from rabid dogs and hooded men. Oh yes, I was rather impeccably dressed too. The

Words Fail Me

2011-10-02T20:15:00.002-05:00

Dream Sequence Number 2Archival micro pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol BoardWords fail me.You know how I feel,What I think.I feel so lost with you there, And me, here.I cannot see.Did you feel my kiss?It is October.Do you hear the typhoon?Do you see the flood?It is drought here.Road to Mandalay

I Don't Think I Can Love You More Than I Already Do

2011-09-09T05:44:00.002-05:00

Lava Ninja, now guarding my mobile phone - "Woo-chow!"My Beloved Ninja:Beautiful, Graceful, RefinedKind, Fiercely Protective, GentleFunny, Smart, CharmingPretty, Bashful, CheerfulStrong, Loyal, LovingBeautiful, Confident, GiftedHonest, Intelligent, InterestingSo Pretty!!!YouInspire, Strengthen, FortifyMeI Glide With My Ninja Pen:"Woo-chow!"

It's Time To Get Serious

2011-09-08T01:53:00.003-05:00

I have been playing too much,wasting time.But first, sleep.

Gosh, Darn It! Jet Lag...

2011-09-07T04:57:00.003-05:00

So, what's left to do at three in the morning?First she was whacking me with her tail and licking my face with excitement upon my arrival last night. Tonight she just wants to go wherever I go inside the house and begged to sit next to me so she can rest her face on my leg. Sigh*** I will pay for this sleeplessness this morning and it is time to get ready for work...

I'm so sorry...

2011-09-06T22:28:00.007-05:00

...that I live so far from those I love. Goodnight and good morning my dearest beloveds.

七転び八起き (Nana korobi Ya oki) on the Behance Network

2011-08-29T04:34:00.000-05:00

七転び八起き (Nana korobi Ya oki) on the Behance Network

Papaya

2011-08-25T11:19:00.000-05:00

Papaya. Kapayas. Colored pencil on 9"x12" Bristol board. First published Wednesday, April 20, 2008. Revised...I seldom talk about my father on my blog even though he was a great influence in my life and of my brothers' and sisters'. Once I read that the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. That was my father. He was a devoted father and he loved my mother. He

Please help me pray for my sister Leah...

2011-08-21T08:21:00.001-05:00

Please help me pray for my sister Leah. She was admitted to intensive care earlier today. When I left her last week after a visit, she was doing very well at home after her radiation therapy. She even tried to sneak in some work. She is a faithful servant of God, a true believer. She is an altruist who fights for justice for the poor; she is a brilliant and good lawyer. This is a painting in

Thou Swell, Thou Pretty...

2011-08-12T23:30:00.000-05:00

Thou swell, thou pretty...Acid-free and archival ink on 14"x17" Bristol board It is bittersweet. I finished the drawing that my sister wanted for her own. She likes it, which is good because my other sister does not like it because "it has too much ink." I love my sisters, all five of them. They are so honest and so bold, so caring and loving, faithful and loyal, nurturing and protective. They

Three Years Ago...

2011-08-08T18:11:00.004-05:00

Three years ago, I left these drawings somewhere. I thought I lost them. My daughter and I were then traveling to New York. Oh well, last night they made their way back into my hands in a roundabout way, traveling 16,000 miles!!! I think I will try to finish these 14"x17" pen and ink on Bristol board drawings.

Featured on Adweek Talent Gallery

2011-08-07T07:16:00.015-05:00

Adweek featured my Quercus illustrations (above) on its talent gallery for "Oak". Check it out....and the other projects of mine were also featured:Inkaholic Series, Disaster Series, Quercus SeriesCessification of Steampunk, Pachyderm and Porcine Adventures, Seasons Series. Adweek discusion board is only open to registered professionals, but all of these projects are posted on my Behance profile

C.P.Adorio, Pen and Ink Squiggler Supreme

2011-08-06T10:10:00.013-05:00

Oh yes. I am not denying it. Here are 360 of my lines and squiggles illustrations. I have hundreds more to upload but it is late at night and I am getting tired. Once I was traveling overseas and the Japanese airport security stopped and questioned me why I had hundreds of pens in my backpack. They wanted to make sure they were real pens. I giggled and replied that they ought to be genuine

Perfectly Imperfect

2011-08-05T08:35:00.004-05:00

Under every painting of mine lurks an image that strains to reveal itself. Whatever it is, it is never right. It gets reshaped, relined, repainted until it is obliterated and the outcome is perfect enough. It's like a spoiler before the show begins or a muddy rain on a sunny day.I am done playing. I am a stranger with feelings of familiarity. I am at a place where I drew my first line and painted

Don't Be Obsessed With Truth, Instead, Make It A Fundamental Part Of Your Existence. Plain And Ordinary. Truth Requires No Embellishments.

2011-07-30T13:03:00.004-05:00

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.Mark Twain Water Carrier. Rapidograph pen and India ink on drawing paper. Signed, December 25, 1980. A worthy, interesting and exciting life is not determined by how well you tweet, write, relay, draw, paint your stories or how well someone writes about or illustrates it. It is determined by how honest you are. Honesty makes ordinary

A Perennial Sisterfriendship Of Virtue

2011-07-22T22:33:00.007-05:00

Genuine. 18"x24" Oil on canvas. ...a genuine friend is someone who loves or likes another person for the sake of that other person. Gentle, Kind, Loving, Fun Words With friends: A friendship of virtue is rare. Lucky and blessed are they who have it. Nothing evinces a friendship of virtue more than the one I hold dear to my heart, my perennial friendship with my sisterfriend, Bella Sinclair. I

Gesture

2011-07-16T01:16:00.002-05:00

ElizaDeath, oil on canvas, holding a Fiesta coffee mug. Some people take their coffee mugs seriously...I have an email address I have owned since 1992. I constantly clean the Inbox. I rarely use that address, although it used to be my main email address. I thought it was pretty much empty until I discovered the Sent folder was never emptied!!! What a discovery. I can tell stories by merely

Sunday Painting 475

2011-07-10T16:01:00.000-05:00

Well, getting there... Today I announced to my daughter that I am retiring. She was shocked. "But I have not been to college yet!" Ah, she thought I was retiring from work. She felt better after I told her I was not retiring from work. Last night, I sat down and watched television with my daughter. We watched "Hoarders." Oh my God! The trash people collect. They were literally buried in filth!

The Grandewitch of Xystoi

2011-07-09T10:33:00.009-05:00

The Grandewitch of Xystoi. 30"x 40" Oil on canvas. I listened to every one's comments and advice and decided to leave her alone. Still having a hard time capturing her. Oh well, she is a grandewitch, after all. Check out the header above for a close up view. What does Xystoi have to do with my painting? Well, for one, I started painting the above at the same time I started playing Words with

A Difficult Time of Staying

2011-07-08T06:46:00.002-05:00

I am having a difficult time capturing the image of this painting that I am actually contemplating scrapping the whole painting. I know, that's crazy, right? But it is bothering me that no matter where and when I take the photo, she turns out too red. Even though red is better than blue, (literally and figuratively), still, she is just too red for me. I may do something to her to make her stay

This Is Why I Am A Conservative...

2011-07-07T07:09:00.004-05:00

BIG Government, higher taxes, more debt and more spending are not the answers!!!

The Woman I Love

2011-07-06T03:15:00.004-05:00

Today is my mother's birthday. She would have been 92, but she is stuck forever in my mind and in my heart as that formidable and everlasting source of strength, faith, hope, charity and love. Do you know that my mother's name in Spanish literally translates to Faith Hope Charity? Maybe my grandmother could not decide which one was the best? Incidentally, my mother turned out to be all three

Sunday Painting

2011-07-03T23:59:00.007-05:00

Someday, when I am gone, I would like my children to remember me happily and contentedly painting or drawing in their midst...in my pajamas;while they tell me stories and jokes;and laugh and play with Daisy or Snowflakeor show me a hornworm they have been feeding;or sometimes ask me to stop and sit with them in the love seatand ask me to rub their backs;or ask them to rub mine;or sit with

Remedy

2011-07-02T22:04:00.006-05:00

A remedy... You know what I love about oil painting? Well, for starters, it is a pain in the neck. It's a task-master. So naturally, I have to conquer it. Actually, aside from the fact that it is high maintenance, I love the smell of the oils. It is also very tactile and I love how the different types of brushes affect the application of paints. I love all of them, flats, fan, filberts,

2011 Q2

2011-06-30T21:41:00.026-05:00

The second quarter was a mixed blessing. It gave me the opportunity to collaborate with Bella on a fundraising project for the Pacific Tsunami and Japan Earthquake relief through the American Red Cross. I was hospitalized twice! I joined the Leaner Weigh program at work and earned money, a shirt and other gifts for losing weight. I never realized how difficult it is to lose ten pounds, it

Christmas in June

2011-06-29T00:25:00.000-05:00

Sometimes I think of growing old and my husband and I having a Darby and Joan existence but I know it will be far from uneventful. I hope I am able to temper myself when I see something I do not like. Take for example dust. This weekend I was rearranging furniture and saw dust. My poor husband became the recipient of my putrid diatribe. He is a wise man. He knows when to be quiet. He is even

Feeble

2011-06-28T13:36:00.006-05:00

Please spare the art-speak. This is just an underpainting, a base layer :)Remember the time we went to the park, one summer, many years ago? I was young and selfish. We had an argument. I can’t remember what we argued about. I knew I was wrong, yet because of my pride, I did not acknowledge it. Deep inside I wanted to ask for forgiveness but I could not bring myself to do it. I was a coward. I

The Moon On A Midsummer Night

2011-06-25T01:04:00.003-05:00

Update: 6/25/2011 11:58 AM. Today is Saturday!!! I am going to start a new 30"x40" oil painting, that is, if I can get up from this bed. It feels so good to sleep in!!! I have not had a cup of coffee since April 10th, 2011. Can you believe that??? This update is brought to you by the my Fiesta and Spode dishes :) I thought of just submitting the previous post of my latest painting for this

A Sinistral Serenade With A Peacock

2011-06-22T00:18:00.003-05:00

A Sinistral Serenade With A Peacock. Oil on canvas, 30"x40". Dedicated to Inday Leah. I have been struggling what to say about this painting, then I had a discussion with my friend and and I told her what I thought. Hahahaha! I decided to share it here. I think this pretty much explains what I feel at the moment: "You know, this painting is about how I feel about blogging and art at the moment.

Launch!!!

2011-06-18T10:29:00.003-05:00

"A-Three-Fer" Let truth be your launching pad - You will glide with ease and not fall. Mother always emphasized this to me which I translate: "It is better to look bad telling the truth than to look good telling a lie." I drew this 9"x12" pen and ink drawing on Bristol Board last night for this week's topic of "Launch." Incidentally, I have painted this topic before and also lived it. Note the

A question for you...

2011-06-15T03:12:00.006-05:00

When you paint or draw, do you have an image in mind? Do you tell yourself "I am going to paint or draw a woman sleeping (like I should be doing right now) or a man cooking dinner (like my husband seems to have done a lot these recent years)? I don't. I have no idea what to paint or draw. Instead I tell myself, I will paint or draw something I feel, like love, angst, pain, sorrow, joy, hope or

Have A Good Week, Everyone

2011-06-13T00:00:00.003-05:00

Work in progress... 30"x40" oil on canvasP.S. Thanks to Steve for noticing her position as she handles the musical instrument. Yes, it is a sinistral instrument...

Swept Away

2011-06-12T13:25:00.001-05:00

Detail of a WIP titled "Peacock".Oil on canvas 30"x40". As I paint, my daughter hovers around giving me pointers but she starts speaking in "art-speak", that type of speech I normally hear from latte-drinking-vegan-liberals at modern museums that display trash and rubbish, sometimes literally and present them as objet d'arte. Oh goodness! She knows how to push my buttons!!! I told her I will

Sunflowers, Those I Love...

2011-06-08T12:55:00.009-05:00

Sunflowers, those I love. 30"x40" Oil on canvas. Why do we keep things? Why do we surround ourselves with objects? They straddle us, bound our spirits, prevent our wings from taking flight... There is so much I wanted to write as I was overcome with thoughts and feelings when I was painting this picture. Lately I have been longing to change. To not be so affected, to be detached, to be free

How Do You Paint A Prayer?

2011-06-06T23:25:00.005-05:00

Details. Sunflower. 30"x40" oil on canvas. Latest installment to the Fiesta Sisters Series. "Come to Inday Lec's farm. There are thousands of fireflies."I can only imagine.First I'd like to imagine being in the midst of people I love...How do you paint a prayer? I once read that Van Gogh's painting style was considered very vulgar during his time. What with the brush strokes so visible,