On our way Originally uploaded by angrypirate. We’re heading to maryland for a wedding. Yesterday was my last day of school and I celebrated by having one too many beers. Planes and hangovers don’t mix. Good news! My encaustic paintings were chosen for the “best in junior review” show next november. Its quite an honor.…

â?¢ Hearing the same stories over and over again and liking them more each time you hear them. â?¢ Knowing you’re repeating a story, and knowing that’s ok.

Two more days! Two more days! Two more days! Two more days. Geesz, can you imagine what I’ll be like next year when it’s my last two days of my BFA? Watch out! I’m gonna go c-r-a-z-y! I keep asking this year’s graduating class what they are going to do afterwards. I feel like maybe…

â?¢ Women don’t eat breakfast alone. â?¢ Health nuts treat potatoes unfairly. â?¢ Families with 3 or more kids become cheaters (especially when it comes to splitting wish bones). â?¢ The bees will do us in before the ice age comes. Tom’s post on truths.

I’m pretty ready to be done with school and my energy levels are lower than low. I have nothing exciting to say. Almost done! Almost Done! I added some photos from classses if you want to see what school looks like.

Our show Friday night at Live Worms Gallery was a great time. We had a small but hearty crowd, and Alex sold a couple of paintings. We followed the party with a great dinner next door at Ideale then headed to Specs for some post show, post dinner drinks. A late night, and we paid…

Wish you were here Originally uploaded by angrypirate.

I keep chanting “almost done” all day long. Yesterday was the last “work” week at school. Next week is all finals. I can’t believe I made it through this semester in one piece. feels so good to be so close to a little break. Tonight is the reception for my group show at Live Worms…

Cherish your visions and your dreams, capsule as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. — Napolean Hill

Alanna Spence Minimalism Seminar CCA April 2007 Painting as Object? Monochrome or opaque paintings of the 1960s had much of the same intentions as Minimalist sculpture of the same time. These paintings sought to remove illusionism from painting. The monochromatic paintings of this period employed flat, buy unembellished surfaces of uniform muted colors. There is…

Dear mini me. Someday you will be making really exciting art with sewing, capsule embroidery, medicine and felt. Endulge your needlecraft urges all you want, they are going to stick with you for the rest of your life. They are important! Not to mention fun! Letter to the young Alanna as a child Originally uploaded…

I cleared out my painting locker today. It was the last day of painting for the class. Next week is the final critique. I also hung my show today at Live Worms.Looks good and hanging was relatively painless. My friend Alexandra is here for two weeks she’s in the group show too. It was so…

I am a big fan of the Greyhound (Grapefruit juice and vodka). I’ve been claiming for years that they are good for me. Here’s my proof! “Any colored fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol, they report in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.…

From Prison Planet “A study at the University of Jena from 2001 to 2004 showed that toxins from a genetically modified maize variant designed to repel insects, when combined with a parasite, resulted in a “significantly stronger decline in the number of bees” than normal. “According to Hans-Hinrich Kaatz, a professor at the University of…

â?¢ Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995 – 200,000 Deaths â?¢ Rwanda: 1994 – 800,000 Deaths â?¢ Pol Pot in Cambodia: 1975-1979 – 2,000,000 Deaths â?¢ Nazi Holocaust: 1938-1945 – 6,000,000 Deaths â?¢ Rape of Nanking: 1937-1938 – 300,000 Deaths â?¢ Stalin’s Forced Famine: 1932-1933 – 7,000,000 Deaths â?¢ Armenians in Turkey: 1915-1918 – 1,500,000 Deaths From http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/