Golden master in oils Originally uploaded by angrypirate. Remember that painting from last semester? The one with the big colorful bugs? The motherboard painting? Well, I redid it. And I’m so glad I did. I actually like this painting. Its a miracle.

I’m in the thick of it now! Lots to do. I am taking a little time this weekend to enjoy my friends though. Last night we went to an art show at the dump. Great stuff. Lots of recycled electronics. Artists were Sudhu Tewari and Nome Edonna. There were great snacks and wine too. Then…

Good god, what’s she building in there? Originally uploaded by angrypirate. You’ll just have to wait and see…

Sean in irish dance garb Originally uploaded by angrypirate. Working on our projects.

Start of another one Originally uploaded by angrypirate. A control panelly painting in oils. 1st pass.

Got frustrated and ate my subject Originally uploaded by angrypirate. I thought I’d paint some iconic junk food from my childhood. I bought some twinkies. Maybe it would have been a good painting but I started with an awkward composition. I quickly got frustrated with it and ate the subject. Now what am I going…

Alanna Spence Minimalism Seminar CCA 2007 Stella, Judd, Sontag The three articles covered this week all spoke about the main themes or trends shared by many works of early minimalism or modernism. These similarities included simplification of form and content into the purest or most clear idea. Much of the work focused on emphasizing the…

Getting into the swing of thingsOriginally uploaded by angrypirate. Its been a bumpy week, with juggling school, helping tom out and not getting much sleep. Today I finally feel a little in control. I have all the books and readings I need, most of my homework is in pretty good shape, and I have a…

Wow, what a rough week this ended up being. Tom has not had a happy couple of days. He started throwing up Thursday night and didn’t stop until I was able to get him some Anti-nausea medication on Friday early afternoon. He’s doing much better now, but yow, rough time. I think I’m semi-permannently sleep…

Not sleeping, too much worry about Tom, and I can’t jab him in the side anymore when he starts to snore. Taking sleeping pills tonight, knocking myself out. So tired. so very tired. so much homework. All is well, just need sleeeeeeeep.

Tom is back home and propped up with pillows. He’s doing just fine. The doc said his arm surgery went very well. I feel so bad that I have to be at school for 10 hours tomorrow. I suppose I’d just make him nuts with my fussing over him. Still, I hate not being around…

I can’t claim it’s 100% done but it’s done enough to sleep with and that’s ok by me. I can finish it this weekend. For now, it’s sweet dreams. Few!

I had my first class of the semester tonight. I’m so excited I felt like throwing up all over myself. It’s a drawing class using untraditional mediums. I am hoping to get a lot of felting done. Felting and sewing and embroidery, that’s what I get to do, Hurray! I’m so excited. I might just…

I just got an email forwarded to me with some nice comments about my work: “…I also liked Alanna Spence’s works, her  experience of working with the media (the smell of the media and how it connects her to another time etc) that’s very  interesting and honest.” Thanks! You can cview my work in the…

I found out from Todd Lapin that there was a new pie place in the mission. I’m a really big fan of pie so this information got me pretty worked up. Last night we had a party to attend in the mission so I took the opportunity to visit this pie place. I called them…