Happy Birthday Hillary Clinton!

Today is Hillary's birthday, so raise your glasses everyone!
Here's a short slideshow by the H.C.A. of last year's celebration on "Hillary Clinton Island".
Happy Birthday, Hillary!

It's Official!

On this ( not so somber) day of Wednesday, October 14th, 2009, I have decided to Officially disband the Hillary Clinton Army.

Right now Hillary Clinton is somewhere on this planet promoting peace and diplomacy,

and we, the H.C.A., helped make this happen!

Many, many thanks to all of you, dear friends, for marching every step of the way with the H.C.A.!

From our beginnings, where you helped get me to a luncheon to make our presence known to Hillary,

to all the super-fun art projects,

happenings, and parties that we threw.

The awesome and ridiculous concepts we dreamed up...

and then made happen on the Global stage.

We made dreams a reality, and then some!

I never would have dreamed I'd find myself sitting with Bill Clinton and watching the debates!

We crossed paths with lots of stars along the way, like Rob Reiner,

Jason Jones of the Daily Show....

Ted Danson,

Terry McAuliffe,

Chelsea Clinton,

and the whole Clinton family!

We played on Hillary Clinton Island for Hillary's birthday,

and traveled the world with the Art Envoys.

We definitely made more fun Pantsuit art projects than anyone on earth....

what a blast this has been!

Now, after way too much Pantsuitin' fun, this Pantsuit and I are thinking it's time to split!

So after over two years, thousands of pieces of Hillart, thousands of blog posts, art shows, fashion shows, Pantsuit art, wonderful adventures etc......I move on to new adventures.

No adventure is fun alone, so I hope you will join me.

Thank you H.C.A., friends and supporters of the H.C.A., and most of all, thanks to Hillary Clinton, for being an unending source of inspiration and light.

Gretchen Baer

Unofficial Art Ambassador to Hillary Clinton,

Leader of the Hillary Clinton Army and Art Envoys

Happy Anniversary Hillary and Bill!

Today is Hillary and Bill Clinton's 34th wedding Anniversary!

Hillary doesn't have time to celebrate no squaresville anniversary though, as she's just touched down in Swinging London!

She's a mod, mad and totally switched-on bird making the scene in Turned-on London!

Like Wow!Pow!

(Actually she's hard at work, but that isn't nearly as interesting)

Take it, Lynn Redgrave...

You're gonna hear from me!

Sometimes I feel like some old magician, sitting in his dusty lair entertaining himself with his own silly magic tricks,

while quietly singing this tune...

Paraphernalia

To me, Betsey Johnson's first clothing boutique, the Go-go dancing store called

Paraphernalia, is fascinating.

Hardly any clothes are left behind. They were mostly made of paper and the like...to be worn for the day or however long they last, and then discarded.

Listen to Betsey Johnson talks about her store and the culture that surrounded it.....




What does this have to do with Hillary Clinton?
Absolutely nothing that I can figure.

Ultra Ultra Violet

My concept for today is "Ultra Ultraviolet".

It's the working title for a UV line of clothes. Ultra protection against Ultraviolet rays.

I spent most of my day today painting and thinking of possible names with these specifications in mind:

1. It must be Nancy Sinatra-approved.

2. It needs to sound Secret Agent or spy-like.

3. It needs to be fun, hip, and somewhat ridiculous.

Ultra-Ultraviolet. Emphasis on the Ultra.

I called Nancy and she said she likes it.

For all you top designers stealing my ideas from this site (again)...I already bought the domain name.

Ha! Sing it Nancy!

Nancy, ah, hello, Nancy?

Light-tricking Pantsuits

Today I'm thinking about clothing in terms of what kind of shadow you cut.

You should always consider your shadow, don't you think?

Everyone already knows that the purple Pantsuit is the shape-shifter. Unless you are trying to fool your own shadow, this one should be approached with caution.

Shape-shifting, shadow-casting, light-tricking Pantsuits.

This is what I'm thinking about today....

light, shadow, and air.

The UV Pantsuit

I finally got back in the studio today, and let me say I'm feeling rusty with the old paint brush.

Here's a couple of paintings I did today while I thought about.....wait for it....

Nancy Sinatra and the UV Pantsuit.

I've put myself on a diet of strictly Nancy Sinatra, nothing else shall pass these ears.

I like the idea of designing UV Pantsuits and cool UV clothes... the ultimate in Lady's protection.

They must however, pass one vital test from the get-go...

COULD NANCY ROCK IT? If not.... it's back to the drawing board for this gal!

Here's another taste of Nancy.....

Love her! I'm thinking Hillary should do something fun about now like make a music video or have her own T.V. show.

All this endless war and diplomacy stuff... hardly any fun at all!

Does anyone agree with me here?