Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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?

Monday, October 5, 2009

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry bomb!

Today's red hot pantsuit is by "Sun City".


But I like to call it "Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb"!





Friday, October 2, 2009

UV Pantsuits

I met with my friend Kathy from Berkeley today. She mentioned that she wears clothing made of UV fabric, but that most of the designs in this fabric are not going to hit the couture catwalk anytime soon. She has been playing with the idea of designing her own UV fashions.
Hello! What covers the body more effectively AND fashionably than a Pantsuit! I ask you?
O.K., there's the bio-hazard suit, but that tends to scare people off.
I suggested Kathy try on a Pantsuit from my collection and see how it feels....



She went for this scarlet and tangerine number... delicious!



But Kathy, imagine yourself in a coool cobalt making the coffeehouse scene in Berkeley!



Or how about seeing what Haight street looks like through a rose-colored pantsuit?



Or you could lay in the grass, (UV be damned) of Golden Gate Park, and practically disappear!



And why not turn people on their heads in the Purple Haze Pantsuit?

The possibilities are endless. Oh, and let's not forget include the much-overlooked hood onto any or all of these show-stoppers.
Please keep us posted, Kathy, as to your UV clothing designs!

And while we are on the subject of Pantsuits ( as if we are ever NOT) please visit
ExchangesConnect's forum section in the middle of the main page, for the full story of the Pantsuit Printmaking Project.
Your comments would be most appreciated!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

New techniques for Pantsuit Printmaking

Today I thought I'd try new technique of making Pantsuit prints.
Instead of having people cover themselves in paint and lay down on canvas, (which was a ridiculously fun to do, but produced mediocre results at best) I decided to go with another plan.
This time I quickly covered the Pantsuit jacket in paint, then threw down the canvas on top.
I then squashed the canvas down to get as much paint on it as possible.
Here are some of the results...


I am naming each Pantsuit Print after the jacket it was printed from.
This Pantsuit print is called "Alfred Dunner".


Claus



Graff


Claus 2


Mary Kay

These still need a lot of perfecting, but I think I might be onto something!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Pantsuit Printmaking Project Preview


Printmaking has been around since the first caveman plastered his muddy hand on the cave wall to say "I was here". 
Pantsuit Printmaking hasn't been around quite as long, but the sentiment is still the same.

Here's a sneak preview of the "Pantsuit Printmaking Project" we did this afternoon...







I'll be posting the Pantsuit Prints and the full story soon!

Pantsuit Printmaking today!

Hey kids, don't forget to come by City Park in Bisbee at 3 Pm today for some live Pantsuit Printmaking... where you'll be the stamps!

If you don't live in Bisbee, check back tonight for the fun photo results of these "high art" shenanigans!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Pantsuit Promenade

Fall is here and it's got me to thinking about a Pantsuit Promenade.
Everybody loves a promenade... young people, old people, cats, dogs, babies, horses, giraffes and oh, just about everybody.

               Max Beckman's "Promenade"


                 Marc Chagall's "Promenade"


     
       August Macke's "A Stroll on the Bridge"


Don't you feel a Pantsuit Promenade coming on?
I definitely do!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Pantsuit Printmaking Workshop

What do you get when you mix Pantsuits, paint, canvas and YOU?

Pantsuit Prints, of-course!
Pantsuit print-making is scheduled  for 3 PM Monday at City Park in Bisbee, AZ.
If you want to be a Pantsuit stamp, you need to wear black pants that can be sacrificed to the cause. 
I'll supply the Pantsuit jackets, if you don't have one. 
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Cloris Leachman and the Clintons

I just finished Cloris Leachman's autobiography ( thanks Emily!) and would like to share with you the  "Cloris and the Clintons" passage.

It seems back in 1992 that Cloris noticed that Bill Clinton's "body was becoming distorted from eating on the Campaign trail" from all that "grabbing and snacking". Though she didn't know the Clintons, Cloris felt she could help him loose weight.
She called Hillary whom she'd never met but who's number she'd had "got somehow", and talked to her secretary for probably 45 minutes. After a leisurely chat, she left a message for Hillary that she could "get our new president to loose a few pounds".
Hillary called her back a couple of days later, and was completely open to the idea of Cloris coming to the White House to cook a few meals that the President would enjoy eating, and help him take off the weight that he'd put on.
Cloris suggested she wear a paper bag over her head, so that no one would know who she was.

I don't think Cloris ever ended up in the White House kitchen, but how much do you love those gals?


Thursday, September 24, 2009

Pantsuit Promenade

"This Town" by Nancy Sinatra, played in my head as Shawnee and I explored some of the old mining towns of Arizona and New Mexico yesterday and today.



Not much lies between Bisbee and our Sister City of Silver City, except some lonely towns that are now teetering on the edge of becoming ghost towns. Just Railroad tracks, dusty bric-a-brac, and decaying remnants of glory days now gone forever.
These towns aren't the best location for Pantsuitin', but Silver City is a primo place for a Pantsuit Promenade!
And if you like groovy, historic, rambling old hotels with a great cafe, be sure to make the Palace Hotel your Pantsuitin' headquarters!