My Apartment - a work in progress

I spent a bit of time last week in Pullman painting and getting my apartment kind of situated. I didn't get everything ready but I made some progress. Here is a little sneak peak:

Before:









After:

Nothing to say..

Sometimes I really want to post something on my blog but I just feel like I have nothing to say.. lol my life is kind of boring at times.

I have lots of new images of my art coming soon, I just need to photograph and scan some things in. They're pieces that I did last semester but I haven't gotten around to getting the images digital, lol.

Sooooo I'll be back with those in a bit. :)

Kind of Surprise?

I'm assuming anyone who reads my blog, also reads my mom's so..... SURPRISE! Tohny and I are married! But you probably already knew that, haha.

I have a bunch of pictures posted on my flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/kaylasheeley

Here's a teaser

What I really wanted to post about was a couple new things in my Etsy. I've posted a print of the Elizabeth painting and also this print:



So what I'm asking is for you to please, please look at my Etsy, see if there is something you like and if there is buy it! If not, message me and I'm sure I can do a piece of art or a piece of jewelry for you! Help a poor, married girl buy paints, other art supplies and pay some bills! Sorry for the shameless begging... Thanks everyone!

Shhh....

I have a surprise/secret! And I'm not telling...

Should I move?

I feel like moving my blog back to my typepad one. Sometimes I think this one doesn't get a whole lot of traffic. Then again, I tend to be indecisive...

Happy Birthday Dad!

Tomorrow (the 12th) is my dad's 60th birthday! Its weird he's that old because he definitely doesn't act like it and he most definitely doesn't look it.

So, Happy Birthday Dad! I love you and I hope you have a nice relaxing day!

Summer Officially Starts!

Well, I haven't blogged in two months with pretty good reason, I guess. I've been busy finishing this semester of school, getting ready for Farm Chicks and moving to a new apartment in Pullman. But, Farm Chicks is done and now I'm pretty much left with nothing to do... I don't think I have any pictures to share either, lol.

Farm Chicks was good this year, I think. My mom did really well and people responded really positively to her towels, pillows and art which I thought was really cool. I got to meet some really nice and friendly people (there is always the exception of the rude person but I only ran into maybe one or two!) and share lots of stories with people that I'm sure I can't remember anymore.

I'll try to blog some more from now on, I should really keep up with it. Since I don't have a whole lot to do this summer, mostly just planning the wedding, I should have some time to do it!

See ya!

I finally got around to getting good pictures of a couple of my pieces. I'm really tired so I think I'll just post them!

Elizabeth, 2009, 48x40in, Acrylic on Canvas

Childhood, 2009, 70x60in, pen and ink

(This drawing is actually taller than I am!)

Detail of Childhood

Bad Days

I've had a lot of them lately.

I'm sitting in my art history class looking at these amazing paintings by Chuck Close, who is one of my favorite artists, and I can't concentrate. I decided to post a blog and maybe I can vent a little.

I've been having major problems with money and paying bills and things like that, which I think a lot of people are struggling with right now. Its frustrating because the job I have doesn't allow me to work very many hours and I can't find another job to balance things out with. Its something that I've been stressing over for a couple months now and I think it is literally making me physically sick. Every bone in my body aches, I've been getting headaches and everything just seems out of wack with me. I think it weighs a lot on Tohny's mind too.

When things couldn't get any worse, they did. We got Edgar, our dog, knowing that we weren't supposed to have dogs in our apartment. But, we only had a few months left there and we were getting a new place that allows dogs. So, we tried to hide him. But then, I got an e-mail from my land lord saying some one told her about us having a dog. So, I told her the truth and she told me to get rid of the dog. Edgar is now living with my parents until we move out of this apartment and in to the new one. Everything about this situation is breaking my heart. I got home yesterday after leaving Edgar with my parents and nothing seemed right. I miss him, he's like my baby.

All of this has been accompanied by generally bad days and I just want out of it. I'm trying to keep positive and tell myself that God never gives us more than we can handle. And I know He doesn't, I have faith in that. But, right now it just feels like I'm drowning and I can't get my head above the water.

I had a thought a while ago when I was thinking about how I get images out of marks that I make. How these little lines or brush strokes make up something bigger and how I know how to exactly place them. And it occurred to me:

There is nothing special about the marks I make with a pencil or a brush. It is only by the grace of God that anything good comes out of them.

Kayla Sheeley, Elizabeth, 48''x40''. 2009

*Sorry about the crappy image. Its the only one I have of this piece and it happens to be on a cell phone. :S