Masks
Originally uploaded by m.Lee This is one of my first woodblock prints. At the time I was still pretty into doing self-portraits and masks are a theme that have come up in my work on and off for many years.

This piece was made for the class I took at Mass Art called "Print into Books" taught by the inspiring Annie Silverman. She's a printmaking not a bookbinder and the book part was a bit of an afterthought. And I am cool with that because she and that class changed my life.

HermesHautaCourroie

da boyz
Originally uploaded by benbarren We like working hard on requirements.
Solving those problems.
Deciding the order of search results.
Prioritising features to build.
Module integration the catchphrase of the week.
Index cards, bluetak and whiteboard.
Uploaded to the intranet.
Now it's Friday.

mmmm smells like milk
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

friday 430pm
Originally uploaded by benbarren I've been driving around in blackberryopia finishing off the weeks monster do list (i've achieved as much as i can he tells himself), but the kite surfers are carving it up outside my window.

Boston Globe Feature

Del appreciates mLee!
Originally uploaded by foftychel Lets swap and put them on our cuties. As you can see babies, children, pets, even boyfriends are all game here! oooh sticky!

what I did with my day (while blee sleeps)
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Bitter Pills - ACEO
Originally uploaded by mlee.etsy.com I can't sleep so here I am making a hopefully quick blog post after dusting off the Wacom tablet and doing a little sketching. A sketch that I added to my sketch collection on Flickr.

Both blee and I are still a bit sick so I am going to try and get back to sleep and take it easy today. Getting back into the swing of things slowly.

Done this week:

1) Made this new ACEO/ ATC
2) Finished carving
3) Hung art at cafe
3) Cleaned studio
4) Sketched with Wacom tablet

Things to do:

1) List ACEO/ ATC
2) Print
3) Finish hanging art

New Hair with clips
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

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Exorcism at Warners,

duckie shows what the mirror can do
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Process
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

hiding out
Originally uploaded by m.Lee He is hiding from the three dogs that lurk outside this room and I am hiding from everything else. I moved his litter box, food and water in here so he can just stay in here all day. He loves this room anyhow. He will happily sleep on my glider chair for hours.

I am really feeling the stress. I am going to try and take these moments to finish up a carving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

flower behind fence
Originally uploaded by mlee.etsy.comI don't take what I would call exciting photos during my nature walks. I take snapshots of things that catch my eye, usually with the camera from my phone as it is a decent camera and is simple to use while wearing a baby!

I take in the images and then go through them later looking at the colors, shapes and general ideas for work. Here are some of my quick snapshots from today. I didn't have a lot of time to stop and gaze at the flowers because we were on our way to see the pediatrician for blee's nine month visit but I caught a handful of interesting images.

I like how this flower is growing in a tiny yard behind a fence so almost nobody can enjoy it unless they look for it like I did. I like seeing the dug up lawn with what looks like a Maple tree sapling springing out of the ground. And then there are the gorgeous colors all around.

I love my girl
Originally uploaded by m.Lee Desperate haircut time.

This longhair with a baby just isn't working out. I'm shedding like crazy and having to pull it back in a ponytail or pigtails all the time isn't helping as hairs get tangled in the tangle free bands. blee also is fond of pulling on it. It is just too difficult. I miss how my hair was when I was pregnant. Now it just feels ratty.

ferrari juice
Originally uploaded by benbarren in australia anyway, where public companies, or those aspiring to be so, will entertain buying a minority stake, but want control clauses with future ownership based on single figure ebit multiples ? which given the lack of small cap 2.0 ycomb like vc, leaves u in the angel world...

portable washi art station
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Sparkly ACEOs
Originally uploaded by m.Lee Any happy holidays to those that do not celebrate Christmas. But since tomorrow is Christmas I am covering that one first.

I haven't felt like writing much lately. But I am making art. Cutting paper, playing with gold and getting my fingers messy. It's fun and exciting. I also have some fun art stuff to play even more with coming hopefully this week.

Moments in Time magnets
Originally uploaded by m.Lee New in my shop are a new collection of totally different magnets and buttons/ badges to collect. These go well on their own or paired with my earlier woodblock print sets. They can all be found here along with my Gocco printed sketchbook journals.

Things are okay. My friends surgery went alright. No miracles but no disasters either. Honestly I am still in shock by it all as it unfolds I can't believe it is happening.

We had decent weather and it is looking like good weather for the rest of the week and I am going to focus on that.

Poppies at Nightfall - ACEO
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Maeby Cockroaching
Originally uploaded by m.Lee Getting rid of a sofa. This is more complicated than it sounds.

theme for the day - Day 1
Originally uploaded by m.Lee I've started doing these from cards that I wrote and put in an empty drawer. At night I shuffle them up and pick two. Then when I sit down to do some art I keep them in mind. We'll see how it goes. I didn't have much time for art yesterday so all I ended up from these suggestions was this simple sketch, but it was good to get back to my daily sketching.

Today I have:
Change Tools
Read a Page from the Closest Book (that would be Eat, Shoots and Leaves

now this is my kind of bouquet!
Originally uploaded by mlee.etsy.comHope the mother's reading this blog had a great day and that the sons, daughters and partners were able to appreciate the mother's in their lives.

This was my first mother's day, even though last year while I was pregnant I did get a mother's day blessing from a gas station clerk while driving back from Brooklyn.

It started on Thursday when Jon surprised me with this incredible bouquet of fruit flowers. He told me later that he basically could have had the whole thing dipped in chocolate for an additional fee if he had clicked a button but I am glad that he didn't. There were more than enough chocolate dipped strawberries to keep me happy for days. Yum!

Night Falls on Two Trees
Originally uploaded by mlee.etsy.comMy normal Wednesday plans have been canceled and I am going to try and made the best of it.

Things aren't so good. My friend's illness is not getting better and my cat seems to have a problem with his eyes and I need to call the vet today. I might end up putting him in the carrier and pushing him in the stroller while I where blee down to the vet today. Good times. I also need to call a woman about pet sitting next month while we go to a funeral in Ohio.

But if I have some time I will use it to print and not jerk around and waste time. I still have a bunch of paper printed in various stages of completion. And while I have a fair amount of work from last week I would like to have more, in different colors.

Cultivating the eclectic
Originally uploaded by foftychel I was feeling pretty stressed out and awful yesterday, then I saw this and I smiled and then laughed for the first time in awhile.

Check out the statue next to it. Squirrel headed bride! Just another reason for me to love BirdNerd! Not only is she a talented artist, a sweet person but she is cute and funny. And of course she has great taste as well.

Thank you my dear!

don't tip over!

Mysterious Stranger
Originally uploaded by mlee.etsy.comAnd goodbye. I'm going on a much needed vacation.

But don't be sad I will still be around but I just need to give myself some more time off the computer and away from the constant creative pressure that I put myself under. It can be quite overwhelming. And since we are going away to Ohio for a funeral in two weeks anyhow I figured I might as well take the whole month off.

I will try to blog once a week, keep my shop up to date and even continue to sketch. But mostly this month is about enjoying nature with my daughter, sitting down and reading (and finishing) a book for the first time since becoming a mother and playing some silly video games like Mario Kart for the Wii.

I'll be a quiet presence while I take this month to regroup and hopefully re-cooperate from a bunch of emotional setbacks. Mmmmm I can smell the flowers already.