"Cherry Pop......Is.......August Fly"

So for most of you that do not know...a few years ago I decided that I would create myself an alter ego.  I would call her "Cherry Pop".......

She would be all facets that I was not or simply didn't have the energy to be.  She would be all things that I would see in myself ie...Feisty, Edgy, Sexy, Sexual, Strong, Independent, Indignant, Controversial, Corky, Nerdy, Smart, Pretty, Girly, Hard, Rude, Soft, Sensitive....and the list goes on and on....Not at all trying to sound full of myself...but the whole purpose in creating "Cherry Pop" was to show different sides of myself that people may (myself included) or may not see! Now the whole cor-elation between "Cherry Pop" and "August Fly" is that "Cherry Pop" is my alter Ego and August Fly in essence IS me! So the combination of the two created something close to what will be my Logo...Tho it is not completely finish....(I still have some details and lettering to add to it)....this is the precursor of my brand!!! And I very exciting to see how she will bloom. You will see Cherry Pop in all different ways, as such, anywhere from a school girl to a Dominatrix...lol...you never know what your going to get with Ms. POP!!!! So stay tuned in...She'll be around for a while.....

Dugald Stermer dies at 74

I just wanted to pay homage to one of the people that influence my career as an Illustrator, Mr. Dugald Stermer.  This man pushed and pulled me in the right direction, and not in the way that most would expect!  He started off by telling me that I couldn't do it...and if anyone knows Dugald, that would be about the way he would do things, a realist to the fullest!!! But what I didn't know at the time, is that that is exactly what I needed to hear!  Knowing that people thought that I couldn't accomplish my dream, drove me even more to grasp what I had worked so hard for.

Thesis with Dugald was by far my biggest challenge in the years that I had spent at CCA; but by the time it came to an end, I was kinda sad that it was.  I remember that morning of my final critique with Dugald, I walked into the class that he was teaching, since I was doing my thesis as an independent study that semester...He turns to me and says "Come back after this is over" and for some who don't know, classes in art school are 3 to 6 hours.  So I had to wait three hours for him to do a 30 minute critique lol. But either way...it was a great experience, and by the end of it, Dugald turned to me and said he was proud of me, and that he knew I could do it!!! And of course I had to add, "But you told me I couldn't do it!" and he said "I just told you that, because that exactly what you needed hear to finish, and you did." I smiled and so did he, and I walked away with a B+ from the class which is good considering that this type of man rarley gives away A's.

I was honored to have been taught by such a man...And this too will drive me even further, to live up to what he gave me...DRIVE!!! RIP DUGALD STERMER, YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!
 
 For more information on this story and who Dugald was, you can follow the  L.A. Times link below.

Dugald Stermer dies at 74; artist updated 1984 Olympic medals

New Year.....New Beginning!!!!

So Its already 2012....and I know many of us have plans to start this year off in a new, grand fashion!!! When I originally put this blog I had intentions on working at this every minute and every moment of the day....Unfortunately...being a working mother...it didnt happen like that!...So I needed a new approach! So I took a couple of weeks to make out a plan, and figure out how I would go about making the Dream Real!

Then it all came to me...I need to think about all the time in school when I had projects and something going every minute...I needed to put myself back in that place...that mindset!!!

I had planned for this post to be up by the first, but I can say I am not disappointed....because I was busy working on the next progect/logo, and hit 12 o'clock and I was done. Here we are on the 2nd and I still have the same drive.  I am highly and extremely motivated!!! I have so many things in my brain that need to be expressed...Pages of ideas that need to be painted, drawn, CREATED!!! So let the festivites begin and see what this "August Fly" can do!!!!!

And here is a sneak peak to whats coming up....Hope your as excited as I am!!!

"A Summer's Night Dream"

" A Summer's Night Dream"

This is a painting I did for a long time family friend, from the show "Family Matters", The wonderful Kellie Williams (Jackson), and her adoring husband and Daughter. I was more than honored to do this painting for them, I had a blast.

"A Cosmic Sound"

"A Cosmic Sound"

This is a Jimi Hendricks Painting that is still in progress...its complete size is 10ft x 5ft with all three canvas.