Kate OLeary Illustration

Early Bird and Night Owl

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

This is a sweet little commission I did, I liked how it turned out.

There was a party, there was cake, balloons and swords

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:16 +0000

Eve Zeisel

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:49:03 +0000

Dan and I went to the Dank Haus for a vintage bazaar. It was a collection of vintage/retro dealers all in one place for the weekend. There was food and drink and a free photo booth. We weren’t planning on buying anything but we met a very enthusiastic dealer who had some Eva stuff and I really liked these salt and pepper shakers. They are inspired by a mother and child.
They are her “iconic” design. She lived until 105 and died this last December. All her stuff was made so it fit nicely in the hand. You can still buy her designs today all over the place, they are timeless.

and here

http://www.evazeiseloriginals.com/meeteva.shtml#

I made a cake and it was great

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:44:03 +0000

I’m into making crazy cakes. This was a purple bug with red and green insides.

Christmas Thorne rooms at the Art Institute

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:11:11 +0000

The Art Institute was free for the month of January. I got there in time to see the Thorne rooms decorated for Christmas. Well, a some of the rooms were “decorated” for the holidays. I don’t know what I was expecting. Something more elaborate but this totally makes sense. I guess my love of miniatures made my imagination run away with me. Tiny Things! Tiny Tiny things!

Side note – The Sixty-Eight Rooms’ By Marianne Malone is a young adult novel about magically shrinking down the size of the rooms and exploring the worlds in each setup.

They picked a few rooms in different time periods to show how Christmas was celebrated throughout time.
One of the rooms wasn’t even decorated because of some political/religious reason.

I snapped shots of the ones I liked.

This is traditional English Christmas.
English Drawing Room of the Victorian Period, 1840-70

The decorations are the wreath on the door and the garland on the stairs.
Virginia Entrance Hall, 1751-55

Wooden shoes in front of the fireplace.
French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

California Hallway, c. 1940
Celebrating hanukkah with dreidel and menorah.

You can see them all here.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/thorne

Steinway says…

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:08:21 +0000

Thank goodness it’s Friday!!

3×3 Directory

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:08:11 +0000

I have two pieces in the directory this year.

A Pattern a Day keeps the Doctor Away

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:07:56 +0000

amazing fish

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:01:34 +0000

These aren’t real fish. They are paintings in resin. Watch the video to see how they are made.

A pattern a day keeps the doctor away

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:51:43 +0000