New work & good times at the Cake Den

It's been busy at the Cake Den. I decided to document what my apartment/studio looks like... it's like the Easter bunny pooped on it. I'm busy getting ready for a June show at The Benson Grind so stay tuned.



I also got to spend some of my day screen printing some paper bags for the Omaha Craft Mafia sale at Hot Shops at 1301 Nicholas St. this weekend. Come by and enjoy a mimosa with some crazy crafters, May 3-4 Sat. 12-8, Sun. 12-5.

"Wrinkles"

My submission for Illustration Friday's topic this week.

I drew this after overhearing a middle aged woman say this to her friend on a train to Long Island. Age is all relative, right?...

Earth friendly bag lovin' at Scout

People were wondering what the bag I designed for Scout's contest last month looked like so I thought I'd post it. The winner was actually Dave Nelson of Secret Penguin whom I voted for. There were a few cool ones to choose from and I can't wait to get mine!

I also wanted to give some earth friendly kudos to Scout as it's concept happens to promote a very earth friendly approach from recycling cool clothing to participating at last weekends Earth Day celebration at Elmwood Park which I happened to miss. But as you should well know...everyday is earth day and we should all try harder to be kind to the hand that feeds us.

Make sure to get up to Scout and get your reusable bag, and rock it hard!

Bless your holy Sweetness!

After stopping to catch up on the latest art exhibit at Pulp. I made a rewarding stop at the new Sweet Georgine's Bakeshop in Benson today. To begin with the space was so cute and cozy, and with a baked to perfection logo by the talented Adam Nielsen made me want to curl up with a cookie and a cup of tea. I ordered the Cream cheese & Cayenne brownie that delivered a perfectly sweet and spicy bite. Yum! I wanted to take a beautiful picture of it, but this is about what it looked like when I got it home. They launch their sandwiches tomorrow, I'll be back.

Make sure to stay tuned into this one Sweet Georgine's

Men's underwear designer

I want to start a line of sweet looking, comfy men's underwear. I was thinking it would be called Manties, but then saw that it already existed in the Urban Dictionary. Not to mention when you do a Google search some atrocious things tend to show up. ie. Manties.net

Still I wonder, how can this be a bad profession...

Holy art shows Omaha!

It was a great time for up and coming artists and art lovers in the Omaha area this weekend. Starting with friday night I headed to Lincoln for a gallery showing. I thought I was heading down to see one gallery, The Project room run by artist/collector Craig Roper, instead it was a shock and a blessing to realize that pretty much the entire 2nd floor above Gomez Art Supply store on 14th & O has been revamped and turned into a burgeoning collection of creativeness. I walked into rooms and saw work by Nolan Tredway, Brett Anderson, a piece by world famous artists Kara Walker and Takashi Murakami (courtesy of The Project Room collection), a spoken word performance as a guy dressed all in black painted on a canvas behind him, Robot Luv clothing project by, former owner of Ozone clothing store, Carrie Masters, a hair salon, not to mention a great turnout of people that made me wonder if they existed before and where they came from.

Saturday night was a great reward with both the "Undercurrents" showing of work by Bemis art center staffers at the Dixie Quicks gallery and "Ecophenotypic" at the Nomad Lounge. All that, no dinner, and two glasses of wine there's no doubt I was giddy!

"Lincoln links" Robot Luv, The Project Room, Tugboat Gallery-Nolan Tredway, Ecophenotypic