Tonight - Kleeer
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
TRUE SEXY is....:: part 1 :: ladies' edition
YUKIMI NAGANO of Little Dragonsinger
Gothenburg, Sweden
TRUE SEXY IS… our boy and girlfriends
Miss JACK DAVEY of J'DAVEYsinger
New York, NY
TRUE SEXY IS… confidence & 5 inch heels
KISSEY ASPLUNDsinger
Malmoe / Stockholm/ New York / Sweden - USA
TRUE SEXY IS…calmness
RUCYL MILLSsinger/producer/tech geek
TRUE SEXY IS… handlin bizness
RAYE 6 singer, producer
Brooklyn, New York, NY
TRUE SEXY IS…in the eyes of everyone that loves you
LUCY LOVE MC
Copenhagen, Denmark
TRUE SEXY IS...not to be found on MTV.
SARAH WHITEsinger, MC, photographer, blogstress
Brooklyn, NY
TRUE SEXY IS… making sure all of your needs are met by any means necessary
LICHIBANvisual artist, illustrator, art director, blogstress
Brooklyn, NY - Budapest, Hungary
TRUE SEXY IS… the effortless mastery of the art of seduction.
the guys' answers are coming soon....
[answers were part of previous features on WRONGLIPS (my blog with singer, Sarah White) under Hey Ladies!!]
Sunday, May 24, 2009
NEW WORK & FREE DOWNLOAD :: NIKKI NTU : Muse
I'm pleased to present the first of my Lichiban presents music & art collabo series, the album cover I recently finished for Brooklyn- based songstress/ MC, Nikki NTU's debut release A History of Dreams... Nikki's commitment to make honest music with a spiritual message sets her apart from most other MCs today. Her lyrical flow is at times like a punch in the stomach, at others like a heart massage. The album produced by the one and only Melo-X (check his free mixtape at Featured Downloads on the right) who really outdid himself on the production end. Both artists are from the Brooklyn-based cosmic artist collective The Galaxy Riders/A.L.I.E.N. A History of Dreams is set to drop on June 2nd, and to get a taste of what you expect of this amazing album, they are giving away another new track, Muse. DOWNLOAD it here!Also Nikki's earlier track from the album, Birth of Venus, has gotten over 6000 downloads already, if you haven't gotten it already, make sure to get it.
As for my part, I will post a more detailed post about the inspirations for this cover and a step-by-step photo log of the project. I also designed Nikki's blog & logo, which you can check here. Stay tuned for this much-anticipated album coming soon...(and yes, it is going to be free!)
Make sure to come out to Nikki's release party on June 3rd, I am co-hosting with my homies Selah Says, Melo-X, MEGA, and Visionary Dary (this is going to coincide with the much-talked-about weekly C'Est Noir party).
Make sure to come out to Nikki's release party on June 3rd, I am co-hosting with my homies Selah Says, Melo-X, MEGA, and Visionary Dary (this is going to coincide with the much-talked-about weekly C'Est Noir party).
Saturday, May 23, 2009
ZAP MAMA AND CARE partner to honor mothers around the world & new release scheduled to drop on May 26th
ZAP MAMA RELEASES "HELLO TO MAMA" VIDEO AND ADDS NEW TOUR DATES(New York, NY) -- ZAP MAMA is teaming up with CARE to honor mothers around the world. Beginning May 4th, Zap Mama will donate to CARE a percentage of the proceeds from the iTunes download of their song, "Hello To Mama," the first single off their upcoming album ReCreation, due out on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, on May 26th, 2009.
In the developing world, one woman, every minute of every day, dies giving birth. The proceeds from iTunes download sales of "Hello To Mama", which will help CARE's efforts to reduce persisting high maternal mortality in the world's poorest countries. You can help the cause by purchasing the song HERE. You can also link her on myspace here.
"A percentage of the hard earned money paid for this track will go to CARE with the vision and hope of setting the people of the world free through truth, love, and education," says Zap Mama's Marie Daulne.
For more regarding CARE and its partnership with Zap Mama visit: www.care.org/zapmama.
Zap Mama has added new tour dates including appearances at Lollapalooza and the Essence Festival, as well as kicking the tour off with an intimate residency at Joe's Pub with special surprise guests:
5/27, 28, 29 /2009 Joe's Pub, New York, NY /// 6/17/2009 El Rey, Los Angeles, CA /// 6/18/2009 Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA /// 6/19/2009 Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Boonville, CA /// 6/20/2009 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR /// 6/21/2009 Triple Door, Seattle, WA /// 7/5/2009 Essence Music Festival, New Orleans, LA /// 6/23/2009 Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI /// 8/7-9/2009 Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Interview with me on NEVERLEAVEBROOKLYN.com
Many thanks to Chuck of Never Leave Brooklyn for the interview opportunity!!! Coincidentally, this just came out now that I am leaving Brooklyn (well, not for long though)... NeverLeaveBrooklyn.com is my favorite blog when it comes to finding out what's good in King's County, so I'm pretty psyched about getting this feature. Thank you! Here is the link to the interview and follow NLBKLYN on twitter. Oh and yes, my new website is on it's way!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Finished my Bast-cat goddess painting + new merchandise
So i have finally finished my cat goddess painting that i had dug up from a pile of unfinished paintings a few weeks back. I did alot of revamping on it...and just last night I varnished it and took pictures, so here you go:
(Please click to full view)
Title: Bast, Keeper of the Meadow
14" x 14" Original acrylic painting
by Chelsea Rose
This peice turned into a portrait of sorts of Bast (or Bastet)- the Egyptian warrior cat goddess, goddess of the sun, protector of the land.
...I struggled a lot with this painting in the beginning and i believe thats why it ended up behind my art table, collecting dust for a few months along with other various unfinished projects of mine.
My process in creation of this painting was as follows: I used a small art projector to transfer my original pen and ink illustration of the cat spirit onto a 14" by 14" canvas. I painted the outlines and then began to introduce colors. Part of the difficulty creating this piece was trying to figure out how to most elegantly use all the empty space on the top an the bottom. My first attempts were very unsatisfying and it seemed no matter which way i reworked it, i wasn't happy. here is a picture that has a glimpse of the painting when it was in its yucky faze:
(Please click to Full View)
can you spot it? its to the right of the easel. As you can see the top and the bottom are completely different then what they are now. It was at this stage that i gave up.
I find that sometimes, if i put something away for long enough by the time i come back to it i will have a fresh point of view/different perspective allowing for newideas/problem solving. So when i pulled it back out 6 months later i ended up completely whiting out the top and the bottom and reworked them from scratch. Almost instantly all the blocked creative energy began to flow and it only took me a few weeks to get the entire painting finished.
....I am now ready for my next painting. Unfortunately i am completely out of blank canvas and too strapped for cash to be able to run over to the art store and buy some. So i am thinking about re purposing some of my old canvas paintings from school. I will just sand them down a bit, reapply gesso and add a nice layer of neutral gray and they should be ready to paint anew. It might be hard to let go of some of these old paintings.... but I am trying to be thrifty, as much as i possibly can.
In the meantime, i have plenty of new merchandise to list in our online shop.
(please click to full view)
I found these frames the other day and realized they would work well with a few of my illustration prints. Now that i have taken product pictures, i just need to get off my lazy fanny and load them up in our online shop. Till then, feel free to email me in order to reserve: chelsea@lucidopticlab.com
Tomorrow I am expecting to receive my snazaroo face paint that i ordered from ArtSupplyWarehouse.com. I am trying new things to see if perhaps they could spice up my art booth/bring more of an audience when i do the various art fairs in town. I have always loved body and face painting....so it would be very awesome if i had a positive response doing it/ could make some extra dollars. This may end up being yet another creative freelance job prospect. So once i receive the paint i will be experimenting like crazy and taking lots of pictures...so stay tuned!
Much love!
-Chelsea Rose
(Please click to full view)
Title: Bast, Keeper of the Meadow
14" x 14" Original acrylic painting
by Chelsea Rose
This peice turned into a portrait of sorts of Bast (or Bastet)- the Egyptian warrior cat goddess, goddess of the sun, protector of the land.
...I struggled a lot with this painting in the beginning and i believe thats why it ended up behind my art table, collecting dust for a few months along with other various unfinished projects of mine.
My process in creation of this painting was as follows: I used a small art projector to transfer my original pen and ink illustration of the cat spirit onto a 14" by 14" canvas. I painted the outlines and then began to introduce colors. Part of the difficulty creating this piece was trying to figure out how to most elegantly use all the empty space on the top an the bottom. My first attempts were very unsatisfying and it seemed no matter which way i reworked it, i wasn't happy. here is a picture that has a glimpse of the painting when it was in its yucky faze:
(Please click to Full View)
can you spot it? its to the right of the easel. As you can see the top and the bottom are completely different then what they are now. It was at this stage that i gave up.
I find that sometimes, if i put something away for long enough by the time i come back to it i will have a fresh point of view/different perspective allowing for newideas/problem solving. So when i pulled it back out 6 months later i ended up completely whiting out the top and the bottom and reworked them from scratch. Almost instantly all the blocked creative energy began to flow and it only took me a few weeks to get the entire painting finished.
....I am now ready for my next painting. Unfortunately i am completely out of blank canvas and too strapped for cash to be able to run over to the art store and buy some. So i am thinking about re purposing some of my old canvas paintings from school. I will just sand them down a bit, reapply gesso and add a nice layer of neutral gray and they should be ready to paint anew. It might be hard to let go of some of these old paintings.... but I am trying to be thrifty, as much as i possibly can.
In the meantime, i have plenty of new merchandise to list in our online shop.
(please click to full view)
I found these frames the other day and realized they would work well with a few of my illustration prints. Now that i have taken product pictures, i just need to get off my lazy fanny and load them up in our online shop. Till then, feel free to email me in order to reserve: chelsea@lucidopticlab.com
Tomorrow I am expecting to receive my snazaroo face paint that i ordered from ArtSupplyWarehouse.com. I am trying new things to see if perhaps they could spice up my art booth/bring more of an audience when i do the various art fairs in town. I have always loved body and face painting....so it would be very awesome if i had a positive response doing it/ could make some extra dollars. This may end up being yet another creative freelance job prospect. So once i receive the paint i will be experimenting like crazy and taking lots of pictures...so stay tuned!
Much love!
-Chelsea Rose
PHOTO OF THE DAY + FREE Flying Lotus :: TEA LEAF DANCERS Damage is Done remix
I just came upon this free remix of one of my favorite FLYING LOTUS tracks... completely brilliant, not the easiest tracks to remix, since the original is so perfect, but it works. And the track reminded me of yet another photo by mi-zo..the sound and the image make a convincing fantasy world.. If they were doing a remix release for this track, I'd pick this photo for the cover.
Tea Leaf Dancers (Damage Is Done Rmx) by upmyalley
On the side, as a blogger, I recommend soundcloud over imeem for player widgets...they actually play the whole songs or even a whole mix and are not loaded with advertisements...you can set it to allow downloads or just shares. It makes it easier to promote people's tracks or mixes. And last but not least, I can even customize the color to turqouise.
On the side, as a blogger, I recommend soundcloud over imeem for player widgets...they actually play the whole songs or even a whole mix and are not loaded with advertisements...you can set it to allow downloads or just shares. It makes it easier to promote people's tracks or mixes. And last but not least, I can even customize the color to turqouise.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
FREE DOWNLOAD :: KidVector presents :: INFINITY CITY
I just found this fantastic mix called KidVector presents : Infinity City a guest mix recorded for the good people at Eat Concrete. A mix is in many ways an unspoken tribute to Dilla and his musical legacy featuring some heavy-hitters, such as Flying Lotus, Prefuse 73, The Anti-pop Consortium, Spacek, eDIT, and more...and the mixing is superb, the album has a great flow.-
DOWNLOAD for free at KidVector's page ..make sure to check more info on the individual tracks!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Alberta Art Hop, Weekend highlights and news!
This past weekend was full of surprises and opportunity. I am feeling quite contented now, sitting in the office sipping on some chai, dreamily staring out the window and reminiscing.
This weekend Danny and I shared a booth with our friend Shauna, creator of Mama's Herbal soaps( www.MamasHerbalSoaps.com/ )and had a blast.
We were at the art hop on Alberta st in Portland Oregon from 7am-7pm soaking up sun rays and watching the fair unfold before us. since i knew we would be there all day i set up my easel so that i might get some more work done on the cat spirit painting i just started working on again.
People seemed to respond well, excited to see some live painting. It kept me busy during the lulls of the day and allowed me to gain progress on the painting.
....i cant wait for the next one coming up May 28th. Danny and I as well as Mama's Herbal Soaps will have a booth set up on Alberta st and 20th. don’t miss us! Plus, i may be trying something new: Face and Body painting!:
While chatting with Shauna, she mentioned that perhaps i could start doing face and body painting while vending to see if that might help generate so more funds. i have always loved body/face painting and considered it something i might get into some day. Her daughter Maya sweetly volunteered to be my first test subject. we had a lottah fun doing a simple spirally flower garden pattern up her arm. While we were doing that another girl( pictured in this photo) walked into our booth and asked to have her arm painted as well. Then as I was finishing up her arm four other kids lined up in a row for a body painting as well! So i think i may be bringing a stash of face/body paint with me at the next art walk on Alberta street.
All in all, the day had been a bit slow since we were a few blocks away from the epicenter of the fair but we managed some sales. The intense sun had made it a bit exhausting....i managed to get sunburned even while wearing my big fancy hat! Needless to say, by the end of the day i was a complete zombie. I cant even begin to tell you how much a relief it was to get home, take a cold shower and flop down on the couch!
Sunday i woke up with some major body fatigue, but i was able to shrug it off and get a lot of stuff done...including straighting up the house( since every time we do a fair or a show we end up ripping our apartment to pieces), editing/posting photos from the art hop, walked to the library( checked out 2 books: Women Sailors & Sailors Women, an Untold Maritime History by David Cordingly and Wild Child, Girlhoods in the CounterCulture), visited the local thrift shop and found some great summer skirts, did a lil produce shopping and last but not least i managed to FINISH my metaphysical cat painting! Today when i get home from work i will varnish it and take some pictures so stay tuned!
In the meantime, here is a quickie pic of my lil home studio space, showing me working on the cat spirit painting:
Please click the photo to full view this image, as my blog tends to cut off my horizontal photos.
As you can probably make out, my work space tends to get messy fairly quick! I find each week if i dont go through and reorganize it becomes a complete disaster. I am currently mentally preparing myself to go through all my boxes of art supply and do some much needed spring cleaning sometime this week, and then if i have enough stuff i could do a yardsale. If i generate enough, it may help me buy some nice snazaroo face/body paint for the next fair.
Wish me luck!
-Chelsea Rose
This weekend Danny and I shared a booth with our friend Shauna, creator of Mama's Herbal soaps( www.MamasHerbalSoaps.com/ )and had a blast.
We were at the art hop on Alberta st in Portland Oregon from 7am-7pm soaking up sun rays and watching the fair unfold before us. since i knew we would be there all day i set up my easel so that i might get some more work done on the cat spirit painting i just started working on again.
People seemed to respond well, excited to see some live painting. It kept me busy during the lulls of the day and allowed me to gain progress on the painting.
....i cant wait for the next one coming up May 28th. Danny and I as well as Mama's Herbal Soaps will have a booth set up on Alberta st and 20th. don’t miss us! Plus, i may be trying something new: Face and Body painting!:
While chatting with Shauna, she mentioned that perhaps i could start doing face and body painting while vending to see if that might help generate so more funds. i have always loved body/face painting and considered it something i might get into some day. Her daughter Maya sweetly volunteered to be my first test subject. we had a lottah fun doing a simple spirally flower garden pattern up her arm. While we were doing that another girl( pictured in this photo) walked into our booth and asked to have her arm painted as well. Then as I was finishing up her arm four other kids lined up in a row for a body painting as well! So i think i may be bringing a stash of face/body paint with me at the next art walk on Alberta street.
All in all, the day had been a bit slow since we were a few blocks away from the epicenter of the fair but we managed some sales. The intense sun had made it a bit exhausting....i managed to get sunburned even while wearing my big fancy hat! Needless to say, by the end of the day i was a complete zombie. I cant even begin to tell you how much a relief it was to get home, take a cold shower and flop down on the couch!
Sunday i woke up with some major body fatigue, but i was able to shrug it off and get a lot of stuff done...including straighting up the house( since every time we do a fair or a show we end up ripping our apartment to pieces), editing/posting photos from the art hop, walked to the library( checked out 2 books: Women Sailors & Sailors Women, an Untold Maritime History by David Cordingly and Wild Child, Girlhoods in the CounterCulture), visited the local thrift shop and found some great summer skirts, did a lil produce shopping and last but not least i managed to FINISH my metaphysical cat painting! Today when i get home from work i will varnish it and take some pictures so stay tuned!
In the meantime, here is a quickie pic of my lil home studio space, showing me working on the cat spirit painting:
Please click the photo to full view this image, as my blog tends to cut off my horizontal photos.
As you can probably make out, my work space tends to get messy fairly quick! I find each week if i dont go through and reorganize it becomes a complete disaster. I am currently mentally preparing myself to go through all my boxes of art supply and do some much needed spring cleaning sometime this week, and then if i have enough stuff i could do a yardsale. If i generate enough, it may help me buy some nice snazaroo face/body paint for the next fair.
Wish me luck!
-Chelsea Rose
Sunday, May 17, 2009
FREE DOWNLOAD ::: DOLPHIN :: Mono Vs Stereo Collection
Kenny of Freshselects & I are both old fans of musical multi-talent DOLPHIN, who has finally decided to surface from his several-year-long underwater exploration of sound that produced over 50 albums worth of unreleased music. So this year Kenny was the first to make the move and send people to Dolphin's site and feature him with free downloads...Dolphin has several records worth of music for free download on his blog, so make sure to go and explore. Dolphin is a (no longer) hidden gem.FOLLOW THE LINK TO
the FRESHSELECTS site
to download Dolphin's 5 exclusive tracks, links to more downloads and read Kenny's in-dept writeup. I'll post some free music by him soon too. He is a definite artist to watch and I think both Kenny and I are happy that we recognized his genius years ago. He was actually the first person I interviewed two years ago, when I started this blog. As we found out later, we played a key role in inspiring each other to bring our art to light finally...read it here.
To find out more about him check a more recent interview with him on Avanturb.com.
I'm co-hosting C'EST NOIR presents:: KITTY KAT CLUB
Come check out this week's C'EST NOIR party's ladies' night edition appropriately called KITTY KAT CLUB I'm co-hosting. C'EST NOIR has quickly grown into one of the hottest new parties of the city brought to you by my good peeps who are also part of the A.L.I.E.N. crew. Though most people probably know A.L.I.E.N mainly as a street-ware brand, it is actually one of the freshest art and music collectives the city has to offer, including artists like Nikki Ntu, the Dweebz, Quan Luv, Dorjan, Mega, Melo-X, Kesed, Lou Diamond, Bentley and many more.Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Open bar 10-11pm
Happy Ending, 302 Broome St
Last weeks, when A.L.I.E.N. celebrated it's anniversary, apparently the party had the same number of people on the street trying to get in as there were inside. Peeps the pix from the party on the galaxyrider's site. Don't miss out...
Saturday, May 16, 2009
BROOKLYN DIARIES:: FLOW FOR CHANGE : Vony Speaks FUNDRAISER & VONY PSA Premiere Screening
A little over a month ago, I participated in the PSA shoot for Voices of New York (VONY) a wonderful and much-needed educational project of my good friend Suzanna (aka Suzanna Ali (read an interview with her about VONY on Coup d'Etat BK). I've been a huge supporter of her project, and she's chosen me as one of the main art mentors for her organization, which I'm very excited about, since I always wanted to be part of some kind of art-educational project involving kids. Suzanna is a visionary with a holistic, spiritual outlook on education and she has in mind to build a program that would nurture a new generation of youth with a focus on encouraging creative expression from an early stage onward. She is planning to involve artists as art mentors who could also serve as role models for the youth. We used a work of mine that I did as collabo project with my good friend, Jelsen Jargon, called We Are (read my post about the collabo here).This Tuesday, May 19th the premiere of our PSA shoot, also featuring Bilal and 88-Keys, will take place along with a with spoken word performances that serve as a fundraiser for VONY. Def Jam and HBO have partnered with VONY to bring you "FLOW 4 CHANGE" showcasing some of the most talented poets of our time! See the flyer below for details. Here are some flicks from our PSA shoot near the Brooklyn Children Museum...this was back in early April, at the first spring weekend of cherry blossoms and 80 degrees balmy weather....the blossoming trees were shouting new life and flourishing future...a perfect symbol for VONY's growth and the blossoming of a future generation of creatives.
Suzy, Liz, Rasu of Coup d'Etat with the kids. Joel and Anna were directing the shoot.
The event will be hosted by Bilal & Suzen Baraka with performances by Brave New Voices' Queen Godis and Joshua Bennet, Def Poetry Jam's Staceyann Chin and Black Ice, and our beloved poet and brother, Kesed just to name a few. Your support is greatly appreciated.The VONY is dedicated to nurture a new generation of youth whose creativity is reinforced and guided by art mentors and visionary educators. So come out and support this fundraiser for Voices of New York Speak!
WhereThePartyAt ::: BOYS & CLOTHES 2nd ISSUE Celebration
While many major magazines are in the process of folding, Boys and Clothes, New York's hot new lifestyle magazine is ready to prove that there is a way to make it. I'm very excited to see my friends Nikki Ntu and Raye 6 featured along with my full page add in the printed issue which is scheduled to drop on June 1st....until the official release date, the ladies of B & C have a pre-release party to celebrate their second baby.
Friday, May 15, 2009
PHOTO OF THE DAY :: aqua
still mi-zo (pt. 4)...one day, my characters will come to life through the lens of these guys.
iRECOMMEND: TRUE :: The Photography of Mike Schreiber
One of my favorite photographers and friend, Mike Schreiber is having an opening for his solo exhibit this Saturday at the Dapper Dan's Imperial Gallery. I've been a fan of Mike's work for a while, so I'm eager to see what he's got up there. Highly recommend it.
Workin on a Painting, glad its friday!
So, its a bright and beautiful Friday morning! The weekend's weather forecast for Portland Oregon is sun filled with highs of 80+. That will be a nice change but I hope I don't end up roasting in my lil apartment trying to finish this painting I finally resumed work on:
....it had been sitting collecting dust for over 6 months. Over the last two days i have worked a few hours on it, finally breaking the little creative slump i had come to realize i was in. It seemed as of late, once i get home from work im ready to just curl up into a ball and dream. I am rarely awake past 10pm! I think im slowly coming out of hibernation now that the days are longer and warmer. I am certainly catching onto the vibrations of spring and im feeling anxious to create and explore! This painting stems from one of my original pen and ink drawings:
(Prints of this illustration are available for purchase as 5" x 7" high quality digital prints on card, in plastic archival sleeves in my online shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19753713 )
....So, we shall see if i end up finishing this painting over the weekend. If so, there will be photos posted soon enough.
In the mean time, i have a few super awesome things to look forward to for the month of June: My dear friend Marla will be coming up to visit me near the middle of the month. It will be great to see her...and i am looking forward to checking out a few Oregon sights to be seen with her, such as the amazing Multnomah Falls and some more of the misty coastal forest trails. She is an amazing artists and so i am sure she will enjoy checking out Portland's infamous Saturday market scene as well. Wonder may also be in town, and if this is the case we will all have a pow wow!
Then, on the 18th, danny and i will be seeing Midnite play live at the Crystal ballroom! It will be the second time Danny and I have seen Midnite play. The first instance was at the Raggamuffin concert in 2008 at the Long Beach convention center, but the venue was fairly crappy so i am hoping the sound quality is better at the Crystal ballroom. Its been awhile since Danny and I have splurged on something like this....but we couldn't resist the sweet temptations of Midnite's righteous reggae vibrations so close to home!
....In the meantime Danny and i are restocking our merch for this month's Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta St. happening May 28th. I have a bunch of new illustrations to be made into prints as well as some new/fresh tie-dye and screen printed shirts to showcase. So, if you are in town please stop on by and say hi...our booth will be planted close to Alberta and 20th st.
Best wishes and much LOVE!
-Chelsea Rose
....it had been sitting collecting dust for over 6 months. Over the last two days i have worked a few hours on it, finally breaking the little creative slump i had come to realize i was in. It seemed as of late, once i get home from work im ready to just curl up into a ball and dream. I am rarely awake past 10pm! I think im slowly coming out of hibernation now that the days are longer and warmer. I am certainly catching onto the vibrations of spring and im feeling anxious to create and explore! This painting stems from one of my original pen and ink drawings:
(Prints of this illustration are available for purchase as 5" x 7" high quality digital prints on card, in plastic archival sleeves in my online shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19753713 )
....So, we shall see if i end up finishing this painting over the weekend. If so, there will be photos posted soon enough.
In the mean time, i have a few super awesome things to look forward to for the month of June: My dear friend Marla will be coming up to visit me near the middle of the month. It will be great to see her...and i am looking forward to checking out a few Oregon sights to be seen with her, such as the amazing Multnomah Falls and some more of the misty coastal forest trails. She is an amazing artists and so i am sure she will enjoy checking out Portland's infamous Saturday market scene as well. Wonder may also be in town, and if this is the case we will all have a pow wow!
Then, on the 18th, danny and i will be seeing Midnite play live at the Crystal ballroom! It will be the second time Danny and I have seen Midnite play. The first instance was at the Raggamuffin concert in 2008 at the Long Beach convention center, but the venue was fairly crappy so i am hoping the sound quality is better at the Crystal ballroom. Its been awhile since Danny and I have splurged on something like this....but we couldn't resist the sweet temptations of Midnite's righteous reggae vibrations so close to home!
....In the meantime Danny and i are restocking our merch for this month's Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta St. happening May 28th. I have a bunch of new illustrations to be made into prints as well as some new/fresh tie-dye and screen printed shirts to showcase. So, if you are in town please stop on by and say hi...our booth will be planted close to Alberta and 20th st.
Best wishes and much LOVE!
-Chelsea Rose
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
FUTURE ARTS 2009 ::w/ DJ Andy Rourke of the SMITHS!! I'm live painting in Boston May 16
If you are in Boston, check out the city's biggest annual underground art event on this upcoming Saturday, May 16th, bw 6-11pm. I'm excited to see my homies' new work from the bean and do a live art collabo with my fellow painter-in-crime, Concep (we are scheduled to go on at 8:30pm). The line-up is crazy, Future Classic got SMITHS legend, former bass player Andy Rourke doing an exclusive DJ-set. Don't miss it if you are around!
I heART NYC: I became a rooftop legend:)
ROOFTOP LEGENDS 2009
Opening Reception, Saturday May 16 3-7pm on the New Design High School Rooftop
350 Grand Street
Dj set by HOT 97's Dj Enuff of the Heavy Hitters
I had a chance to work on a new mural on rooftop of LES' progressive New Design High School and be part of one of the illest collection off graffiti and mural art in the city. This Saturday, they are having an opening for the new pieces. Check out some of the work from 2007 here. I actually will not be able to make this as I have a live art gig in Boston, but if you love street art, this is a dope opportunity to check out some classics.
Big shout out to Ben (super dope artist and member of the Trust Your Struggle art collective) who invited me the do this. It's still in progress, I am going to post pictures of the steps soon.
What I have been up to as of late....
Hello there loverly folks!
Its been awhile since my last post and so I have lots to share.
I am still in awe over my trip to the WolfCreek Sanctuary. A few hours before we left i made my way down to the creek and found the most magical spot. It was a little ways past the community kitchen and down a few mossy slopes toward a little opening mouth at the side of a clear water creek. It was just bursting with life: the rocks within it covered in moss, wild flowers and ferns, little tadpoles lulling along the algae, a baby otter darted past to hide in bush, the trees curved like halves of hearts along the sides creating a refreshing canopy of shade....ahhh it was so tranquil. So In reflection i drew this illustration last weekend and I called it "the River Spirit."
It felt great to draw her.
.....also, last week i released an older illustration from 2008:
Im hoping to get off my freakin butt sometime this week and offer these two illustrations of mine as prints for sale....so stay tuned if interested.
And here is an older mixed media art piece of mine that i just finally made a scan of and released:
The base of this mixed media piece is a very old self portrait photograph of mine that i took while still in highschool.
So the picture was printed black and white on some matte photo paper that i then colored using watercolor, pen and ink and even acrylic paint( Lumiere gold acrylic paint).
This piece is up for sale in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24902631 if you dont have an etsy account feel free to email me to reserve the item: chelsea@lucidopticlab.com
On to other news, my wild flowers are really sprouting now...i do hope to see some blossoms soon:
so many of them! also i believe the bulbs have begun too and they are the ones that look like giant blades of grass....i have two pots like this one.
and in this pot( that my mother gave me) i originally planted two types of flower seed( got packets from a nursery but forgot what i planted). It seems that the dominate flower snuffed out the other kind of flower i planted. I fear there isnt enough room for all the sprouts....so i am hoping their growth isnt stunted and that they will still produce some flowers for me. I really wish i had some dirt to play in...a yard would be lovely so that i can experiment with growing things more. im such a newbie with it. Id love to grow some carrots and tomatoes and strawberries and lettuce and whatever else and have some home grown produce for a change. Someday, hopefully i will get the chance because i think its important to at least strive to be a little more self reliant.
...and its time for a Dready Journey update:
( please click to full view!)
so far i have gone through 3 distinct physical dread phases.
1. Day one of my dready journey, a few hours after sectioning my hair off/backcombing and putting on rubber bands.
2. couple weeks after initial backcombing. took all the rubber bands out and used the crocheting method to finish each lock.
3. About three months after the inital crocheting session
the crocheting really advanced my dread's maturity.i think my most favorite locks are the ones with lots of loopies...they are so much fun! i certainly have a halo of frizz...crocheting really helps tame that but i worry about over crocheting and ripping/thinning hair so I try to do it sparingly. My routine has been to wash my hair at the end of each week with residue free shampoo( adding a few drops of tea tree oil for the refreshing fragrance and to fight dryness/dandruff, then air dry( 20 minutes in sunlight after 10 minutes of being pressed in a clean towel). crochet if the washing created too much loose hair. but lately with each wash I can feel them tightening an strengthening! Danny's dreads are doing super as well....hopefully i can get a picture soon to show their progress.
....its strange to realize i have already had my dreads for 4 months now!
As for this past weekend...Danny and I made the most of it...did a lot of relaxing and some exploring: went and checked out Astoria and some more of Cannon beach. On Saturday we randomly decided that we were going to paint all our kitchen Cabinets. The cabinets were looking really bad since they were originally this ugly dirty cream color...but we made it look worse by streaking them with all sorts of tie-dye and cooking stains. So we ended up going to the store and purchasing some "Forest Green" which is a darker/deeper green. Now the kitchen feels a lot more fresh and inviting. I wish we could paint more of our place but since its an apartment i figure its better not to go too crazy because who knows how long we will be living here anyway.
Now its Monday and im sitting at work drinking some chamomile tea, remindimg myself to take deep breaths and stay positive. When i get home i have lots of laundry to do, and i hope to list a bunch of stuff on etsy since our lil shop seems to be in a lull.
Before i leave off on this post i thought i would share a baby picture of mine that i stumbled across over the weekend:
Peace and Love, always!
-Chelsea Rose
Its been awhile since my last post and so I have lots to share.
I am still in awe over my trip to the WolfCreek Sanctuary. A few hours before we left i made my way down to the creek and found the most magical spot. It was a little ways past the community kitchen and down a few mossy slopes toward a little opening mouth at the side of a clear water creek. It was just bursting with life: the rocks within it covered in moss, wild flowers and ferns, little tadpoles lulling along the algae, a baby otter darted past to hide in bush, the trees curved like halves of hearts along the sides creating a refreshing canopy of shade....ahhh it was so tranquil. So In reflection i drew this illustration last weekend and I called it "the River Spirit."
It felt great to draw her.
.....also, last week i released an older illustration from 2008:
Im hoping to get off my freakin butt sometime this week and offer these two illustrations of mine as prints for sale....so stay tuned if interested.
And here is an older mixed media art piece of mine that i just finally made a scan of and released:
The base of this mixed media piece is a very old self portrait photograph of mine that i took while still in highschool.
So the picture was printed black and white on some matte photo paper that i then colored using watercolor, pen and ink and even acrylic paint( Lumiere gold acrylic paint).
This piece is up for sale in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24902631 if you dont have an etsy account feel free to email me to reserve the item: chelsea@lucidopticlab.com
On to other news, my wild flowers are really sprouting now...i do hope to see some blossoms soon:
so many of them! also i believe the bulbs have begun too and they are the ones that look like giant blades of grass....i have two pots like this one.
and in this pot( that my mother gave me) i originally planted two types of flower seed( got packets from a nursery but forgot what i planted). It seems that the dominate flower snuffed out the other kind of flower i planted. I fear there isnt enough room for all the sprouts....so i am hoping their growth isnt stunted and that they will still produce some flowers for me. I really wish i had some dirt to play in...a yard would be lovely so that i can experiment with growing things more. im such a newbie with it. Id love to grow some carrots and tomatoes and strawberries and lettuce and whatever else and have some home grown produce for a change. Someday, hopefully i will get the chance because i think its important to at least strive to be a little more self reliant....and its time for a Dready Journey update:
( please click to full view!)so far i have gone through 3 distinct physical dread phases.
1. Day one of my dready journey, a few hours after sectioning my hair off/backcombing and putting on rubber bands.
2. couple weeks after initial backcombing. took all the rubber bands out and used the crocheting method to finish each lock.
3. About three months after the inital crocheting session
the crocheting really advanced my dread's maturity.i think my most favorite locks are the ones with lots of loopies...they are so much fun! i certainly have a halo of frizz...crocheting really helps tame that but i worry about over crocheting and ripping/thinning hair so I try to do it sparingly. My routine has been to wash my hair at the end of each week with residue free shampoo( adding a few drops of tea tree oil for the refreshing fragrance and to fight dryness/dandruff, then air dry( 20 minutes in sunlight after 10 minutes of being pressed in a clean towel). crochet if the washing created too much loose hair. but lately with each wash I can feel them tightening an strengthening! Danny's dreads are doing super as well....hopefully i can get a picture soon to show their progress.
....its strange to realize i have already had my dreads for 4 months now!
As for this past weekend...Danny and I made the most of it...did a lot of relaxing and some exploring: went and checked out Astoria and some more of Cannon beach. On Saturday we randomly decided that we were going to paint all our kitchen Cabinets. The cabinets were looking really bad since they were originally this ugly dirty cream color...but we made it look worse by streaking them with all sorts of tie-dye and cooking stains. So we ended up going to the store and purchasing some "Forest Green" which is a darker/deeper green. Now the kitchen feels a lot more fresh and inviting. I wish we could paint more of our place but since its an apartment i figure its better not to go too crazy because who knows how long we will be living here anyway.
Now its Monday and im sitting at work drinking some chamomile tea, remindimg myself to take deep breaths and stay positive. When i get home i have lots of laundry to do, and i hope to list a bunch of stuff on etsy since our lil shop seems to be in a lull.
Before i leave off on this post i thought i would share a baby picture of mine that i stumbled across over the weekend:
Peace and Love, always!
-Chelsea Rose
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Man, I'm really feeling this new track of Fresh Daily of the AOK Collective called Apollo 13, referencing NASA's third (unsuccessful) mission to the moon. This cosmic hip-hop sound is one of the freshest I've heard coming out of Brooklyn.The song appears on Daily's upcoming EP/mixtape, Tomorrow is Today, which drops next week. FD's full length album, The Gorgeous Kill In Crimes of Passion, drops July 21st via High Water Music.
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