from Brooklyn

happy holidays!

winter

how i've been relaxing lately, now that i've wrapped up my year officially.

first, doodling & drawing...

then making some plastic tiles to put around the edge of my fireplace* opening.

(ahhh much better.)

* i've been asked if the plastic won't fume or burn, i must note that it's a

NON-WORKING fireplace - it WILL fume & burn if it worked.

also, occasionally (and masochistically) trying to get my own butt kicked on the piano.

listen to it the most ideal way possible here.

(which i do and feel worse sometimes)

TODAY : Studio Sale Part 2

shop will be updated today at 2pm EST with 12 new small originals/studies.

Saturday, December 10th, 2011
2pm EST (US)

(check your local time HERE)

shop.stellaimhultberg.com

this will be my last small originals sale in a while,

although there are larger paintings for sale at all times.

+ NOTE : the shop will be closed for update/maintenace

for 20 minutes prior to the sale, and reopen fully stocked at 2pm.

peek ahead :

fresh air

i finally got around to cleaning out and rearranging the studio.
i tend to move around my studio configuration at least once a year,
but this time i really overhauled it - reorganizing all my art archives, supplies,
and recently restocked shipping supplies for the shop, as well as moving the furniture around.



then we also winter-readied our cold wood-frame apartment by double bubble-wrapping
the windows. this really saves at least 10-15ºF of shivering cold air, at least.
prior to bubble-wrapping last winter, i couldn't bear to work in the studio.



drawing at my newly cleaned out desk.

Another Originals Sale

another small originals sale in the shop this saturday!

thanks to your gracious support and some surplus small originals

that couldn't quite fit in the shop last time around, there will be one more sale

of small drawings and paintings - around 7-8 new pieces...

Saturday, December 10th, 2011
2pm EST (US)

(check your local time HERE)

shop.stellaimhultberg.com

peeks :

+ FREE SHIPPING within US on all originals, small or large.

+ HOLIDAY ORDERS should be put in by Wednesday Dec. 14th to ensure timely arrival

for the holidays - International holiday orders should be by this Wed. Dec. 7th!

TOMORROW

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Small originals sale @ 2pm EST tomorrow! >_<
(you can check your corresponding local time here)

shop.stellaimhultberg.com

► Enter HAPPYHAPPY at checkout for Free Shipping offer

on orders of 4 or more prints/originals!

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some peeks of what's in store (literally) for tomorrow :

► NOTE :

i also have some more drawings that couldn't fit in my shop for now,

which i will put up for sale some time next week or weekend.

so please stay tuned!

East West Connect

If I Could Hide In Your Dreams. 18"x24". Acrylic & Colored Pencil on Wood. ©2011.

above is my piece for the Arrested Motion-curated group show, East West Connect,

which opens this Friday, November 25th at Above Second Gallery in Hong Kong.

there are 13 artists working in the US showing in this group show.

check out the great line up on their flyer here :

East West Connect

Opens Nov 25, 6-10pm

Above Second Gallery

31 Eastern Street

Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

here are some detailed views of the piece (since it's kind of large-ish) :

i'm so excited - this is my first piece to be shown in asia, and in Hong Kong, no less!!

HK being one of my old home towns and one of my favorite places in the world.

and i'm also really glad to see Arrested Motion grow and grow into one of the best art

blogs out there. thanks again, Tanley & Hung-hei!

please please go check it out this friday if you're in Hong Kong!

i wish i could be there just to see Akino Kondoh's work in person.

(and if you're not in HK, please stop by my web shop for the small originals sale!)

more info here at Above Second.

coverage here & here.

some progress shots :

Studio Sale & Holiday Special!

i don't know where the time has gone but the holiday season is upon us already.

with that in mind, i will be having a Studio Originals Sale again of some small originals that

have been left around the studio throughout this year.

like last year, it will be on "Black Friday", and for sale will be about 10-12 of small original

drawings, studies, and paintings that have been left over from the year 2011.

although, this time, instead of etsy, it will be in my new shop site.

2pm eastern US time, Friday, November 25th, 2011

shop.stellaimhultberg.com

please look under the "SMALL ORIGINALS" section that will be on the right

menu on my shop page by friday.

feel free to let me know of any questions!

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some shop notes :

{ EARLY HOLIDAY SPECIAL }

FREE SHIPPING for all orders with 4 or more prints and/or originals!
please insert the code "HAPPYHAPPY"at checkout.

(offer is valid from NOW until MIDNIGHT on Nov 30th/Dec 1st)

ALSO, for both prints and originals, please make sure to place your order by

December 14th at the latest for a timely holiday shipping.
due to the post office's holiday bottlenecking tradition, orders received after

that date aren't guaranteed to arrive in time for the holidays.

Silly Oldies

while looking through some old shop files to reference for my new shop,

i found some diary doodles from 2004-05, which is around when i first

started drawing for fun aside from working as a freelance toy designer,

& also when i launched my first site, momomoogie.com.

these were short-lived, maybe only 4-5 months, and the diaries soon turned into

a daily food blog, which i later moved to my current food blog.

most of the diary drawings were small emoticon-like characters like above,

or about food like below :

and some about machinery mishaps with computer, printer,

and sewing machine... :

so weird & kind of fun to see old diaries.

i remember i had some weird character comics (momo, the peach girl &

moogie, her smartass kitty) and pdf print-outs you could color or make into

paper dolls. i guess i really was a toy designer back then!