WHEN U TRAVEL, FIND A FRIEND.

One of the best parts of traveling is the fact that you can meet whoever you choose to meet. But there is also another fact, You may meet who you don't choose to meet. If it sounds like a contradiction it is not. Basically the earth is spinning and there is a great opportunity to meet the other dogs in other lands. Their world spins too. Engage with the animals if you are too shy to engage with people. Sooner or later there is an owner. And the owner could be you! Here's Roofus doing his thing on an Island somewhere in the South Pacific.

TEACH TO LEARN

a friend of mine, Quinn, used to teach 4th graders at Newport Elementary school. She called me up one day and said, " Do you feel like coming in and teaching my class how to paint?" I said " No, not really..."
She said " Colleen, just please come in..."
I said  " Ok, but they need their own canvas's and brushes, and i can come in for an hour...."

 So we had them cover shoe box lids with white construction paper stapled on for their "canvas's" and it all worked out. The kids are good teachers as well.

PLACE MAT RAP

i wrote a surf rap once. it actually really flows and rhymes and has a unique rawness and vulnerability to it. it was done on construction paper with magic markers, and it is like a place mat  size . i dig it.  these words eventually made it onto another piece of mine i painted titled " need surf" (which is the far right piece on the header for blog page). So, this is the original gangster for need surf. if you click on the picture you can read the words more clearly.

DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE

This piece is called 'twin peaks" it never really manifested into anything majorly special. But it does hold a simple complexity which i adore. It was like i was doodling one day with a brush instead of a pencil . You know like when you're on the telephone and you are drawing random images and shapes while you listen and talk. So this is a doodle piece on canvas. I sold it to Mike Gerard for 600.00 . It hangs in the USA surf team headquarters outside his office door. Mike has several of my paintings. It's good to doodle.

INSPIRED BY OTHERS

Bob Marley was just a man. But his love for music and his charismatic performances are one of a kind and ultimately, just  perfect timing. An artist i feel that had an easy going approach and a love for his talent. I grew up listening to Bob's music. Since I was very young, his lyrics and rhythms have filled my head. I started painting to Bob's albums and also bootlegs of his live concerts. ( i knew a dread once ) . And i started to paint his face when i started to paint. So all in all I have been inspired by the late Bob Marley. This one in paticular with the teal and purple hues, i painted in Jaco Beach Costa Rica. Thanks Cedella Booker and Captain Marley for your whoa and crazy talented baby genius.
 ~ colleen @ 10:54 p.m.

DIARY ENTRY " COLOR "

colors colors colors, what would i be without you? I can be a world or just a person.We too need the assortment of mixed media, attitude, depth, richness and layers. My surfboards, need color. My salad, needs color. My walls, need color.  My sky at night, needs color. what a grand concept, color. In all it's reasons i love color.And the substitute, your cousin if say you can't be here, is sound. The vibes, this too i will expound on!

~ colleen @ 9:29 p.m.

STUDIO BOUND...DESIGNING.

                            above: designing a board for MIOCEAN BLUE 42 PROJECT            

                                                 below: MY NEW DESIGNER BOARD SHORTS,