The Emperor's new Haircut

I gave Oliver a quick haircut on Monday night, the initial reaction from the people was that it was too short. Since then the public opinion poles say he looks very handsome with his new haircut, I tend to agree.

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Le Petit Collage

Magnifique!

Monsieur Oliver you are really spoiling us!!!

I love the colors and the feathers really make it for me.

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BIG SCHOOL PLAYDAY

Oliver went on a play date at the big school on Saturday afternoon, he had a great time playing with all the great toys and mingling with the big kids.

He drove round the gym...

Built with blocks and played with the sand timer...

Took a little milk break...and fake pizza slice!

Ooops! Time to go home.

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C

Saturday Paint Session

These were taken a few weekends ago I thought they would be a good way to start the week.

Oliver decide that the back side of the canvas was far more interesting to paint...

The wood texture against the white canvas must have been a fascinating medium to work with.

Voila!

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WE BELIEVE...

Therefore we exist.

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HUBBLE BUBBLE TOIL & TROUBLe...

This is has to be print of the week for me.

The background is a shot from the Hubble telescope, deep, deep space but with the skulls in the foreground it reminds me of some paintings my Dad did for Madame Tussuad's inspired by Hieronymus Bosch.

Have a great weekend stay warm!

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C

MOMA - TIM BURTON EXHIBIT

Last Saturday we took a family trip up to the MOMA to see the Tim Burton exhibition.

It was a lot of fun, Oliver enjoyed the busy museum and especially the luxury brunch where he made his presence know to all the patrons of the restaurant much to our delight!

The sculpture garden was a big hit but I think Oliver enjoyed the steps and ramps more than the art!

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WILEY PEYOTE

I've been taking my prints into Photoshop for a mind and eye expanding experience, overlaying texture and adding movement to the static vector art.

Really digging this one, Navajo blanket inspired print.

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Hellequin

This was yesterdays "print of the day", I made it into a repeat and switched out the background to the dark grey color.

But before I did that I couldn't resist overlaying it onto this crumpled paper.

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GALACTIC SERPENT

I'm working on a new group at the moment, this is one of my roughs for a print concept. It got the thumbs down for being a bit too forward to our customer but I like it just the same.

Ride the snake...

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The Day I was Born

I handed in Oliver's first school project today, Bethzaira and I worked on the text and I made the illustrations to the best of my drawing ability.

(Click on the image for a detail view).

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FELIX NAVIDAD 2009 - MINITAS DIA DOS

Another beautiful day at the Playa, Oliver would get very excited when he realized where we were going.

Home for lunch and a little siesta...

Back to the playa for some serious fun, I tried Byron's Christmas gift out for the first time. A waterproof camera case which came in really handy...

These are some of my favorite shots from the holiday, I can still see the sun setting now...

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FELIX NAVIDAD 2009 - LA ROMANA, MINITAS, PALM TREES AND SEISTAS

Oliver played in the golden sand next to Jeddy, making sure not to get sand on her towel. Then took a mid morning nap, zzzZZZZZZZ!

We headed home for lunch and Oliver took advantage of the cool shade and played in the garden outside. The rain chain was quite a source of entertainment, "oh WOW!"

After lunch we headed back to the beach. We played all afternoon in the water he really loved it. It was the beginning of a wonderful week.

After a long day playing and swimming Oliver got out of his wet swim trunks and relaxed with his crackers watching the sun go down over the Caribbean, "Ah, this is the life..."

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FELIX NAVIDAD 2009 - ARRIVAL, BEACHBOY & MOUNTAIN LIFE

Oliver arrived ahead of me with his Mum to get acclimatised and hangout with his abuela and get to know his bisabuela.

Here you can see Oliver helping to rearrange the Christmas tree ornaments..."No, no, no".

Oliver went to Juan Dolio beach to celebrate Margot's Bithday, he discovered plants and shells big waves and factor 30 California Baby lotion...

Christmas Day we all went for a walk in the Colonial city and explored the oldest parts of Santo Domingo. Oliver enjoyed strolling around Plaza De Colon in the afternoon sun and played a little guitar with a local street musician...

Saturday traditionally Boxing Day in the UK, we packed our bags and went on a trip to the center of the island to visit his Abuelo and stay at Tio Luis's house in the mountains. Oliver played with the rabbits, chickens, guinea fowl & geese, although the geese were a little bit grumpy so we did not bother them too much! Manuel, Bethzaira's cousin took me on a wild trek through the woods at the top of the mountain which blew my troubles away and cleared my head of stress and work. He works very hard as a plastic surgeon and we both were very happy with our mini "Man V's Wild" trek.

More to follow...

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LEGO BIRTHDAY

Yesterday was my Birthday, thank you all for my messages and best wishes, let's make this a year to remember!!!


Thanks Peter for my lego-typographic Birthday card, Oliver is a big fan of lego I'm sure he would be very impressed by the Hand-rendered-Hamtramck font!

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FELIX ANOS!

We had a wonderful time in the DR over the Holidays, we got back late Sunday night to be greeted by the brutally cold weather here in NY. I will upload a selection of photo's as the week rolls on but here are three from our very low key but thoroughly relaxing New Years eve.

You can almost hear the roar of excitement!!!

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C