Linda Bernstein

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Illuminate, Lovers!

oops! the time listed above is wrong! The event actually runs from 6:30-9:30pm

Hey Gorgeous-

If you are around town on Thursday December 3rd, you should DEF come to this event! In addition to food, booze, glamorous vendors (like Shine) & dance-dance music, you can see my new drawings! I will be exhibiting some older work as well as a dozen brand-spanking-new drawings. Let's call it retrospective 2009...

Later that night I will be meeting with Holly Montag and Stacey "the bartender" of the Hills and will be photographing Holly to be part of my portrait series!

Peace & see ya later. I got drawin to do.
-Fitz

Things Happen...

when Sal Bando plays.


Baby Puppy never disappoints.

Last night I took a little break from working to see Sal Bando, the Squaaks, Surf Blood and Art Brut. I saw stuff like this.

Good Night,
Fitz

New In-Progress Drawing: Linda Bernstein

For some reason this photo makes Linda's face look a little elongated. It's also really dark. It's late. Still work to do...

New In-Progress Drawing: Ashira Barbosa

It's 4am. That's quitting time... Today I got up at 10:30, drew until 3, went to work, got home at midnight, and drew until just now. Oh, sugar free red bull...

This piece is getting there. Still lots more curls to draw and I'll be smoothing out that odd bump that I put on the left-hand-side jawline (didn't really notice that I did that until I saw the image on here.) Still, not bad...

Hopefully I can go get some sleep now.

Sweet dreams,
Fitz

What's New Babalou

*********This little stillife was taken with my awesome new camera that I'm in love with.**********

Once the ball gets rolling...

Last I was here I was getting ready for Portraits and Playgrounds to open at Shine Collective. Now, all of a sudden, I am working on completing 12 new drawings drawn/photographed/framed/hung w/in the next 19 days. Ummmmmmmmmmm..........
Yowsahs!

For this round of my portrait project I am lucky enough to be drawing the gorgeous and glamorous staff of the Baltimore City Paper. That def makes this assignment a little easier.

This means: you probably won't see me until December 3rd when the new pieces are unveiled at Illuminate, an annual invitational art exhibit held in Baltimore's Professional Arts Building. It's going to be a blast. Deets to follow......


I'm so TIRED. TTY soon,
Fitz

Holla-Ween

Halloween sure was fun this year...


We started the night at Christopher Graham's house. Karma Ward and Joe Conner arrested people like Sarah Hammond. Joe's nipple appeared to be healthy, but I think Shelley Hannon-Smith was over it.


Chris Calabrese, Cris Cowan and Shelley are dead. Hot.


Melissa Thompson is feelin it.


Christopher was a sexy boxer.


We are pretty cute.


Next we went to Natasha's party where wholly unholy things happened.


Last stop Rocket to Venus. We ran into Helmand the buzzing bee.


C-cow says, "Peace y'all!"

~THE END~

Press on the Shine Blog

The most flattering gesture in the art world has to be the portrait. Recently, three Shine staffers were inducted into Erin Fitzpatrick’s Baltimore Portrait Project and yes- we are deeply flattered. New York’s hip social scene has their Elizabeth Peyton, but we have an art star of our own and she’s captured our hi-fi/wi-fi moment in time, elegantly lo-fi and beautifully raw. Erin dumped the Mac for graphite & paper and the results are outstanding...

Read more on http://shinecollective.com/shineblog/

See you at the show tonight,
-Fitz

New In-progress Drawing: Christopher Graham

Christopher (pictured) and I are having a totally gorgeous art opening at Shine Collective this Friday, November 6th. You should totally come.

More New Drawings!

Jim Lucio


Charisse Nichols


Alana Madill


Missy Kirby

These pieces will be exhibited at Shine Collective begining Friday November 6th.

Hallo-weenie

Here are Cris and I in our Halloween ad for party city. Hot.



As you can see, these photos* tumbled around in my purse all night before I could scan them. Oopsies...

Peace & Seeya later,
Fitz

*All photos by Christopher Graham

binge holiday art sale

The deadline to participate in the BINGE Holiday art show & sale is coming up on Monday! If you or anyone you know is interested in participating, let me know asap. Last years show was a great success, see photos here: http://bingeholiday.blogspot.com/ You can download the application (very simple!) here: http://www.gilahpress.com/vendor_application.pdf We are hoping to expand the show to fill the Gilah Press studio as well as the Spur Design studio next door, so the more, the merrier! The show is taking place on December 12 from 12-8:00 at 3506-04 Ash Street in Hampden. Visit the facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=165448384991&index=1 Thanks for participating and/or spreading the word! Kat

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New In-Progress Drawing: Missy Kirby

The next 9 days will be crazy... finish, photograph and frame all the drawings... Joe Conner's 30th birthdy (dinner party at my house)... Halloween... Geeshhhhhhhhhhhh!

Portraits and Playgounds: Your Invitation

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