Love, Triangle.

Sending some love out to the (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) Triangle!

First off, John and I went to the National Women's Roller Derby Championships this past weekend here in Philly – unfortunately, we attended only the last day thereof, and therefore we missed the Philly Rollergirls playing (and, well, losing) on Saturday. Sadly, our beloved Carolina Rollergirls didn't rank high enough in the Eastern Division to compete in the event... but we did get to see Carolina player Eva Lye, who was at the event selling her awesome jewelry. Plus, John and I wore our Carolina T-shirts in solidarity with our original favorite team. Yay Rollergirls!

Roller derby! At the Philadelphia Convention Center

Also: I just read this really reeeeally nice post from fellow painter and awesome friend Alia El-Bermani - who I super-duper massively miss now that we're here in Philadelphia. A big shout-out to Alia, who I hope to drag up here to Philadelphia as often as possible until we convince her that she needs to be here permanently. Sigh. Anyway, check out the post - she started a painting of me before we moved, and she added in her AWESOME kitten, who is possibly the best kitten ever. Love that kitten, love that Alia. Sniff!

Painting by Alia El-Bermani: Diane with Kitten, oil on panel, 24" x 18".

Also – while I'm on the subject of great Raleigh peeps, here’s some nice news about the fabulous Megan Sullivan - she will be showing work at Jack Hanley Gallery in NYC as a part of the upcoming show "Four Women." The show is up through December 24, check it out!

Bottle Blonde, 2008, cotton and polyester, by Megan Sullivan

Your Mom.

So we have FINALLY managed to achieve 21st-century-appropriate home Internet access (with absolutely no thanks at all to Verizon - but that's a story for another time.) Which, of course, means that I will be better at updating this here blog in the coming days. In the meantime, though, Philadelphia asked me to pass a message along to you:

Man! It's a harsh town.

Philly updates.

Oh MAN, we've been busy. But in a good way! House = great, city = great, just trying to settle in. More updates soon - in the meantime, here's John with some Philadelphia City Hall looming in the background, looking all nice and all:

Philly ahoy!

Sorry for the long absence... was away for a wedding and then managed to come down with the flu. Was it the flu? You know, that one? I don't know... all I know is that it hit me hard at a time when I had a lot to do and now we're moving up to Philadelphia tomorrow and after that I need a long, long, long nap. Anyway - more updates will be posted soon, once we're settled (and in possession of an Internet connection). In the meantime, here's a painting I did recently for one of Raleigh's most awesome artists:

Superaugie, oil on printed fabric, 10"x10", 2009 by me, Diane Feissel.

Another weekend sketch.

We're headed up north for a wedding tomorrow... in the meantime, here's another sketch - this one in pencil - that I was working on late on Saturday (couldn't sleep, caught Drawing Fever. It happens.) Anyway, have a good weekend, Internet! And for those of you artists reading this, do any of you find that you have a particular time of day that you work best? I definitely seem to be most energetic and focused at night (and into the wee hours of the morning, unfortunately)... what about you?

Sketch of self in Afghan hat, graphite on paper, by me, Diane Feissel.

Weekend sketch.

Been busy, trying to pull it all together for the move Northward. Here's a recent paint sketch - that's about all I have time for these days, unfortunately!

Portrait sketch of James, 2009, oil on panel, 6" x 6" (I think), by me, Diane Feissel.

Last first.

This past Friday was my last First Friday here in Raleigh, as we'll be moving up to Philadelphia at the end of this month. Sad! But it was good to see some great people, and some great art. I'll miss you, Raleigh artists!! Sigh. I'll definitely miss Alison Overton, who had a great exhibit of new photos at Flanders 311:

Alison and her gorgeous photos from the series entitled "Secret Hours."

A real, live theremin! And real, live theremin player. Cooool.

A little blurry – but wanted to pay tribute to Tamar's curatorial awesomeness. It's hard to see here, but you should go down to the gallery in person to observe the excellent flow of the exhibition.

Things have changed around a bit at 311, where I used to have my studio. Good people there, all of 'em. Now they have another reeeeeally good painter there, in the space I used to share with Shaun (who is currently in residence at the Bemis Center in Omaha, and has moved into a studio at Artspace). This new painter - her name is Marianita Stevans - has work up at this link, and currently at 311. Here's Judy from 311 with Marianita's gorgeous painting in the background:

Also awesome was getting these paintings from Casey Porn: yay Raleigh artists!!

Little itty-bitty paintings by Raleigh artist Casey Porn