The Creative Life....

Oh man, It's full with highs and lows and dreams come true and ego attacks.... I commend you all out there for keeping on and taking breaks when you need it, and for enjoying the ride!

During this past week off-line and stepping away I've felt extremely grateful for so much lately, especially the supportive folks that i've connected with who share my woes and celebrations equally. My mom said something to the effect of when times are hard people either fight or flight or women tend to FLOCK. I love that. I see a painting coming with that one!

Gratitude list:
*all of you who bought my original art!
*dahlia season

*my children's book critique group

*my rockstar intern tiffany aka crafty fanny
*my tres early monday morning ladies biz group

*helping out at an awesome boutique
*my dentist who said today "my job is to help you love your teeth!" (a gentle reframing of "not to make you feel guilty for not flossing")
*andrea's minimalist knitting interview on minimalism and passion... YES!

*a collaboration with lisa congdon to come and her "don't stop believin' " sign below

*my new organic long sleeved mandala shirts from Patagonia above-- gonna try to get some for my shop too!

*turquoise paint... turquoise anything really!

*baby feet and well babies in general

*farmer's market saturdays with jen and shash
*lemon curd chocolate pies (with lemons from our meyer lemon tree out back)

*kelly's belly

*planning a FUN art retreat in the spring

*veronica mars marathon! now that i'm caught up with friday night lights :)

*tracey clark's luminous interview on the creative life with jaimie ridler

*helping to plan an SF art show and photo class for hula... deets to come!!

*one more weekish of our show up at Rare Device-- go see!

happy tuesday to you :)

mati rose

THANK YOU :-)

Quickly peeking out from my blog break to say THANK YOU for the art sales!
I let my newsletter readers know first, that I'm having a 40-50% off sale on ORIGINAL ART right now! I'm making room in my studio for some new work!
xooxx
mati

unplugging and smelling the flowers

flowers from my new awesome intern!! i've hit the jackpot in the intern department every time!


and who doesn't love a squash party?

i know now to anticipate the post-show blues. last week was rough! it reminded me again, in my quest for balance, that i need some time off-line and to dive into some big exciting projects i've had on my plate for a while. and to experience REAL time. so i'm taking a week off the internets. no blog, facebook or twitter or flickr till next week.

time to:
regroup
reflect
create
dig deep
be outside
ride my bike (i'm back on it!)
go apple picking
bake pies
see friends
sit on my porch and drink my coffee
and smell the flowers!

oh and please sign up for my newsletter if you want to hear more about exciting projects to come!

till next week xxoxo
mati

SPIN show party pics!

Here are some pics from the SPIN opening party! It was super fun. Art is for sale here :)

Thanks to those who made it out! It'll be up till Sept. 28th if you want to stop by!

I feel really proud and happy with this body of work! Especially given the short amount of time (and my injured arm with my bike fall) to make it. Yay!

Shashy took more pics and Victoria wrote a nice post too.

xo

Mati Rose

SPIN

my show with jennifer judd-mcgee at rare device is now up!! wahoo!
hope you can come to the opening party tomorrow night as in thursday if you're local!

1845 market st in SF!

opening:
sept. 2, 7-9 pm
running:
sept. 2-28, 2010

The work is now available for sale on-line at Rare Device here too!










here's my new work in the theme of a twist on vintage games :)
bonus, the window is decked out in real vintage games! pics coming soon.

many thanks to jen, lisa and rena of RD and my new intern tiffany for all your help & cheering on!