Mutant Mermaid

Here's my latest and greatest!

"It Ain't Easy Bein' Green, Ariel" - 18" x 24" acrylic original on canvas

It hadn't really been my intention to turn Ariel into an alien. I was thinking more of oceanic and water type colors when I picked the green and blue. But, now that I see the overall effect, I like it! I think it suits her :-)

I'm working on an Aladdin and Jasmine painting next. It's taking me a little longer because I'm finding it hard to motivate myself when there are Yahoo! News articles about North Korea to obsess over. Only 2 more days til the Turtle comes home from Seoul and I swear, I'm going to clock my fastest pace ever when I sprint into his arms at the airport! 

Due to the Korea stress, I had a fantastic run yesterday. I ran almost 6.75 miles straight before stopping for a water break....Now, I just need to time his travels to crazy countries with races!

Starving Artist

And the journey of the starving artist continues. Ok, I'm being overly dramatic, but I've earned a few wallows! Its a rainy Monday and I sent my handsome Turtle off to the perfectly peaceful Korean peninsula for the week. Nope, nothing newsworthy going on over in Asia. Nothing at all.

I will not worry. I will not worry. I will not worry.

But, in other news, I started a Facebook page for The Running Paintbrush! Now, you can keep up-to-date with all my paintings and art news. I'd love it if you 'liked' my page, I've been obsessively checking my 'likes' and could really use some more!

Also super exciting- my paintings are now available in prints! I found a really good printing store, and am now selling prints of my paintings! They are available in a variety of sizes (and also more affordable!). So far, I've only made a few prints of my Beauty & the Beast painting, to test the waters, but they've gotten a bunch of hits on my Etsy site. And of course, if anyone wanted a size or print of one I don't have listed, I can easily make a print order for that one.

Mom's coming to babysit me tonight :-) which is perfect since its the Bachelor Finale! Wahoo!

Busy Busy

Brrrrrrrrr..... Greetings from South Korea...er...I mean, Ohio. Finally, everyone at home can now understand the nose-freezing-off cold I experienced there. Mwahahahahaha!

Poor Nike gloves, left in a bar in Incheon, S. Korea. Alllll alone

Since I'd had enough venturing out in the arctic for a lifetime, I spent the entire holiday weekend shut up in sherpa-lined pjs without a stitch of makeup (well, aside from my trip to the gym Sat. am). With all that time on my hands, I got not 1 but 2 paintings done, and started a 3rd! That's a record! Just call me the Nicholas Sparks of painting (who really should be banned from writing yet another love story certain to be doomed by cancer. Someone please make him stop!)

Here is "Son of a Beach"

 

 

20" x 30" acrylic original

 

And here is "Sorcerer Mickey"

 

 

 

And finally....

 

 

 

Since the gym was closed on Monday, I have to do a 3-in-a-row workout this week Tues, Wed & Thurs, which I'm actually happy about. Call me crazy, but I'm not about to run in circles 2 days in a row. No sir. So that means I get to substitute a run with the eliptical, and not feel too guilty about it. Yay!

 

Hope everyone is staying warm!

Gangnam Style

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh sexy lady!

That's right, I'm heading to South Korea. Not only that, I'm heading to the Gangnam district of Seoul..or the "Hollywood" of South Korea, as it is popularly known.

Why am I going? You mean Seoul isn't on the top of everyone's list of vacation destinations?! Well, aside from that, I am tagging along the Turtle's work trip to venture into the world of kimchi, chopsticks and..um....er....... yeah, I'm completely unprepared from this trip.

So let's have some fun. Here is the very short list of things I do know:


1. My hotel has an INDOOR RUNNING TRACK!!!!!!
     ---ok, list over. That's all I need to know!

of course this was the first thing I looked into

2. Young-uh day ha sheh suey simeeka?
      --Do you speak English?
     ---A helpful phrase I think I might find handy.


3. There is a mall under my hotel.
   --That makes it easy for the Turtle to find me!


4. There is also a Coldstone Creamery under my hotel.
    --While I totally plan on trying all kinds of new and different foods, I have got to see what Korean Coldstone is like! And it's good to know I have a fallback for my ice cream addiction.

I think this might be getting a visit from me or 2, or 10

5. Do not leave your chopsticks standing straight up in your rice.
   --This is reserved as a tribute to a deceased member of the family. Otherwise it's insulting.


6. Don't pour your own drink at a party...and if someone pours you one, you better drink it.
   --Unless its a before-a-run night. Then I don't care how insulting it is, I am not compromising my morning run for tradition!


7. Our hotel has the biggest hotel fitness center in the country.
   --I had to mention this again, I am so excited about this!

Those look like the same brand eliptical I use at the gym! Score!

8. Watch where you walk.
   --motorcycles, bikes and even cars can be driven on the sidewalks.


9. There are 22 million people in Seoul.
    -- So, that's like Disney World during peak season, right?

This is why we go to the Parks in off season

10. Postage-sized skirts = ok, Low-cut = not so ok.
    --So, a nun on top and a hooker on the bottom.


and finally....


11. Dress warm.... (well, except for the mini skirt part)
   -- Highs will be in the low 40s, Lows will be in the 20s. Good grief. It's like I'm not even leaving Ohio.


Well, I am good to go, right?! Honestly, I don't even know what to picture when I think about the trip. Seoul hasn't exactly been on my radar. Oh yeah, and have I mentioned that aside from Canada, I've never left the country? Or that our flight from Atlanta to Seoul is 14.5 hours!!!

The hotel has Wi-Fi, so hopefully I'll be able to post a blog or two about running in Seoul!