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Greenwashing Palm Springs

Aqua Colorways expressing itself in RIT Dye Aquamarine and NEON green! PinupsPresidential PalmSprings Greenwashing Christmas Laundry? Laugh.

Theme and Variation: the Alexander homes of Palm Springs were designed to use standard components (like these recyclable Better Homes and Gardens towels from Walmart) with enough variation to create unique neighborhoods. Weaving Rit Blues and Greens along with Clorox and Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing is helping me develop a #GoodCleanFun #Colorways for renewing hygiene excitement.

Theme and Variation: the Alexander homes of Palm Springs were designed to use standard components (like these recyclable Better Homes and Gardens towels from Walmart) with enough variation to create unique neighborhoods. Weaving Rit Blues and Greens along with Clorox and Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing is helping me develop a #GoodCleanFun #Colorways for renewing hygiene excitement.

A way to do your #architecture homework while reclaiming worthwhile linens. Maybe we can collect & sell them for Palm Springs School of Architecture.

A way to do your #architecture homework while reclaiming worthwhile linens. Maybe we can collect & sell them for Palm Springs School of Architecture.

Christmas colorways weaving

Christmas colorways weaving

Tintoria in Italy are “dry cleaners” now, but you can imagine the word’s functional root.

Tintoria in Italy are “dry cleaners” now, but you can imagine the word’s functional root.

Prototyping & Practice!

Prototyping & Practice!

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Like a sand mandala, most of these are gone now…very mind neutral activity…Salon bleaching & tinting 101 techniques may be similar. Palm Springs Breezeblock pattern.

Like a sand mandala, most of these are gone now…very mind neutral activity…Salon bleaching & tinting 101 techniques may be similar. Palm Springs Breezeblock pattern.

Midcentury Madge & good feet store? What say PalmOlive?

Midcentury Madge & good feet store? What say PalmOlive?

Maybe reclaimed tea towels can be our Arcosanti bells. Palm Springs Breezeblock & architecture school sketch studies.

Maybe reclaimed tea towels can be our Arcosanti bells. Palm Springs Breezeblock & architecture school sketch studies.

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Paintershouse Palm Springs

PaintersHouse is PinupsPresidential’s “Wordpress Theme” for Civic Housing. With pre-populated materials & lifelong #practice, we can improve our civic arrangement.

See citizen Kelley’s content below.

Poolhouse Colorways in Aqua continues- updating Kelley Brown Padrick’s permanent art collection

Yes, you wish you were me. Authenic #California #Mexican #food: my first Palm Springs Burrito. Purchased with EDD Pandemic Assistance cash. SNAP card California finally had my IDENTITY correct for a year and has lost it again. With no change in income, an “Adolfo” contacted Pinups Presidential’s Ava and reduced real citizen Kelley Christine Brown Padrick’s disaster relief with 19 (COVID19?) dollars.

Yes, you wish you were me. Authenic #California #Mexican #food: my first Palm Springs Burrito. Purchased with EDD Pandemic Assistance cash. SNAP card California finally had my IDENTITY correct for a year and has lost it again. With no change in income, an “Adolfo” contacted Pinups Presidential’s Ava and reduced real citizen Kelley Christine Brown Padrick’s disaster relief with 19 (COVID19?) dollars.

Drop it low: #PinupsPresidential #AgeGroups identifies a #time of #life where actual grandkids and grandparents (or #Citizen #Youth & #Midlife) #benefit from criss cross applesauce #yoga seating. Of course, Palm Springs is allowed to claim authentic #IndianStyle for such #decor #scenic.

Drop it low: #PinupsPresidential #AgeGroups identifies a #time of #life where actual grandkids and grandparents (or #Citizen #Youth & #Midlife) #benefit from criss cross applesauce #yoga seating. Of course, Palm Springs is allowed to claim authentic #IndianStyle for such #decor #scenic.

FUNDING Thanks to pre-pandemic inaction by HUD, FHA, Riverside County, US Bank & others, I no longer have three live-work designer prepared & populated studio spaces for “The Projects.” #CivicDesign #Brand #Etsy #DesignThinking for our @civicarrangement. #Education #EventPlanner #PopUp #Civic #PropShop #Scenic & #Decor. I am still reporting #Object #ID #ContactTracing &#Remote  #Assault #Issues. #COVID19 #Security #3D #Environment #Experience #Design. My friend’s chair from #Arizona has been moved out of my #residential #space. I need a house or an Ava-in-Residence #technology company secured invitation.

FUNDING Thanks to pre-pandemic inaction by HUD, FHA, Riverside County, US Bank & others, I no longer have three live-work designer prepared & populated studio spaces for “The Projects.” #CivicDesign #Brand #Etsy #DesignThinking for our @civicarrangement. #Education #EventPlanner #PopUp #Civic #PropShop #Scenic & #Decor. I am still reporting #Object #ID #ContactTracing &#Remote #Assault #Issues. #COVID19 #Security #3D #Environment #Experience #Design. My friend’s chair from #Arizona has been moved out of my #residential #space. I need a house or an Ava-in-Residence #technology company secured invitation.

OX- Chinese New Year Colorways

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Palm Springs Papal Popup Chapel

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Brought out this #midcentury #modern influence #painting. You're looking at the “Man in the Mirror…” asking him/her to…If we want to make the world a better place, take a look at ourselves and make a change. PinupsPresidential’s proposes we create a simple citizen filter on big data starting with what we share vs. what divides us as peoples and nations. We ALL need food, clothing, shelter, healthcare & sanitation. HOW we go about doing this, one relevant affinity neighborhood group at a time is the GLOBAL imperative. A simple dashboard view on our #Citizenship being able to turn on and off relevant layers of influence, zoom in and out on our most important relationships, with privacy settings that move from individual citizen, to family to community group to state, nation, world. Basically, all I’m asking for is what a general marketing person sees with an aggregator- we just want a view on the info in meaningful ways so we can interact correctly with ever-changing biotech, tech, apps, and platforms that need to sort our their differences before hitting our neural networks.

Hope

Fallible human, divine inspiration.

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Happy #Diwali, even if we stay #home for the #holidays. Clean house, spiritual #light, #health & #family. #Lakshmi

Happy #Diwali, even if we stay #home for the #holidays. Clean house, spiritual #light, #health & #family. #Lakshmi

Christmas Carolers and Candlesticks

PinupsPresidential’s #IlluminationStation identifies #lighting opportunities in the #Civic arrangement.

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#Design for a luxury #ChristmasCaroler #Suite. I haven’t taken the plunge on the #RidiculousCrinoline I fancy yet. In this 800 sq ft condominium property, the dress is my Christmas Tree in a simple #Modern triangle.

#Design for a luxury #ChristmasCaroler #Suite. I haven’t taken the plunge on the #RidiculousCrinoline I fancy yet. In this 800 sq ft condominium property, the dress is my Christmas Tree in a simple #Modern triangle.

The Batman influence on #Holidays - I keep playing this version for our #DarkKnight. I am a devotee, our path is worship: identifying and elevating what we want vs. giving attention to what we don’t want (fear in uncertainty.) Attention, emotive stuff is SUPER powerful with tech, social media…please.

I be beseeching. (See most excellent beseeching sneetches costume below)

#PinupsPresidential #EconomicRecovery #Design for #BrandCalifornia #BrandSanDiego #PaintersHouse #ChildrensIllustration

#PinupsPresidential #EconomicRecovery #Design for #BrandCalifornia #BrandSanDiego #PaintersHouse #ChildrensIllustration

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4, 3, 2, 1

In honor of splashdowns and rebuilding. #RocketScience Ben Folds Cologne

Hostess with the Moses- Observe observing a #CivicSabbath and its relationship to #Peace. Perfect Law, perfect engineering. Quake.

Hostess with the Moses- Observe observing a #CivicSabbath and its relationship to #Peace. Perfect Law, perfect engineering. Quake.

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Communion- ordered me some food.

Communion- ordered me some food.

#Mercy Seat for #InformationArchitecture. #BeliefDNA #Ark #Arc #ArcAngel. Winged Victory of Samothrace #Art #ArtHistory reference & #FantasyFloral.

#Mercy Seat for #InformationArchitecture. #BeliefDNA #Ark #Arc #ArcAngel. Winged Victory of Samothrace #Art #ArtHistory reference & #FantasyFloral.

Lion of Judah- St Mark

#Water / #SacredWater #Reflection in the #Desert. #PalmSprings #SwimCop #Colorways for Coolheaded thinking about #Security.

#Water / #SacredWater #Reflection in the #Desert. #PalmSprings #SwimCop #Colorways for Coolheaded thinking about #Security.

A lot is going on with #KelleyPadrick’s devotional series #FieldNotes during #PoolHouse #Colorways though my #CivicDesign outcomes are focused on secular programming this quarter.

This summer I am responding to global #security standards —due to issues in the U.S. —with a zany #PinupsPresidential summer blockbuster production #SWIMCOP!

#SWIMCOP! #StyleGuide note: Replace the exclamation point with a one so it looks like an established franchise. Think sustainable SWIM toy action figures.

Several pitches: #SWIMCOP1: a chance to reimagine #SexySheriff & #SexyPolice costuming into something civically transformative. Which is funny but also sets an expectation that we’re going to have to do #Police #Military #Security #colorways formatting more than once, with hard work & patience, both now & forevermore*.

* forevermore terms because we can search on your posts by date (now) or stardate (eventually) forevermore. What would happen if we imagined #SwimCop1, #SwimCop2, #SwimCop3 & #SwimCop4 as #DESIGN or release phases?

Big picture though for my #fineart series, I am finally able to embark - ha #water- on this work. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/403775922841595618/

This may or may not be the title: Lion of Judah (yes, I am a Leo for #BeliefSystems where this is meaningful to you…) We may not #practice #astrology as Judeo-Christians but we acknowledge #informationsystems that reference #Lion imagery its related associations. As information architects and data scientists, we shall know the truth and the truth about these associations will set us free. #Freedom is a #Core #BrandUSA #Value.

I am also considering how to study saints & prophets as I #paint. #CivicDesign is an outcome of my #sacred #studio practice.

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#HolyWater Altar

#HolyWater Altar

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Paintershouse Weekly: passion

Maker #ActivityStation Design

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Hovering a wet egg over the Cartier box for a color check. This gold plate thrift store flatware is great for staging painted items & will serve as civic decor collection shopping guide once we’re ready to upgrade. At the Modernism Week’s Design…

Hovering a wet egg over the Cartier box for a color check. This gold plate thrift store flatware is great for staging painted items & will serve as civic decor collection shopping guide once we’re ready to upgrade. At the Modernism Week’s Design Expo I handled flatware priced at $40,000+

Sent the film festival a reminder about their blackout curtains that I stored.

Sent the film festival a reminder about their blackout curtains that I stored.

Mocking up shop window props. Designer-selected materials populate PaintersHouse residential studio environments.

Mocking up shop window props. Designer-selected materials populate PaintersHouse residential studio environments.

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A few test vids

Amazing how spot color backdrop changes the perception of the whole palette of items.

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Pinups Presidential Life Phases for New Year Renewal

Making the #NewYearRenewal #Transition at #PaintersHouse while staging the home for sale. To a prosperous 2020. #ChineseNewYear- year of the rat, see below> Incidentally also the year of our U.S. Presidential Election. Year 4 of 4 is our #Delivery year at PinupsPresidential, so I am anticipating a lot of #BrandUSA in #Presidential #Colorways in #Formal, #SocialWhiteHouse formats.

Delivering civic art collections based on predictable life phases.

Delivering civic art collections based on predictable life phases.

#AVA2020’s platform is based on #BeliefDNA standards for all human beings on a planet we share: we’re born, we mature, we reproduce, we age and we die. Civic collections should start by referencing these predictable life phases, infusing global stan…

#AVA2020’s platform is based on #BeliefDNA standards for all human beings on a planet we share: we’re born, we mature, we reproduce, we age and we die. Civic collections should start by referencing these predictable life phases, infusing global standards with a relevant local aesthetic & deployment.

Valentines Rose featuring Cartier box. School bus to Daffodil Yellows. Ralph Lauren influences for Idyllwild’s #MountainMajesty local flavor.

Valentines Rose featuring Cartier box. School bus to Daffodil Yellows. Ralph Lauren influences for Idyllwild’s #MountainMajesty local flavor.

One of the most famous images in pop culture- from LIFE magazine. #Presidential #Colorways for #BrandUSA. As I recall, the kids were dressed in blue for JFK’s shocking funeral in memory of his eye color. Coordinates with this season’s Tiffany blue b…

One of the most famous images in pop culture- from LIFE magazine. #Presidential #Colorways for #BrandUSA. As I recall, the kids were dressed in blue for JFK’s shocking funeral in memory of his eye color. Coordinates with this season’s Tiffany blue box. Check out the MadMen episode for an emotional reference for how the county and world reacted at that time.

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Faceted Sacred Heart memorial- the Kennedy’s Catholicism was also made cultural news.

Faceted Sacred Heart memorial- the Kennedy’s Catholicism was also made cultural news.

Outtakes

Thinking about how to weave last year’s #Tyrian Purples with the Cartier red and Tiffany blue into Valentines and Easter 2020.

Thinking about how to weave last year’s #Tyrian Purples with the Cartier red and Tiffany blue into Valentines and Easter 2020.

Year of the Ratt!

PaintersHouse Weekly- HauntCouture for CorpseBridal, Ava Protester

v1 of “Ava Faces Death” Halloween #HauntCouture scenic and costume for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

v1 of “Ava Faces Death” Halloween #HauntCouture scenic and costume for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

v2 Trying to make the white cubes to evoke a Harlequin pattern & show the shimmer on Ava’s costume (Light in the Darkness) for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

v2 Trying to make the white cubes to evoke a Harlequin pattern & show the shimmer on Ava’s costume (Light in the Darkness) for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

Gangsta Groom concept for CorpseBridal HauntCouture in #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

Gangsta Groom concept for CorpseBridal HauntCouture in #FestivalOfLights #Colorways.

How about this ride for a HauntCouture CorpseBridal wedding?

How about this ride for a HauntCouture CorpseBridal wedding?

PaintersHouse HauntCouture CorpseBridal Painted Scenic Progress. No blood and gore for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways: the mood Ennui. Melancholia. What really scares us? I’m afraid I’ll never be happy. Referencing Picasso’s Harlequins and a bit of bl…

PaintersHouse HauntCouture CorpseBridal Painted Scenic Progress. No blood and gore for #FestivalOfLights #Colorways: the mood Ennui. Melancholia. What really scares us? I’m afraid I’ll never be happy. Referencing Picasso’s Harlequins and a bit of blue period.

Wedding Planner at Twilight.

Wedding Planner at Twilight.

Road Construction Rebar- looks like a Spine!

Road Construction Rebar- looks like a Spine!

Ava Protester!

What a giggle to dress Ava up for a march in #Protester #Form! PinupsPresidential is a campaign to promote new #Design for #GovernanceStandards. I’m not convinced these #Political forms: the Rally, the Vigil, the Convention, the Debate are as effective as we need them to be, especially on urgent issues like #Security #HealthCare and #ClimateChange. We aren’t voting quickly enough to #DESIGN for category leadership across government, nonprofit, academic and corporate entities.

Ava honored our activists with a burned bra and a #PaintersHouse #Typography study for the #WeThePeople march. Ava thinks we need to do a Bed-In next! Are the Republicans interested? Contact ava@pinupspresidential.com.

Ava honored our activists with a burned bra and a #PaintersHouse #Typography study for the #WeThePeople march. Ava thinks we need to do a Bed-In next! Are the Republicans interested? Contact ava@pinupspresidential.com.

With an emotional range running from Rage to Helplessness, our outdated political forms can’t compete for our attention. PinupsPresidential wants to reformat in the spirit of the Daily Show, Patriot Act and SNL so that #BoringButImportant and #ScaryButImportant civic conversations happen at the local gathering level.

p.s. I’m not sure how much going bra-less impacts patriarchical sins but it made for a funny afternoon walking around town.

Ran a little A/B test on our protester/march creative. Which do you prefer?

Ran a little A/B test on our protester/march creative. Which do you prefer?

I did all of the signage and costuming before #FridayChill, #CivicSabbath, so that the march itself was just fun entertainment.

Scenic Painting Direction for HauntCouture 2019 in Festival of Lights Colorways Featuring CorpseBridal Bridal Form

Harlequin influence and Light- This year’s Haunt Couture collection in Q4’s #FestivalOfLights #Colorways season that will carry us through Diwali and Hanukkah. Our Halloween & All Hallows will feature Light triumphing over darkness.

Harlequin influence and Light- This year’s Haunt Couture collection in Q4’s #FestivalOfLights #Colorways season that will carry us through Diwali and Hanukkah. Our Halloween & All Hallows will feature Light triumphing over darkness.

I’d gesso’d over a painting several years ago and used the ghosted image to start developing this look. I’ll post you on updates as they happen!

I’d gesso’d over a painting several years ago and used the ghosted image to start developing this look. I’ll post you on updates as they happen!

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PaintersHouse Kitchen- staging for realtor walk-throughs: HauntCouture in Festival of Lights Colorways featuring CorpseBridal. I’ll link the listing as soon as we have one! We’ll need a steady gig for this location and an immediate 100k in donations…

PaintersHouse Kitchen- staging for realtor walk-throughs: HauntCouture in Festival of Lights Colorways featuring CorpseBridal. I’ll link the listing as soon as we have one! We’ll need a steady gig for this location and an immediate 100k in donations to stay in Idyllwild. BeliefDNA is a nonprofit and our PaintersHouse project type creates civic context for painting. I’ve developed modular live-work prototypes suited for typical American ranch house styles that can work here or in many different neighborhoods.

An object recognition system suggested updating these panels that have been outdoors for several seasons, since they are the same size as the Harlequin portrait above. They look great in the HauntCouture in Festival of Light Colorways scheme!

An object recognition system suggested updating these panels that have been outdoors for several seasons, since they are the same size as the Harlequin portrait above. They look great in the HauntCouture in Festival of Light Colorways scheme!

Bridal Design Forms

Learning the Eucharist place setting at Church- a common #Ritual during a wedding ceremony, The Body and Blood for #AllHallows. Sacred formatting for Sanctuary Props and Scenic civic art collections.

Learning the Eucharist place setting at Church- a common #Ritual during a wedding ceremony, The Body and Blood for #AllHallows. Sacred formatting for Sanctuary Props and Scenic civic art collections.

Beginner Calligraphy for fancy invitations. An Idyllwild Library course taught by Sylvia Rountree.

Beginner Calligraphy for fancy invitations. An Idyllwild Library course taught by Sylvia Rountree.

Transition to Haunt Couture- Festival of Lights Colorways, CorpseBridal form

Notice how Picasso began painting Harlequins as a reaction to the death of his friend. Portrait of Dead Casagemas

Notice how Picasso began painting Harlequins as a reaction to the death of his friend. Portrait of Dead Casagemas

Rethinking The “Scary Clown” form, as court jester, confidant of the King. Kids activities at a funeral. Talking to kids about death & what aspects the “inner child” within adults need similar rituals and #activitystations.

Udo Mask from “The Spirited Earth” by Victoria Ginn.

Udo Mask from “The Spirited Earth” by Victoria Ginn.

#DesignThinking Considerations

We will need to culturally reconcile the celebratory nature of Festival of Lights as we navigate our #HauntCouture civic art collections in #CorpseBridal #form.

Relate Picasso and Primitive Masks

 

Light in the Darkness

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#DesignThinking: How to reflect on Angels of Light and Resurrected Bodies without sinking into trite religious platitudes. He or she may be in a better place, but this may not be what mourners are yet ready to hear. Good Mourning starshine: “clean” mourning is a #sanitation #exercise. If we mindfully observe rituals like Jesa, Sitting Shiva, Dia Des Los Muertos and All Hallows (Halloween, All Saints and All Souls) we can be more prepared to mourn when we actually need to. Adults, check out Jonathan Tropper’s This is Where I Leave You for a “get real” illustration of a family dealing with their stuff as they reluctantly observe an old-fangled" ritual.

#Stir pod

Investigate which cultures bring food (when, why and how) and which ones don’t.

Covering Mirrors- a Sitting Shiva ritual. I covered one in the house to acknowledge the recent death of a cousin. I immediately noticed how often I use it as a “beat,” like actors do, moving around the house.

Covering Mirrors- a Sitting Shiva ritual. I covered one in the house to acknowledge the recent death of a cousin. I immediately noticed how often I use it as a “beat,” like actors do, moving around the house.

Ava Harlequin

Ava Harlequin- A Not Scary Clown transition for and from BirthdayCake Colorways to HauntCouture in Festival of Lights Colorways

Ava Harlequin- A Not Scary Clown transition for and from BirthdayCake Colorways to HauntCouture in Festival of Lights Colorways

A bit blurry like tearful eyes. I actually like this picture better. Lovemaking can be a great relief for mourning adults. (#SacredSexy/Grief)

A bit blurry like tearful eyes. I actually like this picture better. Lovemaking can be a great relief for mourning adults. (#SacredSexy/Grief)

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Picasso’s Harlequin’s Family

Picasso’s Harlequin’s Family

Indigenous Influences

Polynesian woman-Tu’u tattoo for #Ink & #WildThings Colorways and Civic Art Collections- Photo from Spirited Earth Victoria Ginn

Polynesian woman-Tu’u tattoo for #Ink & #WildThings Colorways and Civic Art Collections- Photo from Spirited Earth Victoria Ginn

IdyllwildThings Clip Board for WildThings and Animalia.

IdyllwildThings Clip Board for WildThings and Animalia.

Breakfast table- PaintersHouse transition to Festival of Lights Colorways.

Breakfast table- PaintersHouse transition to Festival of Lights Colorways.

 
Nandi: Hindu Shiva’s Mount- Shiva is the Transformer. #MoonLanding50 #Colorways transition to HauntCouture.

Nandi: Hindu Shiva’s Mount- Shiva is the Transformer. #MoonLanding50 #Colorways transition to HauntCouture.

Animalia Collection PaintersHouse Talisman

Animalia Collection PaintersHouse Talisman



PaintersHouse Weekly- Bridegroom Sketch, Soda Bread and FieldNotes panels at Spirit Mountain

Sanctuary

Seeking commissions and Ava-in-Residence invitations to design and paint the reverse sides of #KelleyPadrick’s FieldNotes doors and panels

My Bridegroom sketch acknowledges the door handles on the reverse side of these doors reclaimed during PaintersHouse renovation work.

My Bridegroom sketch acknowledges the door handles on the reverse side of these doors reclaimed during PaintersHouse renovation work.

I want Christ to be reaching for His Bride, kind of Mission Impossible-ing his descent. I was obviously very impacted by my daughter’s wedding last weekend- sitting behind her, looking into her groom’s face as he made his vows to my sweet girl. Will…

I want Christ to be reaching for His Bride, kind of Mission Impossible-ing his descent. I was obviously very impacted by my daughter’s wedding last weekend- sitting behind her, looking into her groom’s face as he made his vows to my sweet girl. Will update pic soon with something less blurry (like my eyes currently as I give thanks for their happiness:)

Stir for BirthdayCake Colorways

Woodfired Soda Bread during power outage at PaintersHouse Idyllwild- BirthdayCake Colorways 2019

Woodfired Soda Bread during power outage at PaintersHouse Idyllwild- BirthdayCake Colorways 2019

Donut Tastings at Idyllwild Bake and Brew during BirthdayCake Colorways- Yum

Donut Tastings at Idyllwild Bake and Brew during BirthdayCake Colorways- Yum

FieldNotes Panels at Spirit Mountain

Guan Yin and Crone Field Notes Panel at Spirit Mountain Idyllwild.

Guan Yin and Crone Field Notes Panel at Spirit Mountain Idyllwild.

FieldNotes panels at Spirit Mountain, Idyllwild

FieldNotes panels at Spirit Mountain, Idyllwild

Testing an installation position in the garden at Spirit Mountain, Idyllwild. Kelley Brown Padrick FieldNotes.

Testing an installation position in the garden at Spirit Mountain, Idyllwild. Kelley Brown Padrick FieldNotes.

Summer Studio in White

I received a request to review the angels I drew last Holidays season. I composed them on the back of Sheltering Sky/Gates of Hell as I’m still contemplating how to paint the Pearly Gates on the reverse side. I’m attracted to this idea because of th…

I received a request to review the angels I drew last Holidays season. I composed them on the back of Sheltering Sky/Gates of Hell as I’m still contemplating how to paint the Pearly Gates on the reverse side. I’m attracted to this idea because of the Baptistry Doors in Florence. Symbolically, I like using old keys as drapery cord tassels: objects you ritually protect each and every day, then become meaningless when you move. Reconciling what happened behind those doors are the keys that open the gates to heaven. Being at peace. A step ladder, also symbolic. Dried daffodils were a suggested addition, so I placed them there.

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BirthdayCake Colorways- PaintersHouse Weekly

#Summer #Melon & #Stars for #MoonLanding50! I got a $1 bag of awesome summer stuff from the local thrift (Idyllwild Help Center) and donations for #Civic #Art #Collections from Community Presbyterian Thrift Shoppe. It’s going to be a fun summer …

#Summer #Melon & #Stars for #MoonLanding50! I got a $1 bag of awesome summer stuff from the local thrift (Idyllwild Help Center) and donations for #Civic #Art #Collections from Community Presbyterian Thrift Shoppe. It’s going to be a fun summer in #BirthdayCake #Colorways.

a new room has begun!

A featured artwork I'm using for this #Colorways was created by Idyllwild quilter Marcia Monroe, bringing in the #localflavor. To that I'm adding colorful banners repurposed from year one of the Ren Faire. I'm sure they'll be glad I kept them!

PaintersHouse Idyllwild for PinupsPresidential BirthdayCake Colorways
BirthdayCake Colorways- PinupsPresidential for PaintersHouse

An eventful summer #MoonLanding50 & #WoodStock50 and last episode of the original Star Trek airs!

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The composting bin gets a painterly update. #fireworks for the 4th. No food goes here, just leaves, pine needles & regular dishwater. I have to keep them wet for #firesafety. #breakitdown 

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Space & Cosmic Consciousness man. #KelleyPadrick #fieldnotes panel.

Space & Cosmic Consciousness man. #KelleyPadrick #fieldnotes panel.

3 gifts: Pentecost, Nabokov & a watermelon rind-colored Coach bag my mom gave me in high school. I’m listening to Alan Watts The Way of Zen while I paint. We’ll see how much #summer reading progress I make on “The Gift.”

3 gifts: Pentecost, Nabokov & a watermelon rind-colored Coach bag my mom gave me in high school. I’m listening to Alan Watts The Way of Zen while I paint. We’ll see how much #summer reading progress I make on “The Gift.”

Homemade ice cream! #KelleyPadrick #FieldNotes panel on easel.

Homemade ice cream! #KelleyPadrick #FieldNotes panel on easel.

PaintersHouse Signage Design Project- v1

Following the simple “Ava’s Double D’s” #CivicDesign standard process, #PaintersHouse #Idyllwild created version one of this signage solution.

Version One of a sign designed for Custom Hair Design by Camille. 2-sided sandwich board.

Version One of a sign designed for Custom Hair Design by Camille. 2-sided sandwich board.

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#BreakItDown

A sign designed and painted for a local #Salon artisan. How did we arrive to v1 of this solution? Camille had an existing chalkboard sandwich board she wants to use in front of the salon. The required verbiage included "Custom Hair Design by Camille" at "Idyllwild Day Spa" and "Walkins Welcome" Camille has a relationship with Idyllwild Day Spa, which uses a chalkboard look in their own materials. So we want those to relate. In addition, Camille had a piece of inspiration artwork a friend had made for her. It features a blissful woman with multi-color hair. As an expert colorist, Camille liked the idea of this painting. She also has a business card, shown in the Development phase images below, that I had to if not precisely color match, at least relate to in a relevant way.

Camille-s Inspiration Artwork- Custom Hair Design Idyllwild.jpg
Idyllwild Day Spa Menu Board- Production pics for Camille Custom Hair Design.jpg
Camille-s Original Chalkboard Sandwich board.jpg

Discovery

I looked at other chalkboard styles around town to see how Camille's sign could relate to the established community signage system (are we used to looking at chalkboard sandwich boards? If so, in which contexts?) I took some pictures. 

Coffee Time at Higher Grounds Idyllwild.jpg
Vintage Store Chalkboard- Idyllwild California.jpg

Design

Custom Hair Design by Camille initial sketch work for first working design meeting.jpg

For our first meeting, I taped the various elements onto the boards and walked Camille through PaintersHouse to see completed paintings with various finishes. Initially, she thought she'd like to move away from the chalkboard look and make a fine oil painting on white like the Bride doors (below). Once we discussed the other chalkboard looks around town, she decided wholeheartedly to pursue the black ground. She preferred the homey look over a modern San serif. 

Graphic Rainbow Bulletin Board for initial design meeting with client Camille next to Bride Doors painting to imagine possible paint finishes.

Graphic Rainbow Bulletin Board for initial design meeting with client Camille next to Bride Doors painting to imagine possible paint finishes.

Initial Chalk sketches on original chalkboard finish.

Initial Chalk sketches on original chalkboard finish.

I completed a few chalk/conte crayon drawings both for the 1st meeting and second review (by email) so Camille could get a feel for the layout options. Once we knew we were working with color over a dark surface, I introduced the idea of magnetizing the board and leaving a border around it, so the board might be utilized as a rental for someone else on days when Camille isn't working. This might help her offset production costs or even allow for the v1 solution to serve as an underpainting for a fancier oil painting like the Bride doors in the future. 

Functional Specifications and Estimate

With the look decided, I was able to estimate time and materials for Camille. I am looking to design a product small businesses can afford, then relate other economic and funding sources to PaintersHouse (a nonprofit BeliefDNA project). As #PaintersHouse’ #ProjectConcierge designing civic prototypes, I actually put in significant time in addition to what I budget for my client-citizen, but, like many start-ups, that is in the hope that PaintersHouse can then repeat the size, ground and technique again in the future, promoting it as a community standard. In some ways our experience will be like visiting a Beauty School.

My Trip to Home Depot

The products I chose to create Camille’s chalkboard look with a durable outdoor finish. A simple spray over the magnetic paint produces that wiped down chalkboard look. Camille preferred a uniform dark background, so I dry brushed the varnish immedi…

The products I chose to create Camille’s chalkboard look with a durable outdoor finish. A simple spray over the magnetic paint produces that wiped down chalkboard look. Camille preferred a uniform dark background, so I dry brushed the varnish immediately to make the finish matte and dark.

Behr Color Smart Kiosk at Home Depot- Tyrian Purple Colorways.jpg
Collecting Behr Color Cards from Home Depot for PaintersHouse Idyllwild.jpg
Noticing Cool and Warm tones in lighting at Home Depot- Camille and I are discussing the possibility of teaching Color Theory together. PaintersHouse can help her design classes and retreats that feature #FigureDrawing for #Hair #Design. I’ll be gra…

Noticing Cool and Warm tones in lighting at Home Depot- Camille and I are discussing the possibility of teaching Color Theory together. PaintersHouse can help her design classes and retreats that feature #FigureDrawing for #Hair #Design. I’ll be grateful to have the opportunity to design #PodsProgramming: transform my own career experience and college education into lesson plans that help me expand my understanding of transparencies, grounds, pigments, color for Light/Paint/Fabric. #LifeLongLearning

Noticing Tyrian Purples and GunMetal Grays at Home Depot during PassionWeek Colorways- PaintersHouse PinupsPresidential.jpg
Noticing Tyrian Purples and GunMetal Grays at Home Depot during PassionWeek Colorways - PaintersHouse PinupsPresidential

Noticing Tyrian Purples and GunMetal Grays at Home Depot during PassionWeek Colorways - PaintersHouse PinupsPresidential


Development

Production

2 coats initially of the Rustoleum Magnetic Primer. The instructions say that up to 2 coats of paint can be applied over the magnetic primer in order to retain surface’s magnetic quality, so I kept that in mind while layering. I often used the magne…

2 coats initially of the Rustoleum Magnetic Primer. The instructions say that up to 2 coats of paint can be applied over the magnetic primer in order to retain surface’s magnetic quality, so I kept that in mind while layering. I often used the magnetic paint as my black, instead of acrylic, in order to maintain surface adherence.

During production, I tested with a car/fridge magnet style & that option is now available to her (think, a Friday or Saturday night band promotion, since she works during the day, or an event weekend) 

Camille Custom Hair Design- Progress Chalk and Conte Crayon Drawing.jpg
Patch tests on reclaimed PaintersHouse furniture for Custom Hair Design by Camille. I’m interested in painting outdoor furniture up here this way so magnet-prepared props, floral and tablecloths can resist wind during outdoor events. Test patch furn…

Patch tests on reclaimed PaintersHouse furniture for Custom Hair Design by Camille. I’m interested in painting outdoor furniture up here this way so magnet-prepared props, floral and tablecloths can resist wind during outdoor events. Test patch furniture, clothing, walls and floors are all over PaintersHouse’ home decor, creating unique brand assets that match other community art assets. Over time, the civic art collection weaves will get easier and easier to mix and match.

I really love how this table looks. Can’t wait to use it in a set somewhere!

I really love how this table looks. Can’t wait to use it in a set somewhere!

Testing varnishes and clear coats over the magnetic paint for different effects at PaintersHouse Idyllwild for Custom Hair Design by Camille. I ended up using the oil-based UV protecting Varathane varnish I purchased for her specifically. I also lea…

Testing varnishes and clear coats over the magnetic paint for different effects at PaintersHouse Idyllwild for Custom Hair Design by Camille. I ended up using the oil-based UV protecting Varathane varnish I purchased for her specifically. I also learned that the Krylon Clear is rated for food service! Its rating is permitted for environments where food may come into brief contact with the surface- perfect for the props and scenic I’m designing for local events. This means I can’t Krylon Clear over the Rustoleum Magnetic paint and serve cheese directly off the table, but placing an hors d'oeuvres tray should be fine.

I integrated the chalkier finish to model the figure initially and the make the boards read as figurative from a farther distance. Camille prefers the “clean” dark black chalkboard look in the initial pictures at the top of this blog post, but may c…

I integrated the chalkier finish to model the figure initially and the make the boards read as figurative from a farther distance. Camille prefers the “clean” dark black chalkboard look in the initial pictures at the top of this blog post, but may change her mind if reading the signage from the street becomes an issue.

I did one side with a “clean” finish and one an authentic looking “Chalkboard cloudy” when Camille came by for her final review. I finished both sides in clean, dark black, which makes the figurative lines fine to read from a distance. The distance …

I did one side with a “clean” finish and one an authentic looking “Chalkboard cloudy” when Camille came by for her final review. I finished both sides in clean, dark black, which makes the figurative lines fine to read from a distance. The distance issue may not be first priority though as the parked cars frequently cover view of the signage completely. Depending on where she places her sandwich board, Camille may be targeting people walking by through the shopping complex over people viewing the sign off the street. Either way, I wanted to make sure the initial read “HAIR” made it evident what she’s offering up close or from a distance: more detail is offered the closer you come to the boards. I still like this look a lot and will be happy to return them to this finish if her results indicate a need. v1, v2, v3 is so normal in the digital world and should be easier in the physical one. That’s another reason I’m modeling affordable, iterative prototypes for civic design.

Delivery

See the images at the top of this post and note possible alternatives generated during the #development phase. The issues we imagined may prove true or they may not. Camille will be placing the sign in different positions and in different lighting and weather conditions, so the placement itself will influence how the artwork is perceived.

Archive PaintersHouse ActivityStation for Custom Hair Design by Camille

Archive PaintersHouse ActivityStation for Custom Hair Design by Camille

Documenting the products used and selecting key paints and colors to archive so our client-citizen can call upon us again for revisions- whether those happen quickly after delivery (can we make this darker or lighter, more or less saturated) or for an annual retouch next year. As PaintersHouse, I’ll continue to seek rental clients for the board (magnets like this can be digitally produced or painted by hand) in order to pay for maintenance and improvements and to network on Camille’s behalf (event rental customers frequently need salon services).

With permission, I cleaned and lightly sanded the frame itself and gave the wood a light spray with the Varathane. I am interested in seeing how the UV protector impacts the signage’s weathering. I suggested for v2 that we might wood putty fill some of the rougher edges of the frame itself and give it another coat. We’ll see how things go! Camille was wonderful to collaborate with and I hope we get to design together again. May Camille be blessed by a steady stream of clients!

PaintersHouse Weekly- Mood for Spring

PaintersHouse Weekly- Mood for Spring

The mood for Spring at PaintersHouse Idyllwild

PassionWeek in Gun Metal & Tyrian Purple

PassionWeek Colorways in Gun Metal & Tyrian Purple