In the studio

A room to call my own. Work can be left out not worrying whether 

the kitties will get their paws in my paints and pastels again!

Update. Picture of studio taken as of February 11th. As you can see I did some decorating.

Photos of the Homeroom show at Subtext

This Saturday will be the last day to see the Homeroom show at Subtext in Little Italy, San Diego. 

They will be open from 12pm-3pm. 

all the artists kid art

Kelly Vivanco, Tran Nguyen and Jeni Yang

Allison Sommers and JAW Cooper

close up of Zoë Williams piece

Jennifer Davis

A few photos Shonn took from the Hive Opening

We took a sneak peek before all the people got there.

We loved these trippy butterflies by the artist Daisuke Okamoto

This Saturday December 3rd show at the Hive!

'Let the waves crash' • pastel • 9  1/4" x 12"

This piece will be in the "Price....less" group show at the Hive Gallery in Los Angeles this Saturday, December 3rd. Most pieces will be priced at $250 or less. Please contact Nathan Cartwright if interested. 

8pm -12:30 am 

for more info please go to the Hive's website.

729 South Spring St.

Los Angeles, CA 90014

Working on a new website...

I've been having some obstacles with creating a new website but put this one up for the time being. http://celene.carbonmade.com/

Plastic surgery and other thoughts swirling through my brain as a child.

‎11.11.11 With this upcoming show I am sharing some of my childhood before and after drawings I was working on in 1985 while on a road trip from PA to CA. I was 9 years old and have often wondered what I saw that gave me this idea about plastic surgery. I have mixed feelings about the subject. On one side I feel it is such an amazing science. The other side is questionable, how some people go so far that their face can no longer smile or show emotion. My recreation of my childhood drawing deals more with how we can see ourselves in the mirror as distorted even though we are beautiful how we are.

Homeroom

Sneak peek of my pieces for a show coming up in San Diego 11.11.11

my childhood drawings of before and afters in a notebook
I was writing and drawing in while on a
road trip to CA in 1985

'Distorted Reflection'  current piece

pastel
13" x 20 1/2"

Homeroom

November 11th – December 11th, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, November 11th, 6-10pm
Food available from MIHO Gastrotruck from 8-10pm
Live performance by Roswell That Ends Well at 9pm

Fingerpaints, crayons, chalk and color pencils. We were all budding artists in childhood, and we had the freedom to create every mystical creature and dream we envisioned. The early years were full of drawings that were hung in the kitchen gallery, where everything we made was welcome and immediately sold into the hearts of our loved ones. Guest curated by Christina Conway, Homeroom attempts to rediscover the nostalgia of youth and innocent creativity. Each artist for this exhibition found a piece from their childhood and reinterpreted it in their current style. Join us this November, and see the results.

Featured artists include: Allison Sommers, Audrey Kawasaki, Catherine Brooks,Celëne Petrulak, Chris Ryniak, Dadu Shin, Harmony Gong, JAW Cooper, Jeya, Jennifer Davis, JUURI, Katherine Brannock, Kelly Vivanco, Leung Ka-Yin, Martin Hsu, Naoshi,Nimit Malavia, Sean Mahan, Soey Milk,Tran Nguyen, Yoskay Yamamoto and Zoë Williams.

Subtext

2479 Kettner Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101