to expand on schoolbus with balloons

apparently one is supposed to keep posting on a blog. and apparently one cannot use the enter key when posting... the last picture was "schoolbus with balloons" which is part of a series i started working on this past winter when the rain nearly drenched my whole being. It- and all the parts of this series- come from pictures maia has drawn at some point in his existence- they were about the only things i wanted to look at and that could make me smile this winter. (again- he is way ahead of me). I transferred the drawing onto fabric -either by tracing his originals, or by using my left hand to create a rendition- and then batik'ed away. Maia came into the studio often to check on the progress and often dictated the color scheme. he was very pleasant to work with and we had very few creative differences. He'll be in the studio many more times. So, due to some interest from a few who had seen the pieces, i decided to take them out into the world starting at the Bellevue Art Museum Show (what a first show for maia! his resume is going to be killer!). I made prints, all are named his original names (things like "chicken monster who runs from the city" etc), and i put a little blurp out about how they are a collaboration of mother and son blah blah blah and how all proceeds go to the feeding, educating and general maintenance of maia. Needless to say, they have been a hit! Can't tell you how many i've sold, and even had one couple who joked about saving money so that they can have him paint a mural on their wall! I've got people in Seattle patiently waiting for the next part of the series. What a dream! sometimes i do pinch myself and look at this amazing life we live. Most all of my work at this point is stemming from maia and stella's drawings- its all i have up in my studio- i don't come close to touching the magic they create, but its fun and ispiring to try. And i find it amazing and refreshing to come across people whose lives also need to be touched by that magic, and who consciously search it out and support those of us who are working at putting it out there for them. goal in the next few years is to turn them into a book for children and adults....thought i'd say that one out loud. off my mamabox for now. love you all