Twitter

Finally moving on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/NoraThompson

Combination of all the work I do: fine art, kid’s illustration, graphic design and The Rots©. Kind of a daily updating of my working life.

Jack & Jill

Here are a few of the spots I did for Jack and Jill’s November/December issue. I have to be a little more careful about the colors next time; they printed pretty dark. And I have no excuse…I used to work for a newspaper, and I know how things print on absorbant paper like that! Never forget to learn.

Women in Art 2009


I had two pieces juried in to the 2009 Women in Art exhibit at Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA. Titles: Thirteen (shown here) and Eleven (shown below, bottom). Both are in the portfolio section of my fine art Web site: www.norathompson.us. The show runs November 1 through November 22.

Fairview Elementary

As many of you know, by day I’m a guide at Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic masterpiece, Fallingwater, near Mill Run, Pennsylvania. A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of playing tour guide to some great students from Fox Chapel’s Fairview Elementary, and they were fantastic! They were telling me about organic architecture!

This is us at the end of the tour, and yes, one of them even bought a copy of Yikes! at the museum shop.

Just want them to know, they can come back anytime!

New design

Just wanted to let everybody know about a new design I’ve uploaded to CafePress. It uses the line drawing version of the White Rabbit I did for Alice in Wonderland, and combines it with a quote from the book:

“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice,
“without pictures or conversation?”

It’s on:

Westmoreland Art Nationals


Two of my digital images were juried into the Westmoreland Art Nationals this spring. They are both photo montage giclee prints, and attached. The show ran May 30 through July 5, 2009.

By the way, Harpers Ferry is a fantastic spot to collect photos. Textures and tombstones seem to be popping up all over my images lately.

Jack!


So I found about a gazillion little Jack Skellington heads in the bubbles on our shower curtain yesterday. I suppose that goes along the same lines as seeing things in peanut butter. Lots of faces in things.

I’ve posted two of the Jacks here. Now, go watch the movie. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Web address change

I’m not really sure who is still using the old URL for my site (apparently somebody is), but I just want to make it clear here that the address for my kid’s illustrations site has been changed to:

http://www.nora-thompson.com/

The old address at www.nora-jayne.com still works only as a referral page to the current address.

Peanut butter face

I know this may sound odd, but I love eating peanut butter straight from the jar. Who has the time to actually spread it on bread? Anyway, I tend to see faces in things (shadows, trees, clouds, water), and I found one in my spoonful of pb. The photo I took of it that shows his face the best isn’t really the one that is clearest, but that’s the one I’m using on the post so consider this my apology ahead of time.

I think I like his nose best.

Jack and Jill

Here’s my commission for the July-August issue of Jack and Jill magazine. The story was about surviving family road trips. This image was published with five other spots I did for them, and I’ve got five more spots coming up in the November-December issue.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Oh, and the Pirates traded Nyjer Morgan today.


And what can be done at this point?

If we stop going to games, the team will move from the area. If we keep going to games, that enables management to keep on trading.

Can’t the league step in and help?

Even a little?

Somehow?

Does anybody in management understand the concept of building a team?

It’s the fans who are paying the bills (buying game tickets, memorabilia, etc.), so shouldn’t we have a say in how our money is being spent? Or on who makes the decisions on how to spend our money? Shouldn’t we have the right to vote out management if we believe their managing strategies leave something to be desired?

For the last 17 years?

The Pirates are on a pace for a major league-record 17th consecutive losing season.

–Associated Press