The Beard Pencil Sketch by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
I bought a series of pieces from an artist named Irana Douer (see her work here: http://www.keepinmind.com.ar/) who often paints women drowning in beds of their own hair. This bearded man is inspired by her work.
Pencil Sketch by Alison McPherson
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“The Band” by Angie Hoover
I was sort of obsessed with drawing this particular fat boy. I actually have a painting of him riding a unicorn in my living room. I never finished this piece, but I plan to color it at some point before I die.
More of Angie’s artwork here:
https://theshowtellproject.wordpress.com/category/angie/artwork/
Emma and Josephine are Young and in Love
As we sat on the bed
the silk kissing our limbs
the ceiling cracked open to let the light in
you smiled and I felt the warm wind on my nose
the sheets and the walls fell away as we rose
floating higher and higher until we broke through
spinning and grinning, our spirits so new
soaring among those bright pieces of heaven
petting the velvety purple they rest in
Poem from unfinished play by Angie Hoover
I began writing this one night while my fiance was asleep. The moonlight was shining in through our bedroom window, and I was overwhelmed with joy and love. I revisited it several years later and planned to use it in a play that incorporated spoken word poetry. The plot focused on a lesbian romance between two southern women during the Jazz age.
Untitled Character Sketch by Mitch Shiwal
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“Funk Soul Brothers” Uncolored Pencil Sketch
I think I drew this after watching the episode of 30Rock where Liz Lemon reveals that she ate her twin in the womb.
by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
more of Angie’s artwork here:
https://theshowtellproject.wordpress.com/category/angie/artwork/
sometimes when I am going back through past work and see an unfinished sketch, I find the inspiration rekindles… it’s like meeting up with an ex and discovering that you still can have really great sex
ANGIE: Do you have any thoughts on why you leave pieces unfinished?
MITCH: Generally, I tend to build up a head of steam on a piece and work on it; however, especially on complex or detailed pieces, I tend to either lose my inspiration or my focus. Rarely, I may come back and finish a piece, but generally they lay there like half finished skeletons
ANGIE: Do you think that you could force inspiration ? or do you find that you have so many ideas, that leaving one in the dust is often a relief?
MITCH: I tend to be overwhelmed with ideas, and when one grabs my attention from the ether, I focus on it entirely until I am distracted by something else. However, sometimes when I am going back through past work and see an unfinished sketch, I find the inspiration rekindles… it’s like meeting up with an ex and discovering that you still can have really great sex
Artwork by Mitch Schiwal
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“Swallowed by the Dragon” Excerpt by Angie Hoover
I churned with the black in the belly of this beast. Swaying in bile as thick and dark as the oil of the Earth. After some time, I stopped swimming and sank. How peaceful it felt to stop clawing at the walls of her stomach. staying afloat was not worth the struggle. I would drop into her deep. I’d get smaller and smaller and then I would melt. I’d be liquid in liquid. Blood in blood.
Artwork by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
This came to me like a comforting memory. I don’t know what that says about me. I almost feel like it is a complete work because it has such a clear beginning and end in my own mind.
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https://theshowtellproject.wordpress.com/category/angie/poetry-angie/
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