broadway-art-encounter

the title of this drawing is “poko de ippai”, which is japanese for “full of poko”. maybe you don’t know if you don’t usually read this blog, but poko is my nickname for my unborn baby. i named it “poko-chan” (as if it was a name, Poko) because it was making “poko-poko” bubbling movements inside of me when i first felt it moving. now i’m in my 39th week of pregnancy and i can’t think of anything else but poko-chan. my head is full of many many poko-chans. but i don’t know what poko-chan’s face looks like, so i can’t draw the details of it yet.

i went to see my obstetrician yesterday. she said that my cervix is mostly effaced and dilated 1 to 2 cm. my baby is very low, she could feel the head. i’ve been experiencing some braxton hicks contractions. for some of them, my lower back feels really heavy and dull pain like menstrual cramps and my belly gets hard like a rock. they last for about 20 minutes each. it looks like my body is getting ready for labour. poko-chan, hang in there! let mama finish moving before you come into the world…

i’m taking part in broadway art encounter again this year, starting tomorrow. i’ll be showing this drawing as well as this and this at al’s broadway shoe repair shop. i showed my works at his shop last year as well. he kindly offered to have me show at his shop again.

broadway art encounter is an event where shops on broadway avenue generously open their shops as galleries. there is expected to be a bigger crowd than usual this year because the university of saskatchewan is hosting the 2007 congress of the humanities and social sciences this week. i hope you can come out and see the exhibits! i’m going to be walking around saturday afternoon, as long as i’m not in labor.

Broadway Art Encounter
June 1 ~ 2 (Fri & Sat)

Al’s Broadway Shoe Repair
638 Broadway Avenue,
Saskatoon
(306)652-4399

good morning. i guess it’s already afternoon.

i put up my drawings at broadway shoe repair yesterday. i was so relieved, tired and happy that i couldn’t get to sleep until 5 am.

i’m one of many artists showing work in stores on broadway as part of the broadway art encounter. i’m very happy to be able to take part in this event. the businesses on broadway have generously turned their stores into galleries. it’s a nice way to integrate art into everyday life. i’m lucky to be showing at al’s store, broadway shoe repair. he’s a great guy, with a love for art. he displays his friends’ and employees’ artwork in his store on an everyday basis.

also at broadway shoe repair, a great photographer, john conway, is showing his amazing landscape photographs of saskatchewan. they’re spectacular. he’s recently published a book, which you can purchase at the show. i’m planning to send a copy to my parents in japan.

i’m selling art prints, posters and a few originals. if you’d like to purchase any, please contact me or leave your contact info at the store. i’ll drop by the store this afternoon. also, i made some postcards for this show, featuring my elephant and giraffe drawings. please take them home with you and enjoy.

i’ll upload a photo from broadway shoe repair later tonight. until then, here are thumbnails of the drawings i’m showing. click the small images to go to the original post where i showed the drawing.

some of the images are available as prints and postcards in my online SHOP.

1/4 of trout and 1/4 of me.

i’m drawing this for the broadway art encounter. i’d like to show new works for this event. i still have 3 days or so. i’m a last minute machine.

i don’t like the taste of trout. but i really like the ugliness of it. what’s up with the dark dots?! they need to use a concealer…