“calcium keeps me calm”, color pencils on paper, 2005

i’m showing these two drawings at affordable art fair in new york city. they will be represented by mauger modern gallery in UK.

“drain your brain”, color pencils on paper, 2006

the show is from june 12 to 15. there will be a preview cocktail party on june 11. if you are around in new york during that time, please drop by and enjoy!

oh, the drawings are for sale.

The Affordable Art Fair New York City

June 12 - june 15

Visitor Information

Where: The Altman Building / Metropolitan Pavilion
135 West 18th Street, NYC

When: Private Preview Cocktail Reception, June 11th, 2008
Open to public, June 12th - 15th, 2008

Press: June 11th, 5-6pm

Fair Hours:

Wed	June 11,	6pm - 9pm
		Private Preview Cocktail Reception
Thu	June 12,	12pm - 9pm
Fri	June 13,	12pm - 8pm
Sat	June 14,	12pm - 8pm
Sun	June 15,	12pm - 5pm

Please note that there will be no admission to the fair 20 minutes prior to closing.
Admission:
General Admission $17/day
Students and Seniors $12/day
Group discount rates $10/day
Children under 12 FREE

Father’s Day, Sun, June 15th
Father’s get in free with their children

Private Preview

wednesday, June 11, 2008, 6-9pm

Please join us on opening night for our Private Preview Cocktail Reception and be among the first to preview AAF NYC 2008.
Free drinks will be served.

Advance tickets are available for purchase at a discounted rate of $25.00 for one or $40.00 for two.

To purchase tickets, please call 212 255 2003 or email with your payment information.

Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. $35.00 for one or $50.00 for two.

this drawing is called “mighty righty”. i drew it for a group show called “100 stories” at hosfelt gallery in NYC (april 11th to may 31st).

i’ve been breastfeeding elijah ever since he was born. i chose to feed one breast at a time. that means i would feed from the right breast at let’s say 2 am and the next feeding would be from the left one. nurses told me to feed from both sides about 10 mins per breast, and to always start with the breast that i finished with last time because better milk would come out from it. but it seemed to me that i might as well keep feeding him from one single breast from start to finish. that way, he’d get from thin milk to thick milk for sure. plus i wouldn’t have to interrupt him.

so that’s been my breastfeeding style. it was really interesting to see my breasts’ size change before and after feeding. before a feeding, both breasts would swell like a melon and get really hard. after the feeding, the one i used for feeding would turn soft and rather sad looking. and the other one would start shooting milk to release the pressure, so i had to press a towel over it.

i sometimes forgot which breast i used for the last feeding, especially in the middle of night when i was half asleep. my left breast coped fine with that, but my right one, oh boy. she would get really swollen and bumpy and her veins would stick out. if it went on too long my breast would look like biologically engineered cantaloupe with tumors.

and it would be very very painful — too full and too hard. i could pump some milk out, but i couldn’t empty as much milk with a breast pump or using my hands as elijah could with his powerful drinking.

so i must confess i had to poke elijah’s arm in the middle of night a couple of times, so he’d wake up and want to suck milk from my overfull right breast. luckily he won’t remember…

brilliant synchronized dance by two guys wearing brown jumpsuits and nintendo power gloves. the song is from 1999.