GS: As an artist this year, what about The Girlie Show rocked your world?

DC: WOW! The response to my art! And EVERYTHING about how the show was done.

GS: The Girlietini: friend or foe?

DC: neither

GS: What are you totally obsessed with these days?

DC: Getting my work out there

GS: Tell us something completely random and quite possibly useless.

DC: My son is at Marine Corps Boot Camp right now.

GS: What’s on your iPod/music player right now?

DC: The Shins, Beatles, The Stock Market Crash

GS: If you were a shoe, what shoe would you be?

DC: Sparkly Toms

GS: What do you secretly wish you could do/be?

DC: A full-time artist.

GS: Do you have any collections?

DC: Plastic dolls, stuffed monkeys, art done by my children

GS: We so love Debbie's interpretation of the iconic vintage Barbie doll, which all girlies have a memory of in some form or fashion from our childhood. Check out more of Debbie's work at: http://www.debbiecurtisart.com/

Artist Applications Deadline

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Get your applications into us soon...deadline is August 22!

5 TIPS FOR LIVING AN INSPIRED LIFE

Well, obviously when you click on this link...and you WILL click on this link!...you will notice that this is a "mommy" website. Yes, we are mommies, what of it? Believe me, it's very glamorous! There's some good stuff out there on the web that applies to our creative lives, whether we are single, married, with kids, without...this is valuable stuff for everyone.

Hopefully you will take a minute to read through these 5 Tips for Living an Inspired Life from Healthy Green Moms. Here's a snippit from this very smart insightful chick, Monica:

"I often searched for the inspirational map that would give me insight on my unique gifts and live more in sync with my passions. I also recognized early on that regular jobs were unfulfilling. I knew that spending a lifetime working jobs I did not love would be creative suicide. There was only one problem. I had very little inspiration and therefore no idea which direction to take."

Felt like this? It's very common to get stuck in a creative rut...maybe this will lift you up a bit and inspire you to get your gift in gear and use it and use your life!!!

CHECK HER OUT!

INTRODUCING...
our latest interviewee....
GIRLIE SHOW ARTIST OF THE MONTH....

Brandi Twilley

Location: Oklahoma City, OK


A Self Portrait by Brandi Twilley...so cool!

GS: What do you create?
BT: prints, drawings, and paintings

GS: What projects are you working on right now?
BT: I am working on a series of small etchings about the things that bother me most these days like waste, greed, and indifference. I'm approaching it in sort of the way Renaissance artists would make allegories. I'm trying to find some sort of figurative expression for these things.

GS: Where/How/Why did this all begin?
BT: I've been making art since as early as I can remember.

GS: As a 2007 artist, what about The Girlie Show rocked your world?
BT: I liked the idea of being a part of an all female art show. It was the most fun I've had showing art.

GS: The Girlietini: friend or foe?
BT: I didn’t have one, but I bet I'd have liked it.

Skeleton Models by Brandi Twilley...work it!

GS: What are you totally obsessed with these days?
BT: I am sort of between obsessions right now. I was obsessed with Mexican art and "skeleton people." I think I am going to get back into painting on masonite and ceramic sculpture. I've been obsessed with finding a studio space where that would be possible.

GS: Tell us something completely random and quite possibly useless.
BT: I didn't get sick once this winter. I think it's because I've been taking my vitamins.

GS: What’s on your iPod/music player right now?
BT: I don't have an i-pod but I’ve got "She don't use Jelly" stuck in my head.

GS: If you were a shoe, what shoe would you be?
BT: I'd be my green Steve Madden sneakers that I've been wearing for four years.

GS: What do you secretly wish you could do/be?
BT: I secretly wish I could sing.

GS: Do you have any collections?
BT: I have a collection of pottery shards collected from beaches around Massachusetts. The beaches there have been harbors for several hundred years, so the pieces I have are really old and interesting.

GS: For more info on Brandi's latest works, check her out at www.branditwilley.com. We love us some skeleton model's...fabulous! What a talented gal! Thanks Brandi!!!

Adam & Eve by Miss Brandi Twilley