HIP-notize Art Show at DeSoto Row Gallery
My friends and I arranged an art show at DeSoto Row called HIPnotize, about Bellydancers! There were 6 of us involved, most of us recent SCAD alumni. It went really well! And of course we had live bellydancers at the opening. Being a bellydancer, I was obligated 
The artists! Anna Cooper, Carrie Padgett, Mary Larsen, Me and Alexandra!
Here is Carrie hanging up some of the artwork. She did the swirly paintings, and Mary did the dancers.
These are Anna’s paintings. She does them in acrylic with a super small paintbrush. The piece on the left turns from a skirt to fossils in the ground. Awesome!
Here are Mary’s girls. There was a ton of other art and Anna has a great blog post with pictures of everything.
Here is my contribution to the show- two 16″x40″ acrylic paintings. I’m so glad to have them done. I finished them half an hour before we hung the show- hahaha. It took me two days longer than I expected to finish them, since I’m so used to working digitally I forgot how much patience it takes.
Here I am after we hung the paintings! You can’t tell but I was spastically happy. And I had a cute outfit.
Cairo on the Coast Dancing!
Unfortunately we had to dance inside the gallery because it rained all day- we’d been planning to have all the dancing outside so people could wander in and out of the gallery at will, but we just took breaks between songs instead.
Thanks to everyone who was involved and came to the show. It really was fun, and I love you all. Please excuse my copious use of exclamation points in this post.
Back Home
Well, it certainly has been an ordeal to come back home and find the AC is completely broken. Thank God for window AC units! I couldn’t get anything done for several days due to the unbearable Savannah summer heat, but I gave in and bought one, because its going to take a long time for the central air to be repaired. Its expensive.
- Radiating Glory and Emitting Cool Air
On a happier, more adorable note, I have brought this fuzzy thing home with me:
- Meet Figwit
Figwit is my cat from Atlanta. She is very small and adorable and has the sharpest little claws that she never seems to retract. We rescued her out of a tree in 2002 on Christmas day- She was so high up, poor thing, that she couldn’t get down and we couldn’t get her either so we tied a rope to a tennis ball, threw it over a branch, and hoisted a basket up to her filled with catnip and tuna. After much hesitation she jumped in and was lowered down to safety, and she has been my favorite ever since. My parents have been begging me to take her home with me for years and I finally did!
My roomie’s cat, Lucius, escaped one day and after a long rescue mission he was covered in mud, tuna, and possibly fleas so she gave him a bath. I took pictures because I’m a jerk. Wet cats make me giggle too much- I feel a little bad about it.
- Rinse and Repeat!
- Its over!
We dried him with a sham wow. They’re not as exciting as the informercials make them seem. Wet cats, however, are very exciting.
I put the books I make up on Etsy! Check out my store! The book below is one I made for a friend.
- Double Button Hole Binding
I’ve been slack about doing art all summer, but I painted a mailbox recently for my summer camp. Here it is:
Now I’m working on some sketches for murals for the camp, fixing my portfolio up a bit and getting it printed nicely, and starting to paint with acrylics again. Soon I will have a lot more artwork to post!
SCAD Illustration Senior Show
I graduated. I guess that means I’m a real person now.
I’m also now a permanent artist in the A.T. Hun Gallery in Savannah. I guess that means I’m a real artist now.
However, I’m spending the summer at the ranch to clear my head and not do art.
And its good… For now.
I do miss home.
Graduation
I have had a nasty case of senioritis since my last post, and though I have gotten some awesome work done, I have been sleeping as much as possible and neglecting my blog.
However, my last classes are Wednesday, and then I am forever free of the shackles of school!
My art will be put into the A.T. Hun Art gallery this weekend after our senior illustration student exhibition. My art being put into a gallery permanently was my career goal in highschool, so now I have to come up with new goals… which will involve either painting traditionally or starting a successful freelance illustration. I’m taking the summer off and going to the ranch to clear my head and to lose the laziness. Mucking stalls all day sure does do the soul some good. Hehe.
I have been forced into productivity by my final classes, and here is my brand new shiny website and a lot of art that I never put up here on the blog.
Ckranz.com: The Portfolio of Christa Rosenkranz
What’s Up Magazine Work
Family Dining Menu Guide Illustration
These are getting published..!
Immune System Sketch
Fairy Tale Spot Illustrations
These were quickly done for a friend’s Graphic Design project. Just sketches, really.
