Chad Sell Comics/RuPaul's Drag Race

If you know me at all, you know how much I love "RuPaul's Drag Race." I wake up on Tuesday mornings at 5:00 so I can watch the previous night's episode without cutting into my regular morning routine. Crazy? Maybe. But I will never miss an episode!

Artist Chad Sell does amazing illustrations of the Drag Race contestants and their fabulous looks....might have to snag a print or three to display my love for this show in my boudoir somewhere!

Do you watch the show? Who are some of your all-time favorite contestants? Who are you rooting for to win Season 5??

Illustrating Modern Life: The Golden Age of American Illustration

Last weekend I went with Craig and Dri to an art exhibit at Pepperdine University. I'm so glad Dri told us about it, because the art on display was seriously amazing. I like all kinds of art, but the work I saw there was right up my alley.

The artists I walked away most enthralled with were J. C. Leyendecker and Dean Cornwell. Beautiful work! Sigh! I love art.

Trip to the Getty

I've been fighting an awful cold for about a week now. I was tired of being cooped up in the house last weekend, so on Sunday I tagged along on my roommates' trip to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The weather was perfect and the art was beckoning, so I threw on a sundress, grabbed my good camera, and away we went! I got to document baby Jamey's first museum trip, and it was a lot of fun.

Every time I go to a museum, I wish I could visit one every weekend. It helps me forget about the day-to-day stresses and worries that tend to consume me, and remember that the world is bigger than me and whatever problems I think I have. I can't wait to take my own future child to look at art and watch their eyes grow huge at an amazing sculpture or tapestry or gigantic painting... 

(all photos by yours truly)

Happy Groundhog Day!

by Dave Perillo