The Art Scene

We have so much fun in the art scene in Salt Lake City this year. I have been showing a lot at the Blonde Grizzly in SLC, and at the R & R Gallery in Los Angeles. I wish I could attend the shows in L.A. more often, so hopefully we will be able to do something like that again too. But we have gone to the Blonde Griz for almost every gallery stroll the last 6 months. We love those guys! The last few months I have been working like crazy on the work for my solo show. I'm excited that it Will be here before I know it.

Promotional Stickers for sale at the Blonde Grizzly

I am so excited to say that my website is finally finished! Nick put a great site together for me. He is so amazing at everything he tries to do. I don't know what I would do without him. Thank you so much to papa bear. Go take a look:

emilyhartwood.com

Jack Jack and I love to paint together. He is such a dream child when I need to work. We have so much fun hanging out in the art room.


Spaghetti Factory! My friend Andy Chase had an art show at the Beehive Gallery in Trolley Square so we decided to stop and have dinner at one of our favorite placed from the high school days. It was such a fun night out with Nick and Erica.


Utah Jazz Show at the Blonde Grizzly

I did the painting with Andrei parachuting over Salt Lake City from a Russian plane.

Jack Jack LOVES going to "art parties".

Jackson playing with the Bear, the Blonde Grizzly doggie.

The things he comes up with..

"E X S P E L L I A R M O S ! !"
One of his favorite things is to play "Harry Potter" he has a wand my dad made him and some raquet ball goggles that he calls "Harry Potter glasses". He will wear them all day, which works out nicely since he is running around with a pointy stick.

The last few months have been full of hot chocolate days. :)

Jack Jack just gets more bright and entertaining all the time. He is able to pretty much express just about anything his funny little 2 1/2 yr old mind comes up with.

Me: "Jack, I'm going to give you a great big kiss and there is nothing you can do about it!
Jack: "Never!!....I will " hi-yah you!! ha ha"

We were sitting in church and there was a cute little girl looking back at us. Jack says "hi...you're really pretty." Never heard him say anything like that before at all. It was really sweet. A ladies man already?

Jack: "Wow. Well. THIS is a nice kitchen." (ok too much time with mommy??)

We took the bottle away from Jack a few months ago. He had a hard time at first but had gotten to be quite pleasant about the whole thing. As Nick and I were tucking him in the other night he tried a new approach:

Jack: "I want chocolate milk pah -weese."

Me: "Sorry sweetie, you drank your sippy before nigh nigh and now its all gone."

Jack: "hmmmmmmmm (tapping his chin)...........I have an idea......how about......you make me a new one?"

Jack: "Me and daddy going to store to buy 'yay-gos'. Mommy you stay home and paint a octopus."

Jack sitting on the couch to watch a cartoon. "Mom this chair doesn't match!"

Me: ???? What?"

Jack: "This chair doesn't match." (pointing to the cushion and his legs. He then goes and drags his little blue chair into the room and plops down.

"Thats better."

Jack: "That fan is up really high. It goes around and around. I can't reach it..................unless I had some bouncy shoes..."

Completely out of the blue "mommy I want to be a fire(man) and a batman when I grow up."

When he is playing with his pirate sword he will only respond to "Pirate Jack". He runs around sayings "yahhhr maaateys!!" and singing "yo ho, a pirates life for me!" in his best rough pirate voice. Thanks to the Pirates of the Caribean ride at Disneyland.