Painting by Meredith Frampton - British Painter 1894-1984.
I found some of these images on a wonderful blog that specializes in art deco things from the 1920's and 1930's:
Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong
"That was under the house where I lived. The cat thinks I'm disturbing his domain. There wasn't a cat in the neighborhood that liked me. I'd pull the hair out of a cat's tail to make a paint brush. I'd tie it to a goose quill with thread." -Howard Armstrong, drawing by Howard Armstrong
"I always made clothes and dolls, and it was nothing new. I was focused on dance and theater and never in my wildest imagination did I take what I was doing as an ‘art form.' And all of a sudden, the dolls that were sitting in my backyard appeared in the Museum of Fine Arts and they had a new term, ‘soft sculpture.'" -Barbara Ward Armstrong, Dolls by Barbara Ward Armstrong
"My goal is to use soft sculpture imagery to visually state our experiences, to expand the knowledge about ourselves and others from different racial backgrounds. My inspiration comes from living."- Barbara Ward Armstrong
My Tickler Uke #1
"The Delegate's Daughter" by Aron Wiesenfeld
I am posting these images just because they are so "me". Right now, I am painting a standing nude figure and some other characters on stage - using a tall format - it's a take-off of one of my "little pierrots". I am tempted to try some paintings with casino costumes next.
Steve Lodefink of Finkbuilt blog is always coming up with clever things to make at home. I especially love this cool little uke amp he designed and made out of a coconut. Steve writes Finkbuilt blog, but he is now a guest blogger at Dinosaurs and Robots , a new blog by Mark Frauenfelder and Mr. Jalopy which I read about on boingboing yesterday. (Read even more about that here .) 
