tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22701171176194185602024-03-12T19:47:16.597-07:00Art Inside My BrainLife, art, and oddities.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-88729211688160321392016-08-21T06:34:00.001-07:002016-08-21T06:34:36.148-07:00
Onward, I Say!! Life Between Comic-Cons
Life rolls out a lot of shit. By the time Comic-Con was open I was still working on paintings that should have been finished way before June! That's how life rolls. Shit happens.
"I Have A Coupon" - © Cindy Rodriguez
While setting up at the Comic-Con art show, a lady approached. She said that she'd previously Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-34950445862656435702016-03-09T15:27:00.001-08:002016-03-09T15:30:31.593-08:00
Contemplating Life
I've been retired now for a little over 6 months. Relaxing, like Penny the cat, has become somewhat easier. Letting go has been easier. When I hear about problems at my former workplace, I am reminded of how fortunate I was to retire early.
All this extra time on my hands has lead to contemplation on my direction in life. The elephant in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-28126982993482472632016-01-11T18:00:00.001-08:002016-01-11T18:02:24.466-08:00
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 7pm to Midnight
Bar Basic - 410 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
I'll have a few postcard 4" x 6" paintings for sale - Hope to see you there!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-1732124397437903322014-11-04T13:03:00.001-08:002014-11-04T13:04:31.924-08:00The best things..
Penny & Penny
I love to paint. The most relaxing time for me is when I'm painting or drawing, no other activities nagging at my brain for me to do. You know that little voice in your head that insists the laundry, dishes, and cleaning up has to be done NOW. When I can get past that ... when I just paint, I can often get to a point where I don't care about theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-50746021477942302082014-11-02T11:29:00.002-08:002016-01-11T18:04:00.891-08:00Zombies, Fun With Makeup... rrrrrghgg
Halloween.... how to get back into the swing of things
I have had mixed feeling toward Halloween for the last 25 years. This year I've put all the bad memories of the day behind me and will look forward to every day as a new beginning. The best way to do that, for me to let go of bad memories? Un-die and live again by becoming a zombie!!
With the help of YouTube, my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-4767315179700122842014-08-10T16:54:00.002-07:002014-08-10T16:54:29.991-07:00Comic-Con 2014 The Odds Were Not In My Favor
I had signed up for the Art Show and had three panels to hang art on.
Walking Dead - Comic-Con 2014
A series of unfortunate events began months before July and hit a crescendo on the days of set-up for the art show. I completely missed out on displaying this year. So close but oh so far. The paintings were sitting and waiting for me to bundle them up and attach their littleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-45371022564282526892014-03-08T22:27:00.000-08:002014-03-08T22:28:18.521-08:00Clearing Out the Cobwebs and Simplifying.. After much thought, I finally closed my AbsoluteArts and CafePress shops.
Not a big deal really because after about fifteen years, I rarely made any sales. I kept telling myself that maybe one day they would generate something to fall back on so that I could just paint. I finally let it go. Letting go is good!
I will continue to use the Etsy Shop because I still like how it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-66372739506594981822013-11-02T19:50:00.000-07:002013-11-02T19:50:11.623-07:00Rolling Along..
Bless me father, for I have sinned. I have not worked on my blog since July. hehh.
OK. I am not a religious person. But that just seemed to fit the mood I got about not working on my blog.
RRReallyyyy?? We're moving again??
Why the title "Rolling Along"??
I have moved twice since September. Yep. And it's only the beginning of November!
It Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-30447263056212090022013-07-20T13:28:00.000-07:002013-07-20T13:28:04.190-07:00Comic-Con Art Show 2013 San Diego, CA
Comic-Con 2013 Art Show - Cindy Rodriguez
I have nine new framed paintings on display and for sale at Comic-Con, in the Sails Pavilion inside the San Diego Convention Center. They're framed in old recycled barn wood, inspired by The Walking Dead and, of course, the walkers in the barn. There are also signed digital photo prints available for sale of some of my other paintings.
If Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-47186136044804784612013-05-19T17:21:00.000-07:002013-05-19T17:23:28.235-07:00At this very moment I'm stuck on a train. There are children behind me that were having a meltdown. They are a little calmer now but I have earphones stuffed into my ears to drown out any other squeaks and squawks that might emit. You know how it is with kids, lots of mood swings.
The train departed 2 1/2 hours late from Emeryville in Northern California. San Diego seems Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-75000109796001678832013-02-10T22:09:00.000-08:002013-02-10T22:09:30.836-08:00
And time goes on....
It's been a long time since I've posted anything. This past year has been more difficult than usual.
Penny - contemplating keyboard
I moved farther away from my day job in order to save money. Paying less rent is a good thing. The trade off is I've now decreased my available time to do anything else but go to work and come home because my commute is now over Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-14100789597173560442012-06-13T07:20:00.000-07:002012-06-13T07:20:18.532-07:00Wallowing through the Sea of Stuck
"Lucid Dream" Cindy Rodriguez
feeling utterly lost
wallowing through the Sea of Stuck
wondering when the curse of this feeble human shell will lift away
creative embers smolder back to fire
blasting their way out of the mind's eye
sparks, gleefully laughing at the past of languishing despair
images trapped inside
finally able to fly free
to live in this world
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-1844225501024855402011-11-09T01:27:00.000-08:002011-11-09T01:27:54.009-08:00Life and stuffMy poor little blog. I have neglected you so. So much has happened since I last posted and I didn't post anything at all.
Plate of Fried Rice and Ketchup face
A few of the changes are that I am now an empty nester, and catless too.
I promise to post by the end of this week. There, I've given myself a deadline.
I think my insomnia is now ending so I can stop obsessing and go to sleep.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-55828686319896446102011-07-22T16:56:00.000-07:002011-07-22T16:56:12.344-07:00Comic-Con 2011 - San Diego
"Home In Time For Dinner" © Cindy Rodriguez
If you are in San Diego at the Comic-Con 2011 (at the San Diego Convention Center) you can view some of my art at the Art Show there. The SDCC Art show is located in the Sails Pavillion area above the Exhibit Hall. I have panels F13 and F14. Comic-Con ends this Sunday, 7/24/11.
Have fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0San Diego, CA, USA32.7153292 -117.1572550999999932.4256327 -117.35807359999998 33.0050257 -116.95643659999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-62376271979775537652011-04-19T22:00:00.000-07:002011-04-19T23:02:26.751-07:00Animal Magnetism, High in the Sky, and Multiplied Up Top
"Dali Cat" © Cindy Rodriguez
Thanks to my fellow Etsians for including some of my art in Treasuries. Let the treasure hunt begin!!
Animal Magnetism - curated by loosewirestudio
High in the sky - curated by TexturesofLife and
Multiplied up top - curated by asthetikdesigns
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-75540126072261212932010-12-04T14:56:00.000-08:002010-12-04T14:56:10.343-08:00Holidays Upon Us
With the holidays fast moving in upon us, I have that sinkingfeeling I get every year -- that feeling of being totally unprepared. It's seems as if each year gets shorter and before you know it it's Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all snowballing over us. My only hope is that next year will be different! But that's where it seems to come down to every time Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-6316267408900755762010-10-17T23:42:00.000-07:002010-10-19T17:44:41.290-07:00Happy cats and cats galore
Mr. Smokey T. Cat
I love this weather! The rain and gray skies make me miss Amsterdam even more.
Works in progress and works completed -
I finished the changes to the painting of my sister's cat.. She had requested that his whiskers be extended and that they droop down farther.
So, now he looks even more sour, if that is at all possible. : )
Miss Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-71725028174398263302010-09-18T17:41:00.000-07:002010-09-18T17:41:30.903-07:00Treasury surprisesToday I awoke to find that two of my fellow Etsy-ans had added a couple of items from my shop to their treasuries.
Please check them out! There are so many wonderful pieces from so many diverse artists on Etsy, and I'm happy to see when like minded art is gathered together.
One of them is zombie themed - "they walk among us" - with a delightfully goulish assortment of gore. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-8508804270363367572010-09-14T22:40:00.000-07:002010-09-19T21:40:07.060-07:00Mr. Smokey T. Cat - A work in progressI'm working on a painting of my sister's cat, Smokey.
Smokey has a very sour expression. He has always been an odd cat, and I don't mean that in a mean way. He just reminds me of an old man with a very cantankerous personality. One very unsettling thing that he does is he stands up on his hind legs and opens doors.. Imagine you're visiting, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-26486370193170035842010-07-15T13:32:00.000-07:002010-07-15T13:32:56.121-07:00Lunch BreakI'm taking a quick lunch break from painting. Here's one that I'm working on for the San Diego Undead Art Show coming up on July 24th. My lunch was a plain cheese sandwich and some coffee. More coffee for me please.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-11603633482755744642010-07-06T23:37:00.001-07:002010-07-07T00:44:34.733-07:00Small things and side notesFrank is a french bulldog that I never met. His pictures graced my daughter's phone, as he is the pet of one of her friends. It was love at first sight when I saw the pictures of Frankie and I just had to paint him. I only had time to paint something small, about 2"x3", before my daughter's friend moved away to San Francisco. I'm very happy that this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-44279805895258656802010-06-27T20:24:00.000-07:002010-06-28T00:38:27.744-07:00San Diego Undead Show and Comic ConOn Saturday, July 24 - The San Diego Undead Show, a Group Art Show and Interactive Video Game will invade the night. It will start at 6pm and end around midnight, while the undead scuttle along the streets. Over 50 artists, myself included, will be displaying our art at - Visual Art Supply - 3524 Adams Ave., San Diego, CA. Attendees will be able to play Dark Vomit and Bret Barrett's interactive Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270117117619418560.post-91492699762163945902010-01-16T22:22:00.000-08:002010-01-17T00:20:20.236-08:00The twitching in my thumb and other side trackings Sometimes it seems like everything gets side tracked. A big bunch of things that clump together into one time blob that won't let you pass.For me, one of these things is my twitching right thumb. It's been twitching for over a week now, such a long time that its driving me nuts! As it dances along the space bar, jiggling and wiggling to it's own music, I can only hope that it'll stop or, that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17383704140821920016noreply@blogger.com