EyeCandyStudio

I am a soon-to-be 35 y.o. chicky livin in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I live all by myself and like it that way.

I try to work in my art journal every day. I like to paint. Recently I have been making art dolls and learning to belly dance.

I sometimes teach art classes at a local gallery and I peddle lotion and perfume at Bath & Body Works to pay the rent.

I don't have a car, so I walk or take the bus or ride my baby blue cruiser. I am always picking up things that I see: feathers, scribbled notes, bottle caps, etc. I like to use the things I find in my journals and other art work.

People are always telling me I should write a book about my life.

I've traveled all over the U.S., homeschooled my son, owned my own art gallery, sang for a punk rock band, wrote a regular column for an anarchist newspaper, I have 15 tattoos (and want more) and well, what else would you like to know?

Things that I collect: mannequins, ceramic hands, keys, art of all kinds, anything with cupcakes on it.

Colors: All shades of pink, teal blue, brown, deep red.

Scents: Vanilla, amber, coconut, sandalwood.

Artists: Mark Ryden, Glen Barr, Sylvia Jai, Frida Kahlo, Camille Rose Garcia.

Around the house: Teacups, candles, gilded picture frames, incense and oils.

Bands/musicians: David Bowie, The White Stripes, Tom Waits.

Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Velvet Goldmine, The Royal Tenebaums.

Books and authors: Cruddy by Lynda Barry, Lisa Carver, Bukowski, Anais Nin, J.D. Salinger, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers.

Edibles: I love gourmet chocolates and coffee. I like milk chocolate and dark roast coffee the best.

I collect and use all kinds of ephemera. I am particularly fond of fortunes of all kinds, foreign text, wallpaper samples, antomical diagrams, and interesting clippings from text books and old children's books.

Anything that I can use for my art dolls would be greatly appreciated! Stuff like: Brads, interesting bits of string and yarn, small charms of all kinds, beads, sequins, ribbon, lace, scraps of pretty fabric, and so on.

I love anything to do with the Day of the Dead, Gypsies and sideshow freaks, especially tattooed ladies.

I would love to find a couple of dedicated pen pals on here to trade letters and packages with regularly. P.M. me if interested.