InsaneJournal

late Christmas gift
I e-mailed my sister about how it had hurt my feelings when she told me I had embarrassed her and that I felt like I needed encouragement more than correction at this time.  She apologized so I guess we’re okay though I’m a little nervous about the upcoming holiday.  I’m off on July 4^th so I guess if I’m invited to any kind of family thing I need to try to go but either not drink at all or limit myself to two glasses at the most.  I feel like I always have to watch myself and keep a rigid control over myself though I guess that’s what everyone has to do if they want to function in the world. 

Last Monday, I had off from work and I did some painting for the first time in ages and finished my sister’s Christmas gift.  I like to give multi-part gifts and since my sister has been fascinated by Batgirl since we were children the first part of her gift (which I actually gave her in December) was a collection of Batgirl stories from the 60’s. 

The second part (which I finished last week) was a sort of Batgirl/Marie Antoinette painting.  The basic concept of the painting owes a lot to Ray Caesar, a digital artist who uses a lot of Batgirl and Catwoman type imagery, but it’s pretty much in my own style which is much more low-tech/decorative/folk art derived.