Pix of me with a long "slither cut"

One of the projects I started in 2008 and will continue in 2009 is putting lots of my old photos online - not only me, but mainly trips, pets, scenery, artwork, friends, places I've lived, etc., etc. I almost got into scrapbooking, but then didn't do it, and now blogs seem much better for me. Anyway, here I am with long hair and a slither cut on June 17, 1990. I scanned these from Polaroids, and I'd written the date on them. One of the problems with a lot of the old photos I want to upload is that there's no date. On the wall behind me is the corner of a huge painting I did of a dragon. I sure fit a lot of things into that tiny room. I lived there in one room and a closet for about 4 years and made a lifelong friend in Jane, who I owe a phone call or letter! I'm writing this on December 28, 2008, but I'm posting it, as usual, as of the date of the pictures.

I'd just lost some weight (a constant project), and was feeling very good. Janet, one of the people I'd had as a housemate in a crazy big Victorian with too many people living in it was an excellent beautician, and I'd finally let someone cut my hair. She came up with the slither cut, which gave me curls I didn't know I had. What a surprise! It was fun. I took these pix of myself while renting a room from Jane on Pueblo Street in Santa Barara, after I'd moved out of the crazy house with too many people.

July: Gray Collage with Fish

The bit of photo in the upper right is a picture I took and printed in Santa Barbara at Sanctuary House. I'd found some shark cartelage on the beach that day. It was huge - maybe 15 or 20 feet long. Someone said it could have been a nurse shark or basking shark. Thee was also a lot of kelp nearby. I was fascinated with shapes of the shark, so unusual, because they're rarely seen on land. The wide blob of paint to the left of the hand feeding the skull is silver, and looks better in real life. I feel like I did this one on the floor in the upstairs apartment on West Valerio (?) Street. Dates and locations will probably come together as I post more artwork. (This is the beginning of what I hope will turn out to be quite a bit of archiving paper onto the blog.)

(Dated July 1986 / Posted September 7, 2009)

September: The Bag Children

Kristene and Eric. Always inventive.

"Outer Garments"

Outer Garments

by Sheryl Todd

Collage on Paper with Paint

February 7, 1983 ~ Corona, California

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"Zebra Arcade"

Zebra Arcade
by Sheryl Todd
Collage on Paper with Paint
September 17, 1979 ~ Los Angeles

Andy always like this collage and connected it with the a band some of his friends were in called Zoo Drive. (Joan Rivers got the name of the band wrong, it's "Zoo Drive," not "Magritte.") It's not a great clip. Here's lead singer Paul Delph in a much better video of "Down Here on Earth." Just today (June 15, 2010) Andy made a prototype from the collage for, hopefully, a CD cover. Hopefully there will be a chance to put an album of retrospective material together. You can see what Andy did with it here.

I remember Paul Delph and several other members of the band standing in my kitchen on Durango Avenue. Paul was in blue overalls and was talking about Zoo Drive. He was a great friend of Andy's and a cool guy. So I hope this project goes - for Andy's sake, Paul's memory, and not just because I might get my zebra on the cover. Here's the site that Andy made for Paul. If you want to listen to one song, I suggest, "A God that Can Dance."

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