Summer 2020
June 20th, 2020
Its Saturday! And its the longest day of the year! Sunset is 8:47pm
Right now its 3:57pm
Art work
Happy Summer Solstice!
Sunday June 21st, 2020
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, or honorary dads too
Rabbits!
Whats the “collage” on it?
Sunday June 21st, 2020
Rice Paper Art ~ Dragon Stamps
To be cut~
Two types of Dragon Ink Stamps
(One by me, one with the design re-done by Nat)
Thursday June 25th, 2020
My dusty rose fuzzy flip~flops & my pastel~rainbow dancing ribbon
#Takingbacktherainbow
Three gorgeous girlie photographs
You should see me dancing~
I can keep my balance really really well
~I work outside~
Thursday June 25th, 2020
Pet Family Portrait~
Drawing by their mommy
(Petey is portrayed as a cat)
Jerry is hanging out!
Jerry is resting in the cat spot of the home office/studio
Of course he’s happy… his mom made cat art!!!
(They were already nuts about all the rabbits; they look at the cards and try to mark them, even! I prefer my cards spit-free, thank you!))
a little fuzzy..
There’s Jaqui with her tail, above her is Petey as a cat, then Fils in the middle, Maddy to the right, and Jerry placed above
little quirks
cat sheet!
Thursday June 25th, 2020
LOVE LETTER TEMPLATE
For a Love, friend, family member
Saturday June 27th, 2020
New rice paper page~
marker art~
NinKatia Love Story
Page 16 ~ Orangy
Drawing!
Sunday June 28th, 2020
New rice paper page~
marker art~
NinKatia Love Story
Page 17 ~ The Pink Garden…
Tuesday June 30th, 2020
Dress deck card ~ new
Miss Arcana Two got a redo~ I redressed her… to make a beautiful portrait of a man in shadow… one of mine
Is it Nin? Tsi? Alexandria….?
Is he coming out of the shade?
Wednesday July 1st, 2020
July 2nd, 2020
Saturday July 4th, 2020
“DDiamonds”
These crystals are called diamonds
~in gemological classification
They are rough crystals~ not polished~ they have value based on their rarity~ the uniqueness of the sample
Saturday July 4th, 2020
Nin’s KatiaNin chck stuff
Monday July 6th, 2020
Gallery : Self-Portrait Artcard in Blue Yellow Purple
Dads’ Deck~ Request for more faces
Thursday July 9th, 2020
Artcard : Portrait of Jade
Dads’ Deck~ Request for more faces… T.J. Oshie!
side by side
Friday July 10th, 2020
I have been working very hard; for a very long time…
I’ve sent hundreds of mailers with my artcards, letters, and original pieces…
…to museums all over the world
“from Canadian artist Alicia Surveyer”
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
The Frick Collection, New York City, USA
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada
State Hermitage, The Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Musei Vaticani, Rome, Italy
Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, USA
China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Moghadam Museum of Art & Antiquities, Tehran, Iran
Agency for cultural affairs, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks, NSW, Australia
Fundaciõ Joan Mirò, Barcelona, Spain
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, USA
São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy
Friday July 10th, 2020
NinKatia Rice Paper p.18
I re~worked my friend Rupert’s design~
He made us special printed kleenex boxes for our house
…he owns the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France!
He is an incredibly talented artist, if you can get him to make…
…he made huge sculptures (years ago) that are in St-Joseph’s Oratory, here in Montreal!
~in the window
Saturday July 11th, 2020
“Roamin’ Bath”
Why are you hanging out in the bathtub, Maddy?
Madelaine The Loveliest
Pachyderm thinks its funny
Sunday July 12th, 2020
Dads’ Deck 4×6
Magical Unicorn Prince & His Kingdom
also…
I finished Volume One of the NinKatia book~
Its a big (yet thin) hardcover picture book!
Art teacher notes,,,, from teacher Alicia;
Tuesday July 14th, 2020
Dads’ Deck 4×6
Magical Unicorn Princess (& His Kingdom)
As all things nice for Dads, the Unicorn Prince needed a Princess~ to help him protect & rule his Kingdom…
Wednesday July 15th, 2020
I drew another little critter card~
Its a squirrel with an acorn
My pink purse, new colorful shirt, & heart case are in this photograph~
(with the card)
I keep artcards in that heart case!
Wednesday July 15th, 2020
I drew another -Dads Deck 4by6- card~
There’s two earrings this time, both mine
They are really gold, navy blue, and deep turquoise green
Thursday July 16th, 2020
Museum-mailer ready to go, off to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, today~
(that’s 25 museums, internationally) (plus the Canada Post stamp program, equals 26)
Saturday July 18th, 2020
Rice Paper Stamped Little Artworks~
~with Nat Lagden’s version of the “Asia dragon”
Her graphic was made into a black self-inking stamp(by me)
Sunday July 19th, 2020
I made a beautiful drawing of a fiery horse on a card~ this was in public… catch an artist at work….?
…She speaks
Yesterday: “Just finished my birthday dinner (& cake) at Ristorante La Famiglia Acquapendente!”
Sunday July 19th, 2020
I saw another super sweet rabbit outside, on the way home~ (from my birthday dinner, where I drew the fiery horse above)
They look like my cat, by their wild tawny coloring, , and they always get charmed by Mrs Queen Alicia
(I can get close, & get them listening & watching)
I took some photos yesterday night
I drew the rabbit by memory… they are so sweet
Sunday July 19th, 2020
Another drawing from last night (when I got home)… its the Horse Prince
Spotted!~
Sunday July 19th, 2020
“Come here”
“Why?”
Tuesday July 21st, 2020
From yesterday:
“I am drawing and eating Italian at Maurizio’s!
In Spain! And you can get hamburgers & fries!!!! Lol
Today’s my bday….”
There’s two!
One is actually the bracelet I was wearing,,,, the other the drawing, in black and white
There are shadows of my very long fingernails & cell phone all over! (because of the lighting there)
There’s the bracelet
Madeleine was in charge of the photoshoot today~
Little white paws…. of happiness!
art & words
Rolling over… sweet kitty
clear view of the card; on a contrasting background
NinKatia Lovestory
by Alicia Surveyer
Sneak peek
Tuesday July 21st, 2020
this is a very famous old french song… as old as the record player~
Wednesday July 22nd, 2020
Gallery: Prints to come, in their digital, graphic~design, layout.
Big 2~sided “Tableaux”~series postcard
Another big postcard…..
…reverse side
Thursday July 23rd, 2020
Dads’ Deck 4by6
Gallery : Queen Athena Aurora & Her Secret.
~it goes on forever
also….
Aw, look see how nice I am ~
Friday July 24th 2020
She’s not the prettiest anymore !
Lilith Klimt says: “I’m taking a bath, I won’t be long!”
This small Klimt painting, even though to me she looks somewhat fierce,,,, was actually called “the prettiest” even by my art-loving Eddie! In paint!
It was an artistic consensus in our very artistic family!
A Bubs & a Klimt side-by-side
Now I’m told that my fierce-looking Princess, Athena Aurora, the newest contender, drawn just yesterday, takes the title!
…but where’s Prince Charming?
Friday July 24th 2020
Dress Deck x Dads Deck 4×6
These two go together!
I’m playing cards~
Scopa! ♤♡◇♧ (Italian for cards)
…..scopo
(purpose)
Saturday July 25th 2020
Gallery : LOTUS Crystals plus Rainbow Quartz
263g Rainbow Aura Natural White Quartz Crystal Cluster (Titanium irradiation)
Water Lily Diamonds… the best diamonds in the world.
How did they come to me?
blue one
purple one
there’s a yellow one
Titanium Quartz Cluster
…it grew wild!
Tuesday July 28th 2020
Gallery: Giant flower bouquet in red white & pink
54 photographs of my very big bouquet of flowers~
I chose two bouquets & combined them… budgeted in.. & bought.. for Alicia Photographs!
…who knew flowers could be enjoyed that much?
Tuesday July 28th 2020
Dress Deck Artcard~ from drawing in the evening, yesterday
Its called “Crystal-Heart Idyll”
set on the peacock satin
Crystal~Heart Idyll
Wednesday July 29th 2020
Dads’ Deck 4by6 Artcard~ from drawing in the evening, yesterday
Its called “Kingdom Butterfly”
photographed on my special piece of purple cotton fabric
Thursday July 30th 2020
Dads’ Deck 4by6 Artcard~ from drawing in the evening, yesterday
Its called “La Vie en Rose (bird with a heart)”
~marker drawing by Alicia Surveyer
Friday July 31st 2020
5 more pics of my “everlasting” mums~
I still have the bouquet I bought myself….
These 5 photos are shot from the other side~
they look so happy
Saturday August 1st 2020
Two artcards in green only~
Green flower& leaf art~….
~some photos.. after my ravioli
shadows… & fingernail shadows!
Today~ Saturday~ in the light of day
1-2
simple…
(for me)
…yet beautiful
Sunday August 2nd 2020
Grotesque (Medusa)
Too scary?
Sunday August 2nd 2020
Two new artcards from yesterday evening~ Dads’ Deck 4by6
Blue Daisy Moon Landscapes ♡♡
…also, my blue~eyelash paper cut ♡♡
Yesterday before dinner I got the guys some flower bouquets; hence a blue daisy integrated into my creative landscapes.
Dads’ Deck Art… is Dad Appreciation (& love) Art!
There’s trees in this drawing, lol
~looks like my big nature paintings
Monday August 3rd 2020
Rice paper Art painting~ from drawing last night
Bird of Paradise Flower ♡♡
Also,,,, different light effects & colors,,,, & even the back of the drawing ♡♡
Look closely to see the edge of the translucent paper
Shinto
(new nickname for the style)
In the window, to pick up the light
~more light
~the back of the drawing!
In front of the lamp~
for more fiery light effects
Edited shot of the paper
~there’s my inspiration!!
Tuesday August 4th 2020
Second rice paper Art painting~ I was drawing again last night
Frost on a flower branch;
Iced cherry blossoms ♡♡
Its on an uneven piece of paper
I chose to present these that way~ on an uneven piece of rice paper that I cut from my roll
In the window~
In the lamp
Wednesday August 5th 2020
I was drawing again at Maurizio’s yesterday evening
“Blue Spruce”
This drawing is only with blue, and the white of the card-stock paper. Yet you can see the moonlight. There’s no snow; its not winter; there’s grass. The tree’s boughs show their needle branches. This tree thrives.
Thursday August 6th 2020
I was drawing again last night
I made two Dads’ Deck artcards & another rice paper “painting” of the willow tree that used to be at Stewart Hall (its actually drawing that is like painting)
There’s my lips eating a strawberry… & a very delicious situation~
what’s back there?
Willow tree branches
Sunday August 9th 2020
I was drawing again
…another rice paper “painting” (its actually drawing that is like painting)
Bird of Paradise Flower #2
Fils calls it “Le Monsieur”
(“Maman, fais tes travaux, mets le monsieur..”)
high sun in the window
That’s my roll of rice paper in the picture
August & everything after
Sunday August 9th 2020
This drawing is from 2 days ago
I started something… then I finished it
I was in a sad mood… it somehow became a portrait of Fils!
“C’est impératif que tu montres ce dessin là, et après sers-le comme les autres; ils sont tous importants tes dessins maman-migre.”
Tuesday August 11th 2020
This drawing is from last night
Lady Rainbow Unicorn~ rice paper art. I reworked something Adrian made!!! It was a painting on a die!
Lady Rainbow Unicorn
Thurday August 13th 2020
Portrait (5×7) of Mikhail Baryshnikov, gentleman
When I drew this yesterday, I wan’t sure if I should “finish” it more or stop… more details; more fill; better accuracy in the portrait~
Mikhail Baryshnikov is an artist, an art teacher, a ballet dancer, an actor, a curator, and a gentleman. He has a very striking gaze; like me, and my father! Its the striking eyes; but not only~ its the way they are looking
5×7 Dress Deck Portrait
Thurday August 13th 2020
Dads’ Deck 4by6
Delicious red apple in the dark~
Its in the dark
~This is really the best digital photo image of it that I could get without reflections
08/14/2020
Saturday August 15th 2020
Dads’ Deck 4by6
**markers
Two cats talking outside in the garden
…based on my birthday card painted by Keanu Reeves
Monday August 17th 2020
Nicest mailers
To Paris
Tuesday August 18th 2020
I took a few shots of my cat~lion, Fils, yesterday before bed
Bon Petit Lion! Rémy est bon!
Fils est assit en étroit
Il fait les oreilles…
Rémy est un chat de race; un abyssin
Tigre fait ses griffes! Il se fléchit pour sa mère qui prend des photos!
Tuesday August 18th 2020
I’ve expanded again… another museum,,,, I sent my work to the Art Institute of Chicago, in Illinois (United States)
Tuesday August 18th 2020
New Postcard Designs, Fall 2020
Previews… against my best (secretive) intentions… my design mock-ups!
Wednesday August 19th 2020
Adrian’s new ring~
…against Adrian’s best secretive fashion and love intentions… I present it!
I made it~
(I had it made, too~)
I drew it~
Plus blue diamonds of all kinds
☆♡♤◇
That’s me
Thursday August 20th 2020
All in a day’s work~
Photos of 2 beautiful art mailers to Italy… I present them!
I made it~
Venice
Vatican, Rome
Friday August 21st 2020
Ragazza, ragazzi~
New bouquet of flowers!!!!
××××
Sunday August 23rd 2020
Ragazza, ragazzi~
~more photos of my bouquet
♡minus the pink rose
××××
Girlie Pink Flower Bouquet Set #2
The daisies are white & light pink
On the left are the pink carnations; but they are a very special shade
The carnations are a cool tone, mauve pink
Ragazzi, ragazzi..
elephant
Sunday August 23rd 2020
…when I painted the emblem of the order of the Sikhs
oval-shaped canvas…
…set on a scarf
dramatic & strong
Tuesday August 25th 2020
Blue Parakeet in a Tree… His name is Tweet!
~I was drawing last night
♡Dads’ Deck 4by36
××××
My Tweet artcard is photographed on a floral scarf
~in a tree
Fils says: C’est le plus beau
C’est un mâle
C’est à nous
Wednesday August 26th 2020
“…I lost my teeth”
This is a box of square-shaped crystals from Adrian….
♡…he made & painted the box
I found them available for sale!
There’s lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye, jasper, amethyst, rose quartz,,,,,
××××
~lots of stuff in this photo
crystals and a pretty box
“…cost me an arm & a leg”
Thurssday August 27th 2020
Last night, before bed, I drew a jaguaress
♡She is dressed dapper in her spots!
Jaguars live in South America
××××
Jaguars are one of the big cats
Friday September 4th 2020
51 bpm!!!
Et cela en arrivant à la machine de pouls en mode stressée!!
J’ai pris un gros soupir, par example!
Bonne! Bonne Panthère!!
Saturday September5th 2020
Photos from last night
Mommy found a feather~
It measures 11 & a half inches! I found it outside,,,, somewhere I was foot~stepping…
Thanks for letting me take your picture, Jerry!
Saturday September 5th 2020
This one was from about a month ago~
It’s from a snowy owl; a very special privilege~ to have found a feather like this~
Saturday September 5th 2020
Here they are again~
Just now
Thursday September 10th 2020
Fils… & Petey!!!
In the kitchen ~
Friday September 11th 2020
I was drawing last night~
…on rice paper
King Unicorn
set on a special purple piece of cloth
King Unicorn
(~there was a Queen, before!)
Friday September 11th 2020
…are these glass apatites?
You would call them; arts
Just kidding… they would fall under the category of gems called aquamarines; they would just be referred to as aquamarines
Sunday September 13th 2020
I was drawing again last night~ ☆
New card, Dads’ Deck 4by6
Why is it a star?
Its a redo, but with a different color palette… like Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series
…& like my two Vermillion Lake paintings!
Blue Lotus Lilypad Garden version 2
4×6 card
markers
2020 Dads’ Deck
v1
v2
Sunday September 13th 2020
I was designing again~ ☆☆☆☆
Jaguaress Postcard Front Side
Jaguaress Postcard Reverse Side
King Unicorn Postcard Front Side
King Unicorn Postcard Reverse Side
Monday September 14th 2020
I was drawing again last night~ ☆
2 new cards, Dads’ Deck 4by6
Why is it a star?
I continued,,,, with the same color palette… I made two Acra Magenta balloon flower cards
Unlike Fauve art, that uses red & other hot colors, my drawings have a cool blue, a cool purple, & magenta instead of red.
balloon flowers
3 drawings with all the same colors
my fiancés/husbands/boyfriends/bffs (whatever you want to call them) love sitting with me when I draw~ ☆
Thursday September 17th 2020
Okay, okay,,,,, bof… you can see my earrings
Just kidding!~ ☆
These are my butterfly earrings that got drawn on a Dads’ Deck artcard☆☆
~army detail
Friday September 18th 2020
I was drawing again last night~ ☆
A black & white card ○☆☆
my drawing of a wave & the ocean at night~
there is the full moon & two bright stars~
I placed the drawing on a leopard-print kerchief for these photographs of it~
Saturday September 19th 2020
Where are Nin’s magic rings? ○☆☆
Sunday September 20th 2020
Where are Nin’s magic rings? ○☆☆
Nin prefers not to show them… so here is a photograph of my bracelet…
I added a new charm to it~
Monday September 21st 2020
I was drawing again last night
Dads’ Deck 4by6
Princess Rainbow Unicorn & Balloon Flowers by Sunny
