| Thursday, September 25th, 2008 |
| 8:25 pm |
Salesman (Snake Oil)
Hey! Long time no see. I made some screenprints and they are for sale on etsy so if you like cheap art feel free to go buy them! I am living well below the poverty line and it sure would be a treat for me to buy some coffee without feeling like I was drinking my rent money! : ) But seriously. Take a look, anyways! http://beautyislikeyeah.etsy.comAlso, feel free to stop by my nearly completed website: http://www.beautyislikeyeah.comMiss youuuu, Love, Ryan V Lower |
| Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 |
| 12:17 am |
Flying Blanket
 made this today for www.illustrationfriday.com, the theme this week was 'blanket'. |
| Thursday, January 24th, 2008 |
| 11:19 pm |
one big thing, and one small thing
lets start big and scale back from there.  i am engaged to marry this beautiful girl. can you even believe it? i remember when this picture was taken and even in my memory the picture is blurred, like it was too pure for some feeble instrument- camera or eye- to focus on for long enough to really get a grasp on it. that was two years ago, and now she is wearing a ring that means she is MINE! of all the wonderful things that girl has been in her life- i can't believe that now 'mine' is being added to the list. : ) next, a small something from my sketchbook.  lately, i have realized that naked is one of my favorite talking heads album-- mostly because david byrne sounds like he is singing while he cooks or while he drives to work. like he doesn't expect that anyone can hear him and so he is free to sing however he wants. |
| Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 |
| 9:56 pm |
some new art, some old art, some pictures of my dog
 this is my most recent drawing- it is about 22x30, ink on paper. there are some details and several older paintings under the cut! ( more! ) does anyone remember this dog? i took him to the groomer and they gave me this dog instead.  he is acting like tobias but something just isn't quite... right. |
| Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 |
| 10:53 am |
welcome to art school:
honestly, after reading this comic you will understand what it is like to be in art school. that someone could distill it down to 4 panels is a testament to his talent. please read this incredible webcomic at http://www.wetherobots.com.  |
| Friday, December 7th, 2007 |
| 8:39 am |
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| Monday, December 3rd, 2007 |
| 9:01 pm |
First Juried Exhibition...
 and i won a prize! i guess around 120 people submitted work, about 25 got in, and 4 of us got $100 dollar gift certificates! i didn't think i was going to be this excited but it was so nice to see my parents and get to share it with them, and to have people actually looking at my work for more than a split second. : ) the only thing that could have made it better would be if my baby had been here. a couple more pictures after the jump. ( more ) |
| Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
| 9:39 pm |
 my baby came to visit for thanksgiving, here are some pictures. : ) ( i love her. ) also, the drawing in this picture is 22x30 and now that it is finished it doesnt have an inch of blank space! come see it in the Harry Wood Gallery at ASU on December 3rd between 7-9pm, or anytime afterwards until the beginning of January! |
| Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 |
| 7:58 pm |
actual, physical (digital) proof of love:
My baby wrote this about a build-a-bear we made for her before she left for minnesota the first time more than 4 years ago. When I go to sleep at night he is asleep, too, in my arms. For now he is saving your spot, keeping it warm. Most times when I wake up he is still there. Other times when I wake up I find him having escaped to my bedroom floor. Or stuck in-between my bed and the wall, mid-escape. Maybe I miss you extra those nights. Maybe I hold him too tight. We made him the day before I moved away - our first date. His birth certificate, the one that came with him in his cardboard home, says he was born on July 7, 2004. I still have it. It's safe in my flowery hat box, the one that smells like your cologne when I open it. It's there with dried flowers, movie ticket stubs, letters from you, drawings from you, letters with drawings on them from you, a trick ice cream cone, cards, mix cds, polaroids, other pictures, pamphlets from the plays we went to, a stub from the first night we "hung out," the not valentine card that asked me to not be your valentine, the paper that was stuck in the bouquet you had delivered to me for our one month anniversary (it was capitalized uniformly to show you care). Inside him there is a little, red, faux-silk heart that we each kissed while making a wish. That was almost four years ago. I don't remember exactly what it was that I wished. That's okay. I Know It's Coming True Every Time You Tell Me You Love Me.
I love her so, so much. |
| Monday, October 8th, 2007 |
| 11:06 am |
some words, a connecting of dots
i am skipping class because i didnt study enough for a test. sigh. i am listening to mark mathis and it makes me devin-sick. that kid is just so incredible. you should hear what he is working on now- it is completely unexpected in how it sounds (really commercial and marketable- and still somehow genuine) but there are really huge things happening with it and god really seems to be blessing it which is all anyone can really ask. www.myspace.com/aswannorth is their site. soul and messiah are both really classy acts and you should give them the courtesy of listening to the full songs. i hope i see him again soon, god-willing. i think god-willing is one of the most beautiful things a person can say. it means you are asking him permission. it makes any sentence into a prayer and we could all use more of that. i miss my girl too. we aren't nice to each other sometimes but really we are being not nice to all the space between us. there is just so much of it that it gets hard to remember that there is plenty of love to fill all that space. it can stand shoulder to shoulder and probably even take the long way around. i painted her this yesterday and someday we will live there together.  also, john k. samson and the weakerthans came to visit me(us) in tempe a little over a week ago and i think it changed me. before i was a worm and now i am a moth or some such thing. so now, i will spread my moth wings and fly, god-willing. |
| Saturday, September 15th, 2007 |
| 10:28 pm |
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| Thursday, August 30th, 2007 |
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| Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 |
| 1:49 pm |
what a slap in the forehead
either i am feeling extra-sensitive today or these people are playing those chords that david knew (you know, the ones that pleased the Lord.) i just watched this video and was borderline crying by the end, i was so moved. its feist playing 1234 with members of broken social scene, the national, the new pornographers, mates of state, and otheres backing her up. |
| Monday, August 20th, 2007 |
| 4:35 pm |
Quarterly Earnings Report
I wrote a long-winded post to inform you of all my goings on but lets just talk about whats really important instead. I really miss my girl a whole lot. There are plenty of good things but there is just a great grey girl-shaped cloud over it all. Beyond that, 'I just can't find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read'. |
| Saturday, May 19th, 2007 |
| 7:36 pm |
for all the people so far away from me:
just so you know- if you were curious- my life is wonderful. i have a good job, a beautiful girlfriend, two best friends (one near and one far) and too many reasons to be happy for me to count. i have been doing art more lately, taken a vacation to (hopefully) my future home. i might be recording something this summer with my good friends brandon and bob, which is really exciting for me- even though i know music is not my gift- it is still something i wring so much joy out of. i know i never tell any of you- and it is so easy to not believe me when i say it like this to anybody and everybody- but i promise i love you so much. Current Music: mark mathis |
| Friday, February 2nd, 2007 |
| 12:20 pm |
O in the morning, I stumble
i don't have a lot to say. life is mostly good but sometimes its just so hard. i have been keeping up with my other blog for the most part... http://beautyislikeyeah.blogspot.comi wish i could magically have people who wanted to pay me to draw for a living so that i could quit school and get on with it already. Current Mood:  grumpy |
| Friday, January 5th, 2007 |
| 11:03 pm |
new years
this year has been good to me so far. i have only two resolutions: 1. no buying fast food (including coffee) and 2. make and post a drawing everyday. in order to keep resolution number 1 i cooked this today (from scratch):  and in order to keep resolution number 2 i posted here today: http://beautyislikeyeah.blogspot.comthis weekend i am going to prescott with my girl, and its going to be great. : ) |
| Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 |
| 12:36 am |
LISTEN UP!
as a part of my new year's resolution, i will be posting a drawing of some sort every single flippin' day at the following site: life is good, i am going to take my girl to zoolights tomorrow and i will be getting a raise at work soon. i am sorry i am not a better friend and i dont call anyone or reach out. i miss my best good friend devin. if i didnt have my girl i dont know what i would do. |
| Thursday, December 21st, 2006 |
| 11:07 am |
The Oasis Part 3: These are the water and the green grass.
I will keep this short. Life is very good when you have lots of time to spend with your girl and your friends. (Even though i really only hang out with the one friend who lives with me.) It will take 3 pictures to explain what makes me happiest lately. Good:  Better:  Best:  The end of my posts today. And probably the week. Miss you! |
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