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what u talkin'about? willis

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About Me

current shows:Violette 212 1st ave south thru june~~~~~~~~~~~Pop Santa Fe 133 West Water st Sante Fe NM 87501 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxT he Hurricane (Mississppi Casino Wreck) 2005 acrylic/canvas ..Snow Ghost 2003 acrylic/canvas (sold)Window Shopping 2001 acrylic/canvas Balloons 2005 acrylic/panel (sold)Skye 2005 arcylic/canvas (sold)Laura in Praha 2005 acrylic/canvas (sold)Lost in Fez 2004 acrylic/paneli am a painter, my friends are always very sweetly letting me paint them! i like czech beer, calvados, euro style hiking- (which means hiking for beer!) artists i can't get enough of: a. mucha, e. shiele, m. ryden,Inka Essenhigh,Cecily Brown,Francis Bacon, Jan Hisek, David Cerny,Neo Rauch,PaperRad,Keith Tilford,M.Ryden, Aubrey Beardsley, Geiger , Lucian Freud, W.Morris, S. Mcneil, Carravagio, M.Barney.... music is important for art making, and thus some music i like coltrane, stereolab, blondredhead, stephen fandrich, yeahsx3 , joy division, wire, felt, grisgris, death from above 1979 , modest mouse, shins, germs, runaways, robert johnson,gossip,stufjan stevens, os mutantes..... i am a walk a holic and there is wanderlust in my heart. i have lived in seattle *(born and raised,) but bits of my person have been left in sydney and prague. i have illustrated a book and well, it was a wonderful thing i enjoy random dance moves, making the world a spazzier place, bunnies and cats, and my semi domesticated hummingbird that visits my balcony. i also like to make clothes and am knowledgable in the art of book binding, impressions of old actors and enjoy having wee salons of friends at my abode to eat drink and be merry with. i speak french and czech besides english, i also greatly enjoy kinder eggs and japanese packaging of junk food.

My Interests

art, people, good yarns, real ghost stories, walking about, beer, live music, travelling.... check out my website! http://caitwillis.com/

I'd like to meet:

like -minded spazzy sweet boo teeful people for friendship and perhaps traveling companions.. art making peeps please, do apply*Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.*Band of Outsiders

Music:

see above but hey there is always more! devendra banhart, germs louie armstrong raincoats gossip der plan go team too, early belle and sebastian, a frames, billie holiday, zoviet france, the make-up, brian eno, stooges, david bowie, the vells, dogs die in hot cars, cocteau twins, interpol, arcade fire, t-rex, edith piaf, x, siouxie and the banshees, lustmord, black mountain, antony and the johnsons, pavement, leonard cohen, them the kinks!!!! the microphones, mirah, slumber party, lawnmowers, x ray spex.......

Movies:

breathless.. jean seberg! she is timeless la dolce vita that is the life! suspiria- you can do horror and faboo fashion at the same time!band of outsiders.. the brothers quay, hitchcock's films, hiroshima mon amour, battle royale,

Television:

absolutely fabulous,
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the office, lost, footballers wives, little Britain i actually like films better!

Books:

1984, anything by knut hansen, esp. pan, murakami, geek love, the tin drum, the unbearable lightness of being, all hp lovecraft, william gibson, some of henry miller,Mary Gaitskill,Jt Leroy (not), Joan Didion, Faulkner! George Sands! David Sedaris! On the Road, the poet Lawerence Ferlinghetti, Graham Greene, the wizard of oz.....

Heroes:

che guervera, emily carr,benjamin franklin, dorothy parker, andy warhol, martin luther king jr, anais nin, dare wright, remedios varos, frida kahlo, milan kundera.....