I’ve been working on art less than I was this past fall and winter– my love of gardening has been rekindled, and now that we have the space for it, and I’m not pregnant or caring for a newborn, I’ve dived back in. That’s what I’ve been doing while my son’s sleeping during the day– […]Read Post ›
Life with a small kid (and probably a big one, too) means constant change. My son is almost ten months old, and sometimes I feel like it’s been years since my old life. Yes, “old life”, because it truthfully feels like another time. And I was expecting (because I’ve been told a million times “What […]Read Post ›
While it may seem like I haven’t been making much art, the opposite is true. I’ve actually been in deep on a larger commission. A friend asked me to illustrate the four seasons, as they are experienced here in the Northeastern US. The composition is around 22″ x 28″, which for a watercolor drawing (and […]Read Post ›
I opened an Etsy shop today! https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlisonLeeChapmanArt I’m offering glicee prints of some of my illustrations. I will be offering more soon, depending on demand. Let me know what you think!
I keep reading and hearing things about how babies develop routines after a few months, and mothers go back to work, or work from home, or really just resume some kind of normalcy in their lives. I haven’t had that experience yet. Our son has had a three-week long sleep regression, which means he wakes […]Read Post ›
This summer has been unbearably hot. So far, there have been six heat waves in Philadelphia, with the high humidity like a wet, hot towel wrapped around my head. This is also my first summer with a baby, and he’s changed everything about summer life. We’ve been indoors a lot, listening to our air conditioner, […]Read Post ›
When I was pregnant, I wrote about waking to baby kicks just before dawn, trying to enjoy them despite discomfort and losing sleep. I had made the choice to embrace the disruption. It’s different when your baby’s on the outside—you can’t sit quietly and wait for the kick storm to pass. In the weeks following […]Read Post ›
In great anticipation of my son’s arrival, I would frequently stare at his 23-week ultrasound snapshots– squinting at his profile, imagining how he might look on our side of the world. It became a ritual, and also a distraction while working at my desk. And, in great anticipation, I read everything I could about the […]Read Post ›
I’m the kind of person who watches the same movies and TV series over and over again. I re-read books multiple times, listen to albums until I know every measure and rest. This is how my artwork is influenced by the work of others; scenes and passages and lyrics are whirling around in my mind […]Read Post ›
At 35 weeks of pregnancy, I’ve gotten used to feeling the movements of the little guy growing inside me. As early as 14 weeks, I felt little flutters and shifts, usually when I was laying on my side. Around 30 weeks, as he’s gotten bigger, his kicks and readjustments in the womb started to wake […]Read Post ›
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Alison Lee Chapman 