var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-31584907-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Kate DuPuis is a fine artist and illustrator currently bumming around the country covered in dirt and carrying a big pack that weighs way too much. PORTFOLIO SHOPTumblr (3.0; @katedupuis)http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/beb9e8d1fbf9e4b44bb1ce10a03d532b/tumblr_mlewyo854Y1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Got a phone, sketchbook and some cruddy watercolors again. In the middle is the sketch I remade into the one on the right. </p> <p>Robbed in El Paso, where Johnny Cash got arrested. Resupplied in San Diego. </p> <p>Snarky reviews of cities, ongoing:</p> <p>Austin - Sweaty hipsters and the smell of bat urine float in the wind. Claims to be weird but the cops aren’t big fans of the designation. I guess to Texans weird means a few headshops and an ice cream parlor chain.</p> <p>San Antonio - An excellent vacation spot for big fans of car dealerships. Some people died there once. History. </p> <p>El Paso - White republican Mexico. Mostly Mexicans who walked across the border from Juarez and just said “Fuck it, good enough”.</p> <p>San Diego - Sunny…</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/48212635103http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/48212635103Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:34:53 -0400artists on tumblrkatedupuisminewritingStill hitchhiking. My phone died a watery death, so sadly I can&#8217;t post any pictures at the...http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/46619364832http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/46619364832Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:35:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b83a93adcce348366b9bfa5d737df8fe/tumblr_mjz7hiWgsz1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fashion sketches from the FIDLAR show</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45855494703http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45855494703Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:27:18 -0400urban sketchIllustrationminekate dupuis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4dcd955effd0be8fb68f785fdcbdd509/tumblr_mjyxvflCBH1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Went to Gaybigaygay, the homo festival at the end of SXSW. It was hot and super bright, but a cloud of bears gave us some protection from<br/> the sun for a while.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45842543686http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45842543686Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:59:39 -0400urban sketchtravel journalmineartists on tumblr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/742fec67944d90996c81417e6a692889/tumblr_mjua96ytfB1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3abe1464c0991449fa397a82ddbb3167/tumblr_mjua96ytfB1r59m9uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Few life drawins.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45652612001http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45652612001Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:39:06 -0400life drawingartists on tumblrminekatedupuis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be0c140ef8e3499d12ee8c1d2193aeeb/tumblr_mjoe6pJD2m1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45381320828http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45381320828Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:18:24 -0400artists on tumblrartminekatedupuis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/48fbf346ef2aee1d00ea85659c5c0864/tumblr_mjo3abfvSJ1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Travelin! In Austin, busking and chilling at SXSW. Couple quick sketches.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45363195443http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45363195443Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:22:59 -0400artists on tumblrartkatedupuis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/47ded414200ece44b83e7aefdfd0a31b/tumblr_mjgmu6ZhiR1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abstract doodle from my time waiting to see man man for free last night. Huzzah.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45047120313http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/45047120313Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:44:29 -0400artists on tumblrartsxswpaintingminekatedupuis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc864600abba98e626953c78b8dac93b/tumblr_mjemdtvNYt1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quick bus sketch</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44950909805http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44950909805Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:39:29 -0500artartists on tumblrpenkate dupuisSure thing!http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44780910299http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44780910299Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:57:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aeeda1b18f5472fa6cd0a15ffeb3cda7/tumblr_mja298fDJF1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17c561fca389dd09ceded602f4154fb5/tumblr_mja298fDJF1r59m9uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d56f751fec337ec2de01052ab1996404/tumblr_mja298fDJF1r59m9uo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I went to the Zoooo. My friend struggled with parking devices.<br/> Adorable killing machines were seen. Bemused and mildly irritated<br/> mooing rang out. Good times were had by some.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44770398201http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44770398201Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:34:20 -0500artistsontumblrartwatercolorpenminekatedupuis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a52454010ebc0a500dcb86c82591cb3/tumblr_mj7s4sC3tP1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e3a5b28416e5444eaa149b4d0a43c2ac/tumblr_mj7s4sC3tP1r59m9uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Really into pattern and semi painted collage-iness? lately. </p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44668500426http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44668500426Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:00:28 -0500artistsartmine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/035a1d5d46e288bd206d0fc6b2f5da02/tumblr_mj27f11ILs1rvx26to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gingerhaze.tumblr.com/post/44638552243/rookiemag-fat-grrrl-activism-in-1921-early" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">gingerhaze</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rookiemag.tumblr.com/post/44447898944/fat-grrrl-activism-in-1921-early-suffragettes" target="_blank">rookiemag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fat-grrrl-activism.tumblr.com/post/44413198180/in-1921-early-suffragettes-often-donned-a" target="_blank">fat-grrrl-activism</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>“In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time”</span></p> <p><span>(via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cult-of-Aphrodite-Vintage/223418931020816" target="_blank">Cult of Aphrodite Vintaga</a>)</span><span><br/></span></p> </blockquote> <p>PIZZA AND BATHING SUITS</p> <p>-naomi</p> </blockquote> <p>who wants to have a pizza/bathing suit party?</p></blockquote> <p>I feel like I basically did this in baltimore summers</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44639613228http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44639613228Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:28:36 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a64febaadc94fd78dff53d85af56562/tumblr_mj2rfrY4nC1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was hoping to post a better quality pic, but this is what I have for the time being. Life is imperfect as usual.</p> <p>“Untitled”</p> <p>16 x 18”</p> <p>Watercolor, Ink</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44471028834http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44471028834Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:30:39 -0500Artists on TumblrArtIllustrationwatercolorinkminekate dupuis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b9015c1d3269cb1f1c0e696e43f92564/tumblr_miz480lwDK1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44284597886http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44284597886Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:43:12 -0500Artists on Tumblrgouachecolored pencilartminekate dupuis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2415dc3074ffaeedc9ba1e5b7b8a9c5a/tumblr_miy5762d2A1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a681176e737f5fa9b1d255b2eca3101/tumblr_miy5762d2A1r59m9uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/418b27dc4f17254caa33cea0620cf606/tumblr_miy5762d2A1r59m9uo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some of my favs from life drawing last night. I had a few I liked more, but I gave them away to random people at the bar afterwards in an act of minor rebellion. Art is usually made by poor people for rich people, so it feels like a nice anti-capitalist protest to give away little sketches and paintings.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44234783847http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44234783847Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:06:42 -0500life drawingArtists on Tumblrpencilartkate dupuismine<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3ebd9112036be52a634d73c0f996698/tumblr_mitsripXGw1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At my most despondent and at times, suicidal, I have a habit of self-portraiture. It’s one of the rare instances when my mind goes silent and my internal processing works on a non-verbal level.</p> <p>In the depths of my struggle, I will observe my features dispassionately. I look at my bone structure, the tilt of my head, the angle of my eyebrows, the way the tears meld with the oil from my makeup. I stare into my eyes, recording the icy blue tone of iris contrasted with the bloodshot pinks of blood vessels swollen from recent use. Despite the fact that I am looking at my reflection, the eye contact is intense and uncomfortably intimate, seemingly non-consensual. It’s so intense that it carries a vague feeling of self harm and destruction, but it’s completely devoid of anger or self-pity. Devoid of everything. Still feeling, but not thinking. No narrative, no guilt, no regret, no hope, no ambition, no thinking about what I should be doing or will be doing or what I just did.</p> <p>Just seeing, drawing, painting.</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44057417051http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44057417051Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:47:00 -0500illustrationArtists on Tumblrminekate dupuiswatercolorart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08ae20ff56367e1a4cf008aa2fa03ebe/tumblr_miszspuFQL1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quicky sketchbook doodle illustration. Gettin ready to travel again, so stuck with phone pics</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44025625158http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/44025625158Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:22:01 -0500artartists on tumblrillustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6bd633d862ef4bca70257d79bfbd9d19/tumblr_midsu1PLTi1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/43735244985http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/43735244985Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:30:24 -0500urban sketchwatercolorminekate dupuisArtists on Tumblr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0803d9a3bf6675499a2f586ae56fe19a/tumblr_midrvfDhwm1r59m9uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Woman Sleeping at Central Library in Large Fur Coat</p>http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/43656465135http://katedupuis.tumblr.com/post/43656465135Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:32:48 -0500Artists on Tumblrminekate dupuiswatercolorpen