Art by K. Gill

I have seen my future, and K. Gill drew it. - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

hee :D - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I'm trying to collapse several realities onto one plane in this image. My portrait looks realistic, complete with an illusion of depth, but then on the edges it crumbles, blurs and pixellates. The random online image of a tutoring session shows through, or overlays me like a reflection on glass. Meanwhile, I hold up my phone displaying the random image of a sandwich. I look a little dissatisfied, I guess. The sandwich is pretty and crisp, but I can't eat it. I'll probably never meet the busy people in the photograph. The whole painting is just an image, anyway, which most people will only encounter as another random jpeg on the internet. I would say that it's about dissatisfaction with virtual realities, and blurred boundaries. Maybe it means something different to you. This painting won't be for sale right away. I have to use it for something (which I'll tell everyone about later). When I do post it for sale, I'll let everyone know. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill) from Bookmarklet

Thanks, guys - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Rude tongue, not provocative tongue (though it's hard to tell). - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

:P - Stephen Mack

Yes. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

This is my second painting about the word "shadow". I included the chocolate shadow cake that I baked from scratch, and, this time, the CD case for Endtroducing... by DJ Shadow. The Carmel Clay Public Library sticker is visible on the CD case. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill) from Bookmarklet

Hey hey, just sold another painting! Great way to start the day :) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

♥ - Lix

just saw this thought you might like it, http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012... - Halil

I have sold art on eBay before, as well as on Etsy. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

have you ever tried Pişmaniye? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Halil

No, I haven't. That looks interesting. I wonder if our local Turkish restaurants might have some? - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

:) - edythe from iPhone

In case anyone is wondering, no, we won't be going to the Super Bowl. We probably won't go anywhere near downtown while it's here. Harold is even working from home for the duration. We're treating the zone like an Indy 500 but worse. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill) from Bookmarklet

Actually, we're sort of considering going downtown this weekend to see some of the stuff that's been set up. This weekend is the recommended time for locals to go check it out. But that depends on the weather. We'd probably have to park far away and walk into downtown. We'd be studiously avoiding all the parking meters, since they've been messed up by private ownership recently and like to rip people off. (My mom is one who got ripped off.) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I found the photo that this painting is based on when I searched for "muebles" (furniture in Spanish) on Twitter in early January 2012. I have included the accompanying tweet in the painting. The Twitpic link to the photo works. My goal was to capture in a more permanent form one of the billions of fleeting moments shared through words and images online. They are more impermanent than snapshots, usually seen by only a few people before they are cast off and forgotten. The man in the photo seems to be checking his smart phone while he is surrounded by what appear to be treasured antiques (an old electric fan, and possibly an old-fashioned washing machine), so this records the moment of time that we live in. I randomly chose to search for a tweet in Spanish. I like to use different languages for the texts in my paintings so that I can communicate with more people. "Muebles para Nuestra Nueva Casa" translates as "furniture for our new house". - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill) from Bookmarklet