by Elizabeth Montague | Nov 5, 2021 | Art, Design, Elizabeth's Art, Featured
I made all abstract works in 2021, mostly something I’m calling Icon Montages, where I take a few simple icons and arrange them into an artwork. I’ve been making art on my phone or tablet because it’s convenient and relaxing. For the Icon Montages, I...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jul 18, 2021 | Elizabeth's Music, Music
In 1980 I joined a band in Santa Barbara called FX (later ƒX then A ƒew Circles). I played piano from a young age, but I had never been in a band or played with other people before. I had recently purchased an electric keyboard and was planning on joining a band...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jun 6, 2021 | Elizabeth's Music, Music
In December 1995 I played bass with The Gun Club for what would be the band’s very last show. Jeffrey Lee Pierce passed away three months later due to a health condition. It’s hard to put into words what it felt like to play with someone who I admired but...
by Elizabeth Montague | Aug 17, 2019 | Animals, Art, Design, Elizabeth's Art, Environment, Featured, Fellow Creatures, Pets, Politics, Veganism
In this post I’m going to be adding the animal activist artwork that I’m making and hoping to do more of. Animal activism about endangered animals, animals rights, veganism, speciesism, animal abuse prevention, spay and neuter to prevent pet...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jul 26, 2019 | Art, Design, Elizabeth's Art, Featured
These are some of the paintings and art images I’ve created so far in 2019. I do have some more paintings I was working on until I got tired of breathing the fumes. I’ll finish them when I finally have a room separate from my main living area where I can...
by Elizabeth Montague | Nov 29, 2018 | Animals, Environment, Fellow Creatures, Health, Veganism
I’ve recently passed my first year anniversary of eating a strictly vegan diet. I was vegetarian on and off many times in my life, starting at age 16 while traveling in Africa and seeing so many amazing animals there. Unfortunately I was never able to be...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 24, 2018 | Art, Elizabeth's Art, Featured, Photography
Most of these images were created on my phone, even the drawings were done on my phone, drawing with my finger. I loved how the limitations of drawing with my finger influenced the style of the drawings. I also loved being able to lay down and be comfortable while I...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jul 23, 2017 | Elizabeth's Video, Music
A collaborative musical performance WOMEN IN THE ROUND: VOICES at BELL ARTS FACTORY in Ventura, CA – July 15th, 2017 featured performances by Amber Bassett (multi-media), Donna Lynn Caskey (banjo), Shelby Figueroa (keyboard), Andrea Landin (cello), & Michelle...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 10, 2017 | Elizabeth's Music, Featured, Music
My unfinished instrumental project tentatively named Spaghetti Infinity. “Spaghetti” because some of the music sounds like weird Spaghetti Western style music… and I’ve always loved spaghetti. “Infinity” because it can be something...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 6, 2017 | Dreams, Psychology
After posting the dreams from my old blog last night, I decided to gather up the dreams I’ve written since then and am disappointed to find that on my current computer I only have 3 dreams that I’ve typed up. I’ve been using this computer for a few...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 5, 2017 | Dreams, Psychology
I’m still adding bits and pieces from my old blog. Back then one of my favorite things to write about was my dreams and still is I guess. I keep a small diary of my dreams. I have to write them down as soon as I wake up or else I forget them forever. It’s...
by Elizabeth Montague | Feb 4, 2017 | Art, Elizabeth's Music, Featured, History, Music
I started building a video to go along with this interview of me by DJ Dominic Trix from Wednesday 6/3/09 2-5pm on KFJC 89.7 FM but I never quite finished the video so I’m finally putting the interview up by itself in the meantime. Here’s the story of how...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 24, 2017 | Art, Elizabeth's Music, History, Music
I wrote the following introduction in 2008. I’m re-posting here, now with some minor edits. I can’t believe how much time has passed and that I never finished the new music that I was working on at the time… oh well at least I put some of the old...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 24, 2017 | Family, History, Music, Shopping
When I was a child, my family took lots of road trips. We would all pile into the Winnebago or the Lincoln Continental and drive to Mammoth Mountain, Sun Valley (Idaho), the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, New Orleans, California Ghost Towns, New Mexico Indian Reservations...
by Elizabeth Montague | Jan 23, 2017 | Music
This is a combination of blog posts from 2010 and at the end I sum up what happened: Sometime in 2010: After planning to do this for over a year and half, today I finally ordered my Stratocaster conversion neck. It changes the scale from 25.5″ to 24.75″,...