i am liking the cob webs and the dust. it's pre-messy! last fall i had an opening in the weirdest space downtown. some friends came out and friends of friends. one guy in particular kept saying this phrase over and over... "all of this work is so masturbatory" ... it kind of annoyed me... kind of made me chuckle... and now it's running through my head... about me the last few weeks. i am taking you all along on this weirdly personal journey of packing up my studio. i feel like i can hear a collective... ya ya get on with it already... so, sorry for shuffling my feet. i've been distracted and a little wary... you know how sometimes you walk into a house or a room and think... this space has great light or great energy... well... ideally that's what my studio is for me... an oasis. a "happy place" ha... so... it takes some building.
thank you faithful followers for bearing with me over the last couple of months as i hem and haw my way into fall. i spent the wee hours of the morning sorting and organizing (in my own way) my new studio... i wish i could take the day off and spend it playing in the art dungeon- but there is a lot of exciting stuff happening at the shop these past weeks too... and as far as i know there is still no way to be two places at once. i am liking the cob webs and the dust. it's pre-messy! last fall i had an opening in the weirdest space downtown. some friends came out and friends of friends. one guy in particular kept saying this phrase over and over... "all of this work is so masturbatory" ... it kind of annoyed me... kind of made me chuckle... and now it's running through my head... about me the last few weeks. i am taking you all along on this weirdly personal journey of packing up my studio. i feel like i can hear a collective... ya ya get on with it already... so, sorry for shuffling my feet. i've been distracted and a little wary... you know how sometimes you walk into a house or a room and think... this space has great light or great energy... well... ideally that's what my studio is for me... an oasis. a "happy place" ha... so... it takes some building. and... on a side note... i never understood what the line "king of carrot flowers" was referring to... it was just a pretty phrase- i guess i still don't fully understand it... but last night... in my food- i found a beautiful carrot flower- here's how to make them yourself: http://www.ifood.tv/blog/how-to-carve-carrot-flowers
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i am finally getting unpacked and settled in my new studio... i can feel the tension of mounting angst... a tiny voice is screaming inside of me... it's time to lock myself in again the first time i heard this- it meant something to me... this time around it means something else-
fall is in the air! my favorite time of year... it's always around mid september that i find myself heaving a giant sigh... looking around and realizing... yes, i was indeed on this planet for another year. crisp air makes my head clear. the hazy dazy summer dusts the sand off it's knees and heads on back to school. i always loved school. i think if i had to go back this fall... i would be excited to learn all over again. also i must confess... a backpack filled with new pencils, pens and crayons- markers if we were lucky... all those empty notebooks... just waiting to be filled up. EXCITEMENT! that hasn't changed. i still get a thrill from all those things. art supply stores might as well be selling crack. stacks of blank canvas- every shape and size- shelves and shelves of brushes and paints in every shade... oh the beautiful mystery... it's as if they are all there waiting... just waiting to find out what they will become... where they will go... and what they will be... right now my art studio is in shambles. i am setting up to paint in a new space- which is going to be ideal for me... but right now everything is in boxes and bags. i am excited to rediscover all of my papers and pigments. sometimes i forget i have something... like the opaque glitter water colors or the mix in medium that turns all acrylics into fabric paints... the little tiny canvas i bought to use for business cards... a stack of printed papers in every color, pattern and texture imaginable. my records and stereo are shoved somewhere in that pile as well. step one... set up stereo. it's so fitting that there are so many new beginnings for me this month... i can't wait to get back to work... and live this year i also wanted to say thank you to michael and phil for purchasing the two paintings you see on this page. these are two that i have enjoyed having in my apartment myself. they are among my very favorites. i am happy they are both going to such awesome people... that will love them as much as i do. |
the past
October 2015
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