Well I’ve been fairly busy this week. I finished two 20″ x 10″ acrylic paintings that I’m really excited about. I don’t want to say too much right now, but I’m doing something really different from my usual stuff. Still my style but with an added bonus I guess you could say.

The picture to the right gives you a sneak peek at the painting that’ll be featured in this week’s video. The video will be up Sunday and I’ll be auctioning the painting so stay tuned.

The other painting will be up on the site on Sunday as well.

I typically don’t work in acrylics but I liked being able to go from vision to totally dry, varnished painting within a single day. I’ll probably be doing more.

In random life news, I’m teaching myself to play guitar. That makes the fact that I did two paintings in two days even more impressive considering the state of my fingers.

Always a torturous but satisfying writing affair.  The nice thing about them is that during the process of examining my work for the purpose of writing a statement, my focus is re-sharpened and my creativity stoked.   I gain new perspectives but also remember the ones that were getting a bit lost or diluted.

 ”Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.”
- Gene Fowler

In other news, the husband-creature is currently installing french doors in the new studio area.  It’s a better space than the old studio, but the lack of doors is frustrating.  He promises the cats will no longer be breaking things by the end of today.