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2006 YEAR IN REVIEW MAY - AUGUST
The middle months of the year was punctuated with travel - Dallas, Kansas City and California - and dotted with a few art projects that managed to keep me fed and moving forward.
May was a harsh month - all production in my studio ceased, as I was worn out and just generally down. Of course, nothing fixes a problem like getting out of town, and my second trip out of Austin
happened - another event to help set up in Dallas. Laura and I headed north, and worked like mad amongst lavish surroundings, and once again ran across Chuck Woolery sadly selling Arkansas real estate on a late night infomercial. Once I got back, I had a few scant weeks to prepare for the group show I was putting together for Father's Day.
June was the start of the intense heat - and I was busy painting backdrops, buying astroturf, and corralling thirty artists for the Father's Day Show while finishing my own painting as well. The show was a hit, it looked incredible, was filled with some of the most interesting work I've seen from some of my colleagues that I respect the most. All of the portraits had an intimate personal feel that collectively looked stunning together. As an added bonus, one of Austin's art freeloaders handed
out maps to the homeless, who showed up for free burgers, hot dogs and beer, making for a good story to retell over and over.
with Carla Bozulich
JULY
With the Father's Day Show over, I tried re-grouping a bit more but instead got dismally drunk at a somewhat disappointing show at Emo's by one of my favorites, Carla Bozulich, of Ethyl Meatplow and Geraldine Fibbers fame. I spent a couple weeks working with Nathan Jensen and Chris
Chappell on a little animation project that was soothing and fun and allowed me to stretch my legs in the land of the rotoscope.
I soon plotted another much needed exit from Austin and celebrated surviving fifty months without a job. By the middle of the month, I was wondering if I'd make it to fifty-one.
with Evelyn
AUGUST
My annual pilgrimage to Kansas City took place in August, where I saw my 'godchild' and her shiny new little brother, and hung out with the remaining crew strewn about eastern Kansas and western Missouri. A bit refreshed and recharged, I started to kick around some new work in the studio, but suddenly received another gift of manna from heaven: a two week trip to
Southern California, a faraway land where the heat and humidity of central Texas couldn't get me down anymore.
SOUNDTRACK:
"Crazy" Gnarls Barkley
Almost every year, a song is released and is the perfect song at the perfect time. The members of Queen were asked what makes a number one, they answered, "it's got to be original, it's got to be sincere, that's the first thing; and you've got to have what the kids want." Gnarls Barkley produced the song of the year that just seemed to always feel right and made you believe nobody ever could do anything better. As late as a couple weeks ago I was riding around town with an old friend catching
up on old times when this song came on the radio. He cranked it up, and commented just how great it was, that's what a real number one is all about.
