JUNE STUDIO UPDATE
ODDS AND ENDS...
June so far has been a busy month for a wild variety of projects - from painting a mural, building stretchers, putting on a big show and working on some animation, things feel like a whole new ballgame now.This month started with a quicken pulse after a rather morbid May. I had weeks
to put the finishing touches on the preparations for the Father's Day show and set aside some quality time in studio to paint my painting for the show.
As the show drew closer and closer, I started work on a 9' x 22' drop cloth mural that would hang across from the gallery covering up the metal shop. With some input from Shea Little, I hacked my way through two nights and one full day of painting and created the suburban backdrop with little fanfare.
When that was all said and done, I received more aid from Jana and Shea as they helped me construct the 22 foot long picket fence that would finish off the paternal suburban theme. We attacked a stack of pallets with a circular saw, hammers, and paintbrushes and soon the show was almost physically ready to go.
Meanwhile, I was back in studio working through the malaise of choosing to do a large black and white painting for the show. With the supernatural drying time of acrylics working against me, I changed up my oil painting processes and adapted to finally get things right. It was fun limiting the palette to black and white and letting things ride a bit more.
After the show opened and went off wonderfully - I had a new project dropped into my lap - doing a quick, two week assignment on a roto-scoping animation project for a Hollywood film pitch. Even though I went to art school with every intention of becoming an animator, I haven't touched the medium since 1996. After a brief learning curve, I adapted to the software without a hitch and started to take steps towards cranking out frame after frame of action scenes.
And so June has been a quiet, but endlessly busy month. With the year half over and no shows to speak of in the coming months, the time is perfect to start in on some side projects, new paintings and bringing some long awaited projects and goals to fruition through the rest of the year.
The rest of the year may not have the slam bang nature of constant shows and flashy press releases, but I'm feeling like stepping out of the limelight a bit and working on a lot of the new paths and new ideas circumnavigating my head will pay off huge by year's end.
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The mural, and my black and white Father's Day painting, in progress in my studio.
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