It’s kind of fitting filling the last pages of my sketchbook comes as the last days of the year are upon us. I’ve been working on some quick ink sketches, still modeling compositions and themes using values and boat imagery. With my sketchbook and mind full, January should be a productive month.
While I can’t guarantee this will be the last post I post before figuring out something to post in December, I know that there’s a bunch of stuff happening in my head, sketchbook, and a very real plot to make a bunch of shows happen in 2022 if we’re all still around by then.
With the year hurtling towards its inevitable conclusion, things always get busy in studio. As October started, I was fresh off finishing my mural and thoughts turned to making a series of simple ink drawings. Of course, nothing ever really comes easy. If there’s a way to make something difficult, I can do it!
After months of a bored, uninspired ennui, I finally found a gear to start to get some work done in studio. Lots of sketching, plotting and writing are leading up to a big year end finish.
Things are beginning to turn the corner and art production, while only existing in the deep past, seems to be building towards happening again soon. Writing, sketching and a mural make up the bunch of my workload this month.
July began with a visit from a good friend and his son and ended with a visit from family. It was nice to have people around, but being a good host during a pandemic is a tough task. I traveled through more of the city than I have in almost two years. I also caught…
Sometimes the rut just hits you and you can’t do much to combat it. Painter’s block is a real thing. After a full year of dedicating my efforts in studio to a couple series of paintings, I ran out of gas. I can’t look at a paint brush, let alone a canvas. There’s a certain…
A decent amount of work, both finished and unfinished, started to stack up in my studio. New empty canvases hung out waiting for their moment to shine. Tubes of unopened paint and a new shipment of pandemic expensive lumber arrived to flesh out my personal supply chain. I was encouraged by the small but enthusiastic…
After lockdown, It’s hard picking up the pieces after taking a year off from writing on this site. As lockdown set in, I spent my last morsels of cash from some last minute stretcher jobs on paint, made a couple grocery store runs with a friend to stock up on month or more of food…
A lot can happen in a month, huh?
