March 8, 2014
Smokin’ cigarettes and not wearing a shirt at Memorial Park.
And now that Mike Kelly is sketching me, my career as a topless model is really taking off.
I can’t wait to work on my painting today!
YOU’D THINK THIS SHIT WOULD GET OLD.
Oh well. Life’s cool.
Tampa was a great success (thanks, Iron Chic!), Sarasota was a lot of fun, and Wednesday night I did my first Downtown (Jacksonville) Artwalk from Burrito Gallery (which also went really well). Here are a couple photos of the table set-up I had for prints and of (most of) the art that I’ve got up on the wall right now.
AND DID I MENTION that, while in Sarasota/Bradenton, I explored new and foreign territory? I had never built anything before and don’t know shit about carpentry but it’s not like I’ve ever known anything about art and I haven’t let that stopped me! So I took some measurements, bought some lumber, and built a platform for my bed and furniture, inside my van. I’m pretty proud of it and now I’ve got extra storage space to keep my larger canvases (and whatever else). And even though (right now) I only have a couple, I really doubt that I’ll be so lucky as to sell all of my pieces at my Burrito Gallery and Chamblin’s exhibits, so this will come in handy in April when it’s time to pack up and leave Florida for my next adventure/exhibition. Here are some photos of the process and the new/improved set-up inside my little mobile studio/home.
March 4, 2014
I really enjoy the little life I’ve been building for myself (and that includes living out of/sleeping in the minivan) but… I just climbed into a real bed and am about to eat some cookie dough and watch an episode of The Simpsons. And that sounds pretty cool too.
March 3, 2014
Last night went well enough that I can justify getting down to Sarasota by way of tagging along with Iron Chic and selling/painting at tonight’s show at Skatepark of Tampa. It’s really hard to watch Iron Chic play and not just smile the whole time so I’m pretty excited to extend my little punk rock weekend by a day. And to see some people I care about in Sarasota (even though I gotta head right back up to Jacksonville on Wednesday morning so I can be at Burrito Gallery for Artwalk). ALL GOOD THINGS!
I’m at a print shop in Gainesville, replenishing my stock again and getting the first batch of prints for my two most recent paintings.
And as I wrote that out, they’re ready to go so I’m gonna hit the road to Tampa and bag these little guys up once I get down there.
March 2, 2014
Working on a new painting and selling prints at the OWTH/Slow Death/Iron Chic/Careeners show. Does it get any better than this?
