I started this painting in November. It took me a really long to finish it. But it's finally done. All I need to do is find someone to frame it for me. I'm almost done with the Amy painting too. So I guess I should really start thinking about somewhere to show these paintings! It's Memorial Day. A day to remember the men...
I watched the film Beautiful Losers last night. It's on Netflix. I really enjoyed it. Every minute of it. Watching films about other artists, especially underground artists, always inspires me and makes me feel like I didn't make a bad life choice when I decided to get my degree in art. I've admired many of these artists for many years. Seeing their studios...
Sometimes I work on a painting for a long time only to realize that I am not happy with it. I spent a really long time on this painting and in the end I completely over worked it. I didn't like the color palette that I chose and I really wasn't happy with the background image. I sanded it down and painted over...
Years ago in September of 2010 I got an Etsy Conversation from a lady who was interested in a custom illustration. Her partner was launching a new app and she wanted to give them an illustration of the app icon. That new app was Instagram. At the time, I had no idea what Instagram was or how it worked. I didn't even have...
Well, it's been a bit of a tough week. Chloe is having some health issues and it always makes life a little stressful and filled with anxiety. She has an ulcer on her eye and it's become infected. I've been giving her some very expensive eye drops and I think they're working. It's kind of hard to tell, but I'm trying to be...
I've stopped selling my original art on Etsy. I haven't sold many originals there in quite some time and I felt like they were just taking up valuable real estate in my Etsy shop. I thought maybe I would list some of them on my own site and see what happens. I'm approaching this kind of old school. I don't have an e-commerce...
I love reading about other artists studio practice. What makes them work everyday? What do their studios look like? What is a typical day for them? It's not often you get to read about the everyday practice of an artist. I came across an interview with Chuck Close a few weeks ago and I am still thinking about it. In it he answered...
I've been following Death Cab for Cutie for a long time. They're not a band that most of my friends would openly admit to listening to. They're very main stream and radio friendly and I feel like their target audience is mostly high school girls. The later is probably why I like them so much. Deep down I'm still a 15 year old. ...
Well, I spent about 4 hours today trying to make a new banner for my etsy shop. I finally figured out what I really wanted it to look like and after doing the editing and uploading it to my site, it turns out it's too grainy. What a waste of time... I did make a new one, it's not really what I wanted,...
