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See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil (my friends Angelica and Marstar on each side)

July has been PACKED and I mean JAM PACKED with things that needed to get done, hurdles that needed to be jumped and lots of bad news. And some good stuff too.
A quick synopsis of my month- opened the Colorimetry show at WAAS Gallery...that was my big Herculean task of my life. I worked so hard putting that together, creating for it up to the very last minute, sinking so much money into supplies and was relieved when it finally opened (although a lot of my friends didn't show, the ones who DID get special gold stars in my book). For the record the art show is still up- until August 9th in fact and it would be awesome and special to me if you went and checked it out. Theres nothing worse than spending almost a year of your life making something beautiful to put into the world and no one even going to see it. : /  The gallery hours are Thurs, Fri, Sat 12-4pm at WAAS GALLERY
2722 Logan Street  Dallas Tx  75215
Right after the opening for WAAS I worked with Artlovemagic and Big Thought doing some kids workshops at Fair Park. It was two days of showing the kids how to paint on records. This required me primering a whole ton of 45's for the kiddies, hauling all my supplies on buses and trains back and forth. It was fun, the kids totally loved it and I got rid of a bunch of records I don't want to move with.
At the beginning of the month I was served eviction papers and have been since scrambling to fork over every penny I can earn to keep the wolves from kicking me out in the street. So I was thrilled when I got a call from my pals at Eyecon Murals, Inc to come on board for the Worlds Largest Mural Made Of Makeup!
Yep! We're painting the mural solely from Mary Kay makeup in honor of their 50th anniversary and we're going for a record breaker in the Guinness Book of World Records. You can check out the little video here http://whateverblog.dallasnews.com/2013/07/mary-kay-takes-aim-at-world-record-with-makeup-mural.html/
at Dallas Convention Center

This is one of the most fun projects I've worked on and I love the Eyecon Mural family, you can keep up with the project on facebook Eyecon Murals
In the middle of all that it was the Red Bull Canvas Cooler competition and despite all my hard work and efforts on that I didn't win the trip to Art Basel but neither did a whole room full of amazing talent. 

My Red Bull Canvas Cooler will be going to the Beauty Bar for everyone to enjoy!

Sometimes it feels like I work super hard and have nothing nice to show for it. I'm still typing on this beat up old laptop that has to have it's screen at a 75 degree angle to work and has no sound. The doctors want to do surgery but I don't have the money to get it started. I'm still in eviction land until I can catch up on my rent and the massive late fees they constantly tack on. It's easy to feel negative and as if no one really cares HOW much you work hard for something. But I'm not going to. I have showed myself that I can perform very well under extreme stress and pain and if no one cares -who cares? I have a large body of work now to show for my efforts and I really needed that. I have two more galleries wanting to slot me in for the Fall and a show at the Latino Cultural Center slated for 2014. My work is appreciated. Plus I get to work around awesome people right now and do what I love- paint! That in itself is a huge blessing.
Today I practice relaxing, something very rare that I never get to do.
Happy Sunday everyone!



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