Giant vs the Tiny Tiny

"Reclamation" 24" x 30" mixed media on canvas

A blog? What? Let me explain to you my absence....it has to do with my tablet crapping out on me and me not wanting to peck this all out with my giant fingers on my cell phone (which I'm doing right now) and battling Autocorrect every other minute.....but I wanted to share my news with you invisible readers over here!

My piece was accepted into a show in California (pretty close to San Francisco!) and I decided it would be a great opportunity to go up there and do a scouting/ networking mission while I'm there for the opening. I'm pretty excited to be chosen to be in this gallery and really psyched about who the jurors were. Hopefully I get to meet them.

San Francisco is where my sister lives so I'll be going to visit her...I can't wait! Already making a mental checklist of the galleries I want to scope out and of course visit the SFMOMA. I lived here very very briefly once upon a time looking for work so I have a general knowledge of the place but haven't been here in about 7 years at least. I've not been anywhere pretty much since I quit my job in 2010.

It was my goal this year to show my work outside of Texas and actually most of the stuff I've done this year has been just that...Israel, stuff in Los Angeles right now ...and now my work going to the Bedford in Walnut Creek, California.

Money is tight and by all rights I shouldn't even be taking this trip but I figure ...I'll figure it out and make it happen and survive anyway. This could be a great opportunity to find another gallery connection and in all truth that's part of my job without an agent behind me.

My summer is already packed and from here on out Im either finishing commission records or working non stop on my paintings for my two person show in Keller in August. I've got a lot of work to do, what's new? At least I'm able to get away for a few days and enjoy a change of scenery and remember the world is big and there are lots of other art galleries to set your sights on. :-)

All in all this has been a successful time with my work in demand and pretty steady...really feeling blessed to be me right now.

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