Birds and Going Places

"Jardine Zamora" collected and sold
In freelancing you go from Ground Zero to Cloud 9 in the blink of an eye. One minute you're stressing no money to pay rent and the next minute you can be celebrating an art sale. Such is life- you learn how to weather it.
So last week was an art sale, getting paid for graphic design work and being able to pay some bills and keep my internet on. Woohoo! I was thrilled my friend and art collector picked this one up because it was the last of its little era.
Next week will be me traveling to Houston to finish up a wall I designed for the reception area of a Houston Omni hotel. A kamikaze job of ladders and paint and not much else. Wish me and my back lots of luck!

Then it's off to Austin on a quick road trip OUTTA HERE! I got a hot date with a BLUE POOL and that's currently all Im thinking bout! To others this is a typical weekend but to me its the only little vacation I will probably see this summer. One day at the pool 😂

I'm patting myself on the back for getting some personal work done in the studio this week. Finished this little abstract and also started another in my bird series I was working on

Its a work in progress that I just started....so lots of work ahead. Im up before the sun in hopes of getting some work done before the heat creeps in. Im having to change my whole schedule for summer in my studio. But ready to tackle work and see it grow. Too many times I've let opportunities pass me by because I didn't have the work ready to go.
No more of that. We are at the starting gate and ready to run now.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend- its all work no play for me...and birds!

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