Art Plunge

I'm making a conscious effort to NOT be on social media too much this week. For one I'm busy...for two Im sad... and I can endlessly blog my feelings and I don't really want to right now. I lost a friend. One I knew from the start I would lose because I've only known her with metastatic cancer. So I've had the whole of our friendship to pontificate and prepare for her absence...but damn if it doesn't still hurt. I took her on as a friend fully knowing she was on the downward staircase and would be out the door to an afterlife party.... but I still took her on as a friend- because I would want the same at a time when I would really need friends. I never think it can't happen to me. I just think "that's not my situation today". But I don't want to blog all this right now- I want to blog about life and art and am glad I have painting as my therapy through such things. Now that DJ gig is over its time to burrow deep into my studio and make...

Paint, paint, paint... One thing a challenge will do- it will kick your butt into gear. HARD. The other thing it will do- prepare you for future challenges. All I had to say out loud was " Jeez Universe I think I have taken on enough...chill please!" And the Universe kept ladling on the stuff- another design project from work, an old longtime customer needing a vinyl, a new potential client wanting something done...all while Im trying to get ready for two back to back events and most of my artwork has been sold so I must now start from scratch. 😳  Yes I am stressed. I am also getting trained by the Universe to work more efficiently than I've ever worked before. I am getting my time management lessons...how long does it take to paint a certain size with the amount of detail that suits me? Then that gives me an idea of how many I can create in a day in that size. And my time is improving as I get my "language" down. Certain things I like to...

Hello September! Away we go- the busiest month of my life...I'm getting ready for the Fair! I started by painting some "meditation paintings"- loose, fun, letting my creative spirit play and cut loose kinda work. I first  started those a few years back when I thought I was dying and was bedridden for what felt like a month..it was bronchitis, costochondritis, pleurisy and pneumonia all rolled up into a domino game...when one went away the other would hit...I could not get better and both lungs were affected. I could not work. I could only lay there in agony trying to breathe. So I started the Meditation paintings in bed. They were small little color plays but people really liked them and I liked doing them. They made me feel useful again while I tried to recover. Sometimes they are mostly abstract with little fun textures that remind you of crystals, bubbles, planty things, underwater things...but of late I've been doing a "theme" for a series- cact...

I forget sometimes that my old blog got hacked and that was where I had started documenting my journey as a freelance artist. It was called "Adventures in Unemployment" and it was about being self employed and all the harsh realities and also wonderful fun. So I get asked this question a lot and may even address this in some videos if I ever feel like talking on camera 😜 but recently a friend posed the question " I guess I'd like to know how you stepped out on your own as an artist with such a leap of faith and what happened shortly there after? Im trying to make this as readable and easy to digest as possible without writing a book - but this may be a two or three part blog. ***(I do not consider myself a business person- I do consider myself an artist. I highly suggest speaking with a business minded person to get an in depth look on cultivating a successful business. I'm just flying by the seat of my pants most days. Real talk) 1. You must hate your ...

Sometimes miraculous things happen when you least expect them. For me it happened yesterday in the face of disaster. I had been working all day in the studio and had been up since 2 am. I peeled myself from my chair- TIRED and my back was achy from sitting and working. I decided it was quitting time and did some back stretches. I was trying not to worry about my impending rent this weekend but knowing that it was futile - I was worried. I was a few hundred short but I believe in miracles and magic. I have a payment pending from a collector but probably not in time for rent. Also a job Im awaiting an approval on should be coming through soon. My life is like this- constantly waiting on others while hoping my life doesn't catch fire. It caught fire. It finally happened. Thieves hacked my bank card and took what little was in there I had for rent. I could see several transactions made in Austin at various gas stations- looked like somehow they were pulling out from ATMs- ...

All my hustling and bustling and making little videos last week paid off- I sold my first meditative painting within hours of posting it and then... I sold my other one right behind it! It was a great feeling and much needed sales as rent time is coming up. I like the way these both turned out and enjoyed making accompanying videos to share the process. Now for the big news which I actually posted yesterday but in case you missed it- I've been picked by a fellow artist to show alongside him at the State Fair of Texas this year! I will also do live painting and have art for sale. If I needed new eyeballs on my work I'm about to get them as the Fair attracts thousands and thousands of people every year. Modesto Jesse Aceves- the friend Im showing with-is a coffee artist. That's right-he uses coffee to paint with! It's an amazing opportunity and you can bet I'm a little stressed/freaked out because...I need lots of work to sell now and I need to make ...

Its kind of been a busy week but it also feels like I wasn't really here. It happens- you have the best intentions...you're going to do all these projects and get stuff done....and then...that restless aimless feeling happens. That was me this week. Started out full throttle on Monday and then it was like my brain had a flat tire. It didn't want to do anything. It wanted to sleep. So I gave myself room to sleep. I let myself wander in and out of rooms "wanting"to do things but saying MEH. I let myself just be. I figure something internal was tired of my busy bee bullshit and needed to rebel a bit. Its annoying as a super productive person to get like this but there's also not much you can do but go with the flow. In actuality I did accomplish some things. Like that little video up there. I added a new app to my arsenal and watched some tutorials on how to use it. KineMaster was compatible with my phone and fairly easy to use. My phone doesn't have ...