Art Plunge

A shot of a work in progress I'm back in my element with my brain focused and my heart fully involved with my work . The new stuff will be more intricate and detailed than my previous  stuff. I'm really enjoying thinking of new color palettes and trying to switch things up a bit. Carving out depths and even more layers. Someone just asked me what artist I was looking at for inspiration. I kind of look at a lot and also won't look at anyone for long stretches. I don't want to fall in love with a style and have something too derivative creep into my canvas.  I'm sure it happens subconsciously as it is. But I do cite Murakami and Matthew Ritchie big time  for their color and focus on movement and details. Nature and nature documentaries for subject and ideas. Graffiti for its color, intricate entangled design and boldness. I look at a lot really. Hoping to finish this one today and it will be the first of 2015. Got some stuff coming down the pipes to

MC5 painted vinyl record Let's see if I still know how to write a blog.... It's 2015 now. It's strange to think how little I write here now as opposed to former years. I think I'm finally in the full swing of freelancing and new work and time for blogging just fell by the way side. That and I felt like keeping my thoughts to myself. You no doubt (all 2 of you reading) follow me on Facebook or instagram so there's no point in photo recapping anything, right? I'm starting the year, again, by doing a real hard look at my health. I think I'm pinpointing some problems and hopefully taking the right steps to cure myself. My diet is getting all shook up but that's a good thing ultimately. I'm slowly weaning myself off coffee again which truly is one of the hardest things to kick. I may be a little grumpy and sick feeling so I'm actively deciding to post less on Facebook for a bit so I don't have regrets of saying foul things followed by a