I guess its been well over a year since I've blogged here. I think I like becoming more and more invisible in some ways while my art becomes more visible. I am a different person now. My art is now at a point that I am busy and wanted...more and more for me and my personal style and less and less "can you paint my girlfriend but with outer space behind her". That was fine and definitely got my chops up but I feel selfish now. I want to do "me", "my art" and be picky about lucrative opportunities. I feel like I've paid my dues. I'm 40 now and the clock is ticking. It's a no brainer to decide between a $500 upwards commission and a lot of little time consuming $75 jobs . But I digress. Why am I here on this blog again? I like talking to myself and having less than 10 people read me. Quality over quantity. And Facebook is like a ridiculous party you got trapped at and then discovered a lot of the guests were slowly going mad with politics. ...