Art Plunge

  You are your own defender Let me tell you where I am, briefly....as I have work to do. Freelancing and trying to work up a body of work at the same time. What does that mean? That means switching gears, painting what someone wants back to my own "personal" work. The works on canvases. The works I'm trying to amass to have a show someday in a gallery that I fit in. This is hard. Damn hard. When the work for others slows down, so does the rent money and it's not easy to paint your personal work when the rent money isn't there. Am I looking for some part time work? Yes I am.  Today my dentist took his last bite out of my funds, leaving me with a whopping $500 left to my name in life. I'm not going to get all depressed about it. I've been down to $7 and had angels save me in the nick of time. I know how to hustle. I have to be my own defender, salesperson and I have to also get in there and do the work too. Drained? Hell yes. I don't know if wor...

Monterrey, MX My Dad plays his guitar The fountain my Dad took me to as a child A statue of Jesus in a courtyard The native trees in Mexico The cactus my Dad loved so much My Dad enjoying his cerveza My Dad dancing with my Mom Beautiful flowers blooming on cactus Lola Beltrán : Cucurrucucú Paloma "cucurrucucú, paloma, ya no le llores" " Cucurrucucú, dove, don’t cry anymore" Fats Domino: Jambalaya "son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bayou" Disfruta la vida...Enjoy the life Thanks for the gift of life to enjoy  Dad!

Dammit Jim, I'm a Fine Artist Not an Interior Decorator! Dear Mark Rothko, I love ya man but do you have any idea what you have done? Besides making people do awkward yoga in front of your paintings at museums, I mean. I'm talking about the revolution of quick color splotch "artists" you have spawned by the thousands that are clogging up dentists offices, boutique galleries and restaurants all across the world. Paintings that are solely based on matching someones sofa....and perhaps don't clash with the main attraction of the room....the flat screen. Mark Rothko "White Center" 1950 You have made it hard for the fine artists who spend TIME on their work to find places to show because there is such a plethora of artists who crank out these splotchy paintings in bulk a day and....they sell. At least I think they sell? It's the equivalent of bubble gum machine toys made in China. They are all over the place! Maybe I'm just seeing the s...

What I used to do with my time...hauling boxes from a shipping dock to this room. Unpacking each box, taking each item out and counting it and putting a price sticker on it then taking each item up to a gift shop or a storage room. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Break yo' back. What I do with my time now...Painting. Painting for you. Painting for me. Putting art into the world, not more consumerist poop to waste your money on. I think it's quite clear. You get one life. A finite amount of time. How are you spending it?

"The Path of Fruitfulness" 24" x 24" acrylic/krylon on gallery wrapped canvas I finally finished this piece I've been slaving away on! It is based on a Gankyil (Wheel of Joy:The Base, The Path, The Fruit) and I took a few detail photos :

I'm running a 10% off sale in my Etsy Shop! Happy Friday everyone! I've been slowly trying to get back into stocking and promoting my Etsy shop so today I created a COUPON CODE for 10% off anything and everything. What does that mean? That means instead of dishing out $100 if you wanted both of these REAL PAINTINGS you'd dish out $80 because they are 10% off each. That means the limited edition prints I have left (and there are only 9 left) are 10% off. Take advantage of it! COUPON CODE: FBFRIEND Just type that in when you check out and you're good to go with art in the mail coming your way. Support the arts and the little guys who make it! HAPPY FRIDAY!

Detail from a work in progress.... Every 3 weeks or so I get excruciating pains. I may have cried about this before on this blog. Cried like a little girl! But um, I am a little girl so WAH WAH WAH! I'm not letting it control my life though so I'm not gonna cry about it. I'm just gonna take my Naproxen Sodium a million times a day and keep on keeping on. Like today- I promised myself I was making pancakes and taking them to my Moms for breakfast together. She doesn't know it is my new plan to make sure she is eating something at least once a week. SHHHH! My Mom eats like a bird and I worry. She needs someone to take care of her -don't all Moms? I'm in the thick of my latest painting, a nice small 24" x 24" canvas with doodle bugs as the subject. Doodle Bugs. Pill Bugs. Roly Polys but more scientifically known as ISOPODS. Ok, you learned something today. It's smaller than I usually work but I've missed out on two opportunities lately ...