Artyczar
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I didn't know which forum to put this in, but this might explain some of my absence here.
Working toward my upcoming show has been tight. I've finished all the abstract desert aerials and large watercolors, which are now at the framers in Los Angeles, but I still have a couple of other more detailed oil paintings to do and many, many drawings to do. I'm also including photographs and have only done one location shoot. I still need to go out and do at least one more, if not two. Then all the Giclee printing, which is actually time-consuming.
All the drawings will be scanned and printed onto other types of paper and sizes and used for a big wall installation. None of it will be for sale and it's still pending as to whether I'll have to redraw every one of them on the same types of paper and sizes. I'll probably just use a lightbox to do that. That depends on if my gallerist wants them to be "originals" so he can sell them individually. I mean, he could sell the prints, but they will all have tape and tack holes through them and won't exactly be appropriate for sales. So, there's that. That's like 45 drawings or so. I'm hoping he just won't care that the installation is not for sale and I won't know that until after May 16, after I have a couple of studio visits from some collectors that might pre-purchase some work from the show.
I've already had an art critic/writer come by and look at what I've done for the show thus far and seemed intrigued. She said that doing fetures for bigger art magazines need a ton of leeway, so I'm glad she came this early before fall.
I'm also finishing up a limited edition, handmade press pack for VIPs (writers and curators) that will help promote the show and spark some press and other opportunities. I'm making twenty of those that have a lot of components that were sorta inspired by the Outlander book I made in August.
So, I've been busy! And I've been undergoing more dental procedures that I care to reveal--with a few very painful complications that have been going on for over a month. Two probable root canals are pending, and it's been "wait-and-see" situation for four weeks now, while I sit in pain with little improvement after crowns were placed. I'm finally off the hard-core pain pills, but I'm on Advil 'round the clock. Woe is me, right? Waaa.
To add to the ongoing dental (and doctor appointments) I went and adopted a dog! I know I've been probably talking about it on and off here and there on the forum about how I can't possibly have one or manage one where I live, and how Hannah didn't want one, but somehow, here he is. I promised myself it would be an older dog I'd get. A house-trained, well-behaved, non-traumatized kind of dog that could be easily trainable to be my certified emotional support animal. I promised myself a lot of things! But it didn't go the way I'd planned at all. I broke a few promises to myself.
He's only eight months and came from the streets of South America and is pretty skittish. It remains to be seen if he's really very house-trained. I've had him 48 hours and he's pooped in the house once this morning, but I couldn't take him out quick enough after he ate. Could have been an honest mistake. When ya gotta go ya gotta go!
And he's a rescue that's been surviving on the streets. Poor thing. I have to give him a lot of credit for not peeing all over the place so far.
So, that's what's going on. I'm behind on the forums, behind on my bills, my emails, my friends, and my life. I hardly have time to go to the bathroom myself, and I still haven't had my coffee today. I get to write this because Salton (that's his name) is sleeping right now. I'm waiting for the vet to open so I can make his first appointment. There are a few possible health issues with him. (Nothing serious though.)
Thanks for reading. (Yes, there's a small blue exercise ball in the fireplace. Don't ask.)
Working toward my upcoming show has been tight. I've finished all the abstract desert aerials and large watercolors, which are now at the framers in Los Angeles, but I still have a couple of other more detailed oil paintings to do and many, many drawings to do. I'm also including photographs and have only done one location shoot. I still need to go out and do at least one more, if not two. Then all the Giclee printing, which is actually time-consuming.
All the drawings will be scanned and printed onto other types of paper and sizes and used for a big wall installation. None of it will be for sale and it's still pending as to whether I'll have to redraw every one of them on the same types of paper and sizes. I'll probably just use a lightbox to do that. That depends on if my gallerist wants them to be "originals" so he can sell them individually. I mean, he could sell the prints, but they will all have tape and tack holes through them and won't exactly be appropriate for sales. So, there's that. That's like 45 drawings or so. I'm hoping he just won't care that the installation is not for sale and I won't know that until after May 16, after I have a couple of studio visits from some collectors that might pre-purchase some work from the show.
I've already had an art critic/writer come by and look at what I've done for the show thus far and seemed intrigued. She said that doing fetures for bigger art magazines need a ton of leeway, so I'm glad she came this early before fall.
I'm also finishing up a limited edition, handmade press pack for VIPs (writers and curators) that will help promote the show and spark some press and other opportunities. I'm making twenty of those that have a lot of components that were sorta inspired by the Outlander book I made in August.
So, I've been busy! And I've been undergoing more dental procedures that I care to reveal--with a few very painful complications that have been going on for over a month. Two probable root canals are pending, and it's been "wait-and-see" situation for four weeks now, while I sit in pain with little improvement after crowns were placed. I'm finally off the hard-core pain pills, but I'm on Advil 'round the clock. Woe is me, right? Waaa.
To add to the ongoing dental (and doctor appointments) I went and adopted a dog! I know I've been probably talking about it on and off here and there on the forum about how I can't possibly have one or manage one where I live, and how Hannah didn't want one, but somehow, here he is. I promised myself it would be an older dog I'd get. A house-trained, well-behaved, non-traumatized kind of dog that could be easily trainable to be my certified emotional support animal. I promised myself a lot of things! But it didn't go the way I'd planned at all. I broke a few promises to myself.
He's only eight months and came from the streets of South America and is pretty skittish. It remains to be seen if he's really very house-trained. I've had him 48 hours and he's pooped in the house once this morning, but I couldn't take him out quick enough after he ate. Could have been an honest mistake. When ya gotta go ya gotta go!
And he's a rescue that's been surviving on the streets. Poor thing. I have to give him a lot of credit for not peeing all over the place so far.
So, that's what's going on. I'm behind on the forums, behind on my bills, my emails, my friends, and my life. I hardly have time to go to the bathroom myself, and I still haven't had my coffee today. I get to write this because Salton (that's his name) is sleeping right now. I'm waiting for the vet to open so I can make his first appointment. There are a few possible health issues with him. (Nothing serious though.)
Thanks for reading. (Yes, there's a small blue exercise ball in the fireplace. Don't ask.)
.I can quite understand why he came home with you, he's irresistable.your life seems to be full on at the mo, good luck with everything and I hope Hannah has fallen for Salton
It's certainly not for lack of love and effort, we all know that.
