less than a week to go..

My show will be happening in less than a week. I am so psyched. Getting last minute stuff done but that is cake compared to what I have already done for this show. I think I am really just excited to be able to spend time with everyone.,,that is the ultimate reward to owning a gallery.

show hanging!

today is the day i am hanging my show at the gallery! i hope it goes smoothly with no problems..

yaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!

love this

strange place to be

I ruined one of my paintings today, out of frustration. Not sure what I will do, if I will finish it for the show or let it go.

I think I am just ready to be done with everything and be at the opening of my show drinking a lovely glass of red wine and talking with my friends.

art as a process

i think with each painting i do, the more i become aware of what i am doing. it's really a learning experience more than anything and i love to learn.

the most difficult thing is chosing colors for some reason. i think the worst place to be is figuring out which colors to use and which ones not to use. i mean, i suppose it's not all bad but it's frustrating when you like a color at first and then ten minutes later you think to yourself, 'this doesn't look right'. i think that happens to me more than it should. that's why i think for any artist starting out, you should start with painting in black and white to make things about composition and not so much about color balance..

however, i don't remember doing a single black and white painting. i like to make things complicated. i think if things were easy for me, i would get bored. art school was sort of like that. we were told to paint what we see. we had still lifes, models and landscapes. it wasn't until my last two years i was "allowed" to explore the realm of abstraction. i didn't like figure drawing classes because we were forced into making things life like. i always thought 'i know how to do that so what's the point?'

painting for me is like a suduko puzzle or a brainteaser. it stimulates my mind and makes me think outside the box. i like that. painting landscapes and figures exactly how they are- not so much.

morning is brutal sometimes.

coffee is such a comfort food to me. it helps me feel better when i wake up in the morning. i don't think it's the caffeine but rather the taste and the warmth.

i was up until 3 am again last night. the good news is, i finished two of my paintings. only one more that i have to edit and i am done! that makes me feel wonderful.

bacon!

how awesome is this bacon scarf? (sometimes i question my own judgement)