It’s been a summer to remember. The beginning showed promise with the work, and just and things were getting heated up I went away on a long needed vacation to visit friends in California, (Howard Kutler and Damien Jay) and Hawaii (Alex Couwenberg and Andi Campognone). Hawaii, was something else, in fact I don’t understand why most of the worlds artists don’t live there. I could go on and on, but I’ll stop myself.
It’s taken me two weeks to get myself back up to speed from before I left. I attribute some of that to jet lag and some of it to the fact that after being in Hawaii, well you know. The schedule is finally coming together and working well. Part of what I’m talking about is that it is possible that I could be asked to promotion at the dojo in September. The result, I’ve got to prepare myself. That means being more inflexible with my time among other things. It’s good for my painting time this way.
I’m not sure how long it’s going to take me to prepare these pieces, about 25, for the application of paint and image. I have found, over time, I’m much better off preparing a large grouping of work then painting them together. Instead of building one, painting it then starting another. I find that I get some real flow if I can paint without intereuption. Thing is it can be nice to get some break up of the process. Not always best for the final product.
Heading into the heat to join Mark Zimmermann for a gallery jaunt tonight. Always both inspiring and disappointing, sometimes at the same show.
