could go anywhere from here

Look for my jackalope/I Don't Want This Skin piece in the Dig either this week or next week.

I'm working on sketches for a cd cover/booklet, and finishing the split stitch outlines for "WITCH BABY" on the back of my jacket.

Honestly, I've been pre-occupied with survival and it's left me totally dry. I don't have the energy to make art. I haven't found that balance yet, and it's kind of destroying me little by little. If I'm not concentrating on survival, then I'm practicing the art of ESCAPISM. Emotional energy is at an all time low over here, the capacity has been reached.

In 10 days I'm moving out of my daydream place. I have no idea what's going to happen. I'm looking for live-in nanny positions. If I can just make a few hundred bucks I'm going to go on the road and hitchhike.

'cause when you ain't got nothing, you ain't got nothing to lose. And that's the point I'm at.

I have a little less than $40 left to my name.

In many ways, I feel like I don't know what else is left to push for. I have a really long list of goals, but I feel kind of done.

I know I have a lot of talents all over the board and it will probably take many more years to figure out my niche. Life is kind of daunting, and I'm not so sure I'm figuring out the rules of the game fast enough.

trraaa

This is a practice painting for what may become the best thing that's ever happened to me art-wise. This is with leather acrylics.

The canvas is 4"x6"

The "assignment" was to do an Hawaiian landscape with a waterfall. This is the piece in progress, maybe 70%, maybe 80%. I need some objective help with this as far as technique is concerned. Any other critique is also highly appreciated.

The opportunity is to paint panels on leather that are then sewn into leather jackets. I'm talking real rock and roller clothing. South Paradiso.

You can see an example of how my work would be integrated into the clothing if you click on "jackets" and then hover over "window of the sun."

To have found a way my work can be functional and time-based, worn around, and on the bodies of the people I love... I mean, THAT'S where it's at for me.

The first piece of art I attempted to make upon moving here. It's continuing on my theme of expressing my iconography and goals.

It's inside of a matchbox.

This is the base for it. Johnny's knees will be facing the inside.



From the end of Hunter S. Thompson's "Hell's Angels." Was very much into the freedom/fear/adrenaline triangle.

Hugo Simberg, In The Garden Of Death, 1896

things i've done today

moved into my daydream place
met a gallery owner and promised to send her pictures of my work to potentially sell in the gallery shop. thinking those matchbox altars
i'm so inspired artistically here, my room has some furniture in it (which is nice because I wasn't able to bring more than what would fit into half of a trunk in a car) and there's a desk right under the window that looks out to all the different levels of garden. It's a perfect new studio.
The only bummer right now is that I was forced to leave my stereo system behind and I don't even have speakers to hook up to my computer.
I also found a bike and I'm having the brakes fixed and a basket attached and they're calling me tomorrow. Should be around $85 for that.
I opened a CA bank account.
I went grocery shopping.

There's a SHIT TON more that's happened but it's not art related.

big deal

that is all.

10 hours

more into the road.

Virginia tonight, Memphis tomorrow. rock 'n' roll, baby!



working on concepts is the most i can do right now.

yours truly following the sun,
tuesday

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