Things Are Looking Up
After several months of having the overall feeling of "blah", my mood is changing and I'm feeling better.
Work has been picking up. Which is to say, there's always a good amount of it. Seemingly limitless Hideout work and lately a nice mixture of other things. Variety is definitely the spice of my life. I've done some designs, photo shoots, paintings, and film and commercial shoots that I feel good about.
The Bedtime Gorey set:
Photo from The Big Bash photo shoot I directed:
Mini-paintings from earlier this year (made for two arts fundraisers):
I've decided to spent most of January and part of February in Seoul, South Korea to research and work on a new painting series - a continuation of my food painting work. Current title is "Seoul Food: Paintings from the Heart of South Korea". While I'm there I'll take LOTS of photos of food I encounter and consume, archive them, blog about the experience, make small sketches and studies, and paint several smaller pieces. When I am back in my studio in Austin I'll be able to tackle the larger pieces and by May or June I hope to have a new body of work. Very exciting!
I have a Big Cartel shop up and running to accept commissions ahead of time: http://tastypaintings.bigcartel.com/category/original-paintings
I hope to also make a new series of prints. I have a printer here in Austin that makes beautiful prints, and from a short distance they look very close to the original. Pretty cool. I already have ideas for the LARGE works and somehow, I feel like they make a lot of sense. I've been experimenting with larger pieces and I think they've all worked out well so far.
It looks like I'll be abroad a lot in 2014, mostly for improv-related trips. But holy hell, that's amazing.
2013 has been such a challenging year, but I am emerging more determined than ever to keep moving and keep creating.
Work has been picking up. Which is to say, there's always a good amount of it. Seemingly limitless Hideout work and lately a nice mixture of other things. Variety is definitely the spice of my life. I've done some designs, photo shoots, paintings, and film and commercial shoots that I feel good about.
The Bedtime Gorey set:
Photo from The Big Bash photo shoot I directed:
Mini-paintings from earlier this year (made for two arts fundraisers):
I've decided to spent most of January and part of February in Seoul, South Korea to research and work on a new painting series - a continuation of my food painting work. Current title is "Seoul Food: Paintings from the Heart of South Korea". While I'm there I'll take LOTS of photos of food I encounter and consume, archive them, blog about the experience, make small sketches and studies, and paint several smaller pieces. When I am back in my studio in Austin I'll be able to tackle the larger pieces and by May or June I hope to have a new body of work. Very exciting!
I have a Big Cartel shop up and running to accept commissions ahead of time: http://tastypaintings.bigcartel.com/category/original-paintings
I hope to also make a new series of prints. I have a printer here in Austin that makes beautiful prints, and from a short distance they look very close to the original. Pretty cool. I already have ideas for the LARGE works and somehow, I feel like they make a lot of sense. I've been experimenting with larger pieces and I think they've all worked out well so far.
It looks like I'll be abroad a lot in 2014, mostly for improv-related trips. But holy hell, that's amazing.
2013 has been such a challenging year, but I am emerging more determined than ever to keep moving and keep creating.