studio pics.

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hello there blogesphere. I've been in the studio trying to get my marbles together. i have a lot going on this year which is a great problem to have. this year i've started to use a daily planner to keep my doings in order. it seems to work, so far. Of course my mind tends to get overwhelmed but i'm trying my best to keep the anxiety at bay. i have an event with Beals and Abbate Fine Art coming up un April at the Sanctuary Resort in Scottsdale. Its a beautiful spot. In June I have a three man show at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City and a solo show in July at Silver Queen Fine Art in Park City, UT. Also, another solo show at Beals and Abbate in late September. Ya, just a little nervous. Five works were just completed for Lotton Gallery in Chicago as well. My fiance (Oh ya, I got engaged over the Christmas holiday. I'm truly truly blessed to be with such an awesome woman!),  has been a great supporter and continually reassures me that I can totally do this and that I always come through in the end. Here's some random studio pics I took with our new camera. It was about time I stepped up my game and documented my work like a real adult. 

8x8's

yellow finch 8x8 acrylic on canvas

bubo bubo (eurasian eagle owl 8x8 acrylic on canvas

these two 8x8's are en route to Silver Queen Fine Art in Park City, UT. 

auction time

Click here for link to museum's page. 

Regent Honeyeaters 18x18 Acrylic on Panel

I was honored to be invited again to the Laguna Art Museum Art Auction February 9th, 2013. This will be my third year participating.  My piece "Regent Honeyeaters" will up for auction alongside some heavy hitters. This year (maybe they did in the past but i was unaware) you can place bids online beforehand. You can see the online gallery HERE. Its amazing the way things come full circle. When I lived in Southern California I used to work at the museum as a preparator. I used to joke with my coworkers that one day they'll be hanging my work in there. I'm humbled.  

two new

rouse 24x30

mischievous blue 20x20

these are two of four new works that will be shipped off this month to Silver Queen Fine Art in Park City, UT. patrons interested in purchasing you can contact the gallery at: info@silverqueenfineart.com

the other two are Pyrrhuloxia and Rouse. See below. 

stay tuned folks!

hello peoples. as usual i've been slacking on posts. well, fortunately its because i've been crazy busy with painting for commissions and for galleries. i'll get ya some pics soon once all this work is completed. 

hit a wall and take a breath

(panoramic iphone pic. makes my studio look huge, ha)

It happened yesterday. you know those days where you're dragging ass and distracting yourself as much as you can from working in the studio? yup. its funny how things go in cycles and when they come around again its as if it were a whole new discovery. hallelujer! ya well, yesterday was one of those days where at the end of the day in the studio i was talking with my girlfriend and she graciously (as is her demeanor) points out to me this cycle and what i'm doing. i have this tendency to talk about my work as if its already in the state i wish it would be. meaning, i have these ideas of where i want to take the work but haven't gotten there,...yet. 

just by asking me to look at the work and really see what i'm doing that's pushing boundaries where i would like to see the work go is humbling. its humbling because i already know this. its not that i want to reinvent anything or radically change my work to painting still life's of nothing but tubes of toothpaste. it's more so merging elements that are both known and made up while creating exciting worlds. granted, if i were already achieving everything now it would get boring and unchallenging. i mean, that's the whole point right? to grow, discover, enjoy the journey, kick and scream, etc.

i have found so far that this business of painting full time can be tricky. it can easily turn into work with meeting demands of upcoming group shows, commissions, trying to build inventory, etc. the scary part is balancing the love and time needed to explore and create new work and worrying about income. if you worry too much about just the money part of things your work will suffer and so will your ganas, but you need to produce work. i by no means am at the point where my name is that known, but i am at 

the point to where things are picking up a bit so i can see those potentials. 

i guess what i'm blabbing about is that despite meeting demands and so forth there needs to be time taken to cultivate your craft, thoughts, experiments, questions, and new ideas for growth. all of that time spent is just as, if not more relevant, than making finished paintings. maybe this all sounds better in my head. nonetheless, ITS OK and necessary to take time to do studies and the like rather than just churn out paintings and burning out.