Haha!  This was a picture from a poster that was up in the art building this week (kind of a poster within a poster).  It's just . . . awesome.

So, this week has been pretty crazy.  I've started and finished five paintings, personal record.  It might have been cheating, though, because I took the reference this summer while I was in Alaska and all that was left to do was paint them.  But, man, does it feel good!  You'll be seeing some of the pieces either this weekend or next week, my life's still pretty hectic.  I've got projects galore to finish, a thesis to catch up on, freshman to manage, etc.  So bear with me, those of you who are listening.  Have a great weekend!

Grrrrrrr......

Hmm, They seem to have been published in the wrong order . . .  And don't believe the times that it says that it's posted, it's a lie.  I wish I understood the internet a little better . . . Or maybe it's because this thing's supposed to be dummy-proof.

Not Today, Buddy Boy

Yeah, no luck on the sound bite texts, facebook doesn't do that either.  Dang it!  I was all excited, too!

Open it up . . .

Okay, so it's a little persnickety, but that's okay.  I can only publish one picture at a time so you'll have to read from bottom to top to see them in the proper order.  Or you don't have to.  I can see there being some interesting things happen if you read it top to bottom, kind of mentally psychedelic (new favorite word, I will use it as often as possible and almost always in the wrong context, haha!)

This is the inside cover.  There's a little pocket there, it kind of blends in.  I can put business cards in there or leave-behinds, or possibly very slim snacks, etc.  Whatever floats my boat.  I got the idea from one of my professors, Roger Demuth.  There's a link to his site up there in the links bar.  If you go there, you'll see that he has lots of . . . interesting . . . ideas and hobbies that he loves to implement and experiment with.  He's great.  He's like his site, he likes bunnies, especially rabbit trails, like other people you might know . . . oh, look, shinny . . . Ahh!  Snow!  No, no, no, no, no . . . Make up your mind either be warm or rain or freeze, not all three in one day . . . 

Anyway where was I?  Oh, I wonder if I can send sound clips . . . 

Viola!

And here's the inside, again, I suppose, cause I showed you the other side . . . Anyway, I've put prints of the art on presentation matte boards and they're stacked neatly on top of one another.   The viewer can take them out and look at them and move them around and reorganize, etc.  Some people don't like that, but personally, I kind of like the hands-on-interactive kind of feeling it gives to the work.  You're not separated from it.  Have you ever been in a gallery and wanted to just take a painting off the wall so that you could sit down and hold it up to your face and really look at it?  I feel that way with books, too, sometimes.

Haha, wow, that made a lot of sense.

My Portfolio

HaHa!! I did it!  I have no idea if this costs me anything, but I guess we'll see when I get the bill.  I think I'll have to do these in separate posts though . . .

This is the cover of my portfolio, it's all made by hand by me, not the actual materials, but the portfolio itself, you know what I mean.  I'm going to put my name in the little nameplate thing you see in the middle there.  

Bach

Go listen to Bach today, anything.  I'm liking Suite No. 1 in G Major, myself.  It's especially awesome if you pair it with AFI's Prelude 12/21.  Heehee!

I am going to studio, hopefully to produce some fantastic art that you will see here in the next few days.  Actually, I'm going to try and text some pictures of my portfolio that I sent to my little sister the other night, we'll see if it works . . . Hmmm, I think I need to do something with the blog settings . . . Have a great week!