I’ve been having conversations with myself again—about a whole slew of topics. Then, applying the answers to my own questions, and turning them into projects, artist statements, and brainstorming things as notes and scribbles. I’m not sure where any of it is going yet. I mean, the ideas that are still abstract are maybe too abstract. Or something.
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I feel like my show is fully coming together, sans finishing one last painting. Before the Tragedy has been sitting with a burgundy red/purple underpaint that is still drying. I think because it’s been so cold, it’s just taking eons to dry.
Continue readingWhat a Shit Show
Since the beginning of the month, I’ve been putting all my assets together to apply for another Pollock-Krasner grant. If I spent this much time putting together my application 20 years ago, maybe it wouldn’t have taken me more than seven tries to win it.
Continue readingCore Subjects & Transitioning
Even though my thinking brain has been like a bunch of clogged pipes, I’m still trying to envision what comes next for me. That is, after all the work is done for my solo show. I only know that writing has a lot to do with what comes next. I’ve been trying to write out my long-term and short-term goals over the last few days, but it’s a little like pouring molasses.
Continue readingQueering the Family Album
Photographer and videographer Eric Minh Swenson was here on Monday, shooting me working in my studio. I even made some good progress on my last pieces during the shoot. I thought I was going to have to fake it (pretend to paint), but I really was painting. I did this while talking to him about the scenes in the work, since they all originate from photos.
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