Since 2025 is almost over, I’ve been swimming in a sea of administrative and logistical tasks. I actually find this stuff enjoyable, mostly because I’m a bit organizational crazy. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been trying to take a detailed inventory. It’s more than just how many paintings or Artist’s books I have on hand. It’s an inventory of the many facets of my practice. It’s just time-consuming to gather up all the numbers for the whole year, especially because I haven’t done an inventory like this in many years, if at all, really.
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Art & Admin
I finally finished the whole VIP promotional package project last week. I made 33 of them and I’m happy with the list of people. Last time I did a special thing like this (last year during my solo show at Compound in Yucca Valley), I didn’t get the responses I hoped for. Same with my show before that (THIS LAND) at Craig Krull Gallery. However, I did get a good review out of that show.
Continue readingReflective Mindset
So, I’ve been working on this reflection workbook called “What’s Next” with a good friend of mine. We’ve only gotten through the first ten pages or so, and I think there are about 35 pages in total. It’s been eye-opening, and I guess pretty helpful in finding out what the hell I want for my future.
Continue readingRolling Right Along
I’m still not quite sticking to a good painting schedule, but we just got over a four-day holiday weekend here, so I wasn’t exactly wanting to work. I did some work on the promo project, which is very close to being finished. I’m just waiting on more photo wallet envelopes from eBay, but I’ve got everything else done. Pretty much.
Continue readingFuture Worry
I had a hard time sleeping last night. I’m not totally sure why. I know I was too hot, even though I slept with the window open, letting in the cold air. But I was still uncomfortable and lay there for a couple of hours after midnight just wishing I could fall back asleep. It pretty much sucked.
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