Yesterday, when I posted this, I don’t think I was in my right mind. I mean, I woke up in a lot of pain and I was pretty depressed. When I get like that, I feel defeated and insecure. But after rereading that post and giving it more thought, I started feeling some of my confidence coming back. I think I wouldn’t make such a bad artist mentor after all. It feels very odd to toot my own horn and promote myself at something I’d be good at. It’s uncomfortable, but that’s probably because I’m just not used to it yet. But I can get used to it, because I would be good at it!
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I woke up in physical pain this morning. Both legs, as usual. The aching is always nearly unbearable. That’s how my morning began, and then it just got worse. Maybe it was only the aching legs, maybe it’s depression, or maybe a combination of both, but I pushed through and started my day anyway.
Continue readingReviews and the Constitution
This morning, I found out that I got a review in ArtNowLA written by Zara Kand. Does it count if we’re friends? Maybe? Zara writes for several art magazines, but she is also a great painter and practically my neighbor. She lives about a mile away, and what’s totally crazy is that we have the same landlords!
Continue readingThe Latest in a Series of Arrangements
I sure have a lot to catch up on. I haven’t had a minute of “free time” (whatever that is) to write about how my opening went, how the panel event panned out, or even to talk about how I’ve already started school!
Continue readingLots-o-words About the “Relative Strangers” Show
It’s been a little bit, mostly because I was crazy busy in the two weeks leading up to the opening. I loaded up my car with more than 25 paintings and drove out to LA last Tuesday. I dropped off ten of those pieces at the scanning place and continued on to the gallery in Santa Monica with the rest.
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