Yea!
I got my studio time at the Art Alliance (Redbank NJ) today! and tomorrow I’ll submit some paintings for the new exhibit with the concept of ‘fauna’, which is totally what I paint!
I was hoping my new oil paintings would be dry enough but I just couldn’t resist that last layer of color arrgh but no mind, as Bob Ross says "we don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents" - Bob Ross rules!
I got a new plant today, well three herbs in a pot, I love mint! I also got a crystal pyramid from the New Age Center store nearby to the Art Alliance! Here’s one of the paintings I’ll enter tomorrow, I went crazy on the frame with gold leaf flakes and glitter haha! The concept is to have the owner of the painting put something in the frame so the horse is looking at it, like a feather or a photograph, I wonder if anyone will think to do that? Imagine how much of a focal point something red or pink would be with all that gold and green around it…

The other one i put a little pic of in the sidebar cos i will work on it some more tonight and photograph it tomorrow!
I’m really excited about having some studio space, it’s been a long time since I shared an area with other artists, but i remember how that creative energy inspires me. here’s an old poem about an art building i wrote (actually i scratched it with a metal stylus on a found sheet of lexan and made monoprints with florescent tempera paint added as the inked sheet of lexan went through the press!)
The Art Building
the art building at night
is a glorious sight
full of mayhem and wonton destruction
the building at day
is a dismal display
of a brain without form or function
the quality of line
aint seen all the time
when the hangovers shadow
the lecture, but the time
when the mind is churning sublime
some ART is produced,
YEAH, YOU BETCHER
(thanx to Carrie, a fun, dedicated artist…)
Amongst the ferns
amongst the ferns -
shaded deep within
the redwoods power
and timelessness
the sunbeams kiss your tinted skin
and the gentle air
breathes a new caress
rabbit quiet and squirrel still
we twitch and smile
and breathe and glow
tho’ we’ll be gone ‘for winter’s chill
this spot will remain,
too warm for any snow
It was totally warm today, almost 70 degrees here on the east coast!

