well... so much for not dripping any ink on my nice white quilt! arg! bound to happen, i guess, and that's what patches are for, i suppose. besides, sleeping amongst ink stains makes me sound totally hardcore as an artist. ha!
i'll be leaving tomorrow, yet again, for Southern California. this time, no business to attend to other than just hanging out with family and old friends. i'm really looking forward to it. ever since i moved to the Bay Area three years ago, going home has been hard. lots of ghosts. but my crazy back and forth this summer has lessened my fears about being there and, now, my visits are joyful and warm. so while i'm gone, i might not be able to get any blogging done. i'm going to try to leave the art-stuff in my studio for a few days and just enjoy the people i'm surrounded by. this will be my last trip down there for awhile.
but until then, i'll be catering to the drawing rampage! there's just something about black ink on nice white paper. it's sexy. when i return, it's time for me to dive back in to oil painting though. i'm currently working on a new body of paintings and, although the drawing rampage has been wonderful and lots of fun, i haven't worked on the paintings since it started and i miss them. they are the first thing i think about when i wake up.
one thing is for sure, friends and family can expect some art for christmas this year. i've got too many drawings at this point and no where to really store them for very long. i've never given artwork as christmas presents before, it might be a nice change of pace. lucky for me, everyone in my family actually likes my work. my brother doesn't quite get down with the more conceptual stuff but he's usually on board with everything else and, truth be told, i could give him the most minimal, conceptual, hard to understand piece of artwork in the world and he'd love it... he's actually even started to see the relevance and beauty of abstraction: a major step in a person's art appreciation! AND a very proud moment for me, i must say.
i'm also entirely infatuated with my little etsy shop at this point. 3 days old and already the love of my life! :) i'm busy brainstorming what other crafty things i can make and even just thinking about all the little goodies i can twist up with my trusty crochet hook makes me happy. this is, at least, one avenue i can take to kind of bridge the gap between art and craft. it's always bothered me how disrespected craft is. it's beautiful and important work. everyone needs a blanket during long, cold nights.
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