keep moving forward

It's been a remarkable art week! Today I stopped in at Tender Loving Empire to say hi & look at what's new, and lo & behold! Someone had bought a cityscape as a Christmas gift, and she handed me a check! Woohoo! Bonus!!

I'd forgotten (even now I don't remember signing up for it) that I'm in The Launchpad Gallery's Love show, until I asked yesterday & got the confirmation email today. Ha! I have some linocuts that are love & hearts, so I think I'll use those as stamps for the background of a collage/painting. Cool! I wanted to make my Friday an ART day, but I'm so good at being distracted by stupid meaningless stuff & wasting the day. But now I have something to make, and in limited time- guaranteed art day- yeehah! And I have to admit that it seems I've come far from showing my work in public for the first time in July of 2007 to selling work in a store, hanging my first solo show, and forgetting that I'm in a group show by February of 2009.

Sunday I hung 20 pieces at Grendel's Coffeehouse. I think it looks pretty sharp- it's amazing what some nice frames can do. First solo show- yeay! I hope I sell some:-) I've priced the little ones at $35- a good price for a framed original piece of art with mondo detail. I hope that it speaks louder than the screaming cacophony of the economy. It can be disappointing to start a career in a big fat recession, but I figure that sales can only go up from here. Any by the time things are turning around, people will have been seeing my stuff for several years, and may have liked it and wanted one for that time. Where did this optimism come from? I suppose it's determination- this is really what I want to do.

I'm psyched to be taking a linocut/printing class from Thomas. I inquired with him some time last year if he'd give me some pointers, and he responded to my Grendel's show announcement with a last minute invite to a small 3-Saturday class he's giving- starting this weekend! YEAY! Thomas is the master of linocuts- his work is precise and has incredible detail. http://www.thomasrude.com/ I'm interested in linocutting b/c it's doodling in 3-D, and I can make multiple prints and have fun with colors. AND use it as a giant stamp in other, larger pieces.

FREAKIN' YEAY!!!!

I submitted a piece to the Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life auction, and haven't heard back yet if it's been accepted. Ooooo- I'm keeping my fingers crossed! That would be a HUGE stage to put my name on. I mean- wow. I hope, I hope, I hope!