It is the twenty fourth. This year escapes me. I have four more days of first year graduate student status before I cross the threshold and begin the downhill slide into an MFA in studio arts. These are exciting times. However, there are still a number of people looking for me to do my old work, which I think will inevitably be crossing paths with the new work, and this has made me one stressed little monkey.
But, things are looking good now. I need to pull together a small show for a spot in my hometown, which is great. I have never shown art in Lewis County. I am working on a piece in exchange for a new American made Fender stratocaster, which is very exciting, putting together a small group of works for Bard Coffee in Portland, working up some more pieces in a series of paintings for a commission, and trying to work on a couple illustration projects. I am feeling a bit busy, but it is a happy time.
I'm posting a couple images of my most recent installation. It is really a portrait of an artist as you will see. I'm pretty excited about it, but I am far more excited for my newer ideas that have come of it. Stay tuned, at this rate, I'll have something new up in a couple months or so. But no, in all seriousness, I'll try to get some sketches up soon.
This is really a kind of a continuation around the room of the piece that I showed a couple months ago. I have gotten way more into the making of this piece than I was though. I think that the artist manning the stereo and thinking about a big black cloud is right where I am at. Like I said, a self portrait of the artist.
It has been good. Things are coming together. Answers to questions that I hadn't even considered are becoming more and more readily available. I am feeling good. More to come.
Peace
Mike
