I am intrigued these days by improvisational theater. It is fun, scary and challenging, providing good doses of play and therapeutic laughter. Learning by doing narrative structures influenced my last series of paintings. Still need to post those. The paintings have already had the priviledge of being refused for the CoCA Annual 2009. My visual art all seems to belong in the salon des refuses. Van Gogh’s failures give me comfort. Of course, he worked a lot harder at painting than I do. Then again, I have an income and he did not, ie a job that requires my time in return for a certain sense of financial stability. He was driven to know color and improve his drawing. I cave to retail therapy. Currently working on my self portrait for the Gage Academy of Art self portrait show. They won’t refuse it but it might not win a prize. This self portrait is quite ambitious - 36″x36″ is pretty large, and it goes beyond the cropped headshots I’ve usually done, bringing in the landscape of my childhood memories at Corona del Mar. It was the first place and time I ever seriously wiped out in surf, and I distinctly remember eating skittles there as well as Big Hunk bars and fried burritos. Mom also had a formula for excellent refreshment: freeze lemonade in tupperware cups (with their lids you know) over night and take them to the beach frozen solid. Shake hard around noon and you have a slush!
Coming up on February 20 - Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction 2010 - all art collectors encouraged to attend and purchase something fabulous! I have my eye on one - watch for the art preview. When you buy your ticket you can ask to sit at my table :^) http://www.artisttrust.org