Reading my latest Art Calendar I found out some important and possibly very scary news. Copyright laws maybe changing, these changes would make negatively impact artists of all kinds. Please find out more at Orphan Works and see what you can do to help. 

Feeling (slightly) accomplished this evening. Another piece of artwork completed, the newsletter for work done and a few important e-mails sent. 

Hello to you all, it has been a long time but life can be so demanding. Ideas for posts have been swimming around, but I either lack the pictures, the time to write or the motivation I am not sure which it is. This weekend though my sweet, sweet, husband decided he would spend his whole day working on my studio and putting the mess in order, it is all neat know, the beautiful soft sculpture art from Tine has a home and so does everything else. Working in a neat uncluttered space really helps me focus. While he was slaving, I worked on art and a website I am building for someone and also a newsletter that I did the design of. I haven’t made art in so long I felt a bit rusty but I think I came up with some nice new pieces, and some ideas for some more. I also found an almost entirely blank sketchbook. 

The other part of the day was spend printing my art resume and artist statement because it really is time to get going submitting my artwork to galleries. I had a submission deadline for city gallery here in phoenix and would you believe it not only did they have a $50 entry fee, but also a $50 exhibition fee, what is up with that? I am an Artist, I don’t have a $100 sitting around doing nothing, and also I don’t want to pay to exhibit my work, not like that at least! So I am still looking for galleries to submit to. 

Below is one of my weekend’s creations. “Summer Seduction” 

Rejection sucks, trying to keep my head up.

It is a two deodorant application day.

Choosing to remember only the good times! Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!

The newest piece of finished work, Pink Splash, part of what I hope to be a new series exploring seasons, changes, nature and the human body. (All work is copyrighted, please do not copy or publish with our permission).  

 I spoke to my sister last night. These days with each of our own very busy lives and some 3000 plus miles between us we don’t get to talk to each other much let alone see each other. Last time I saw her was when my nephew was less then 6 months old, she met us in New York city for a crazy lunch and quick tour or a museum there, it was a whirlwind 3 hour visit and that was 2005. Anyway she was saying to me,  after I said to her first that she was neglecting posting on her, that I was crappy at updating my notebook. So the conclusion was that we were both busy and bad at posting and probably should make more of an effort.

It has been hard for me to post lately, because honestly I haven’t been making art like I would like and I feel guilty. I feel that this notebook is for information about my creative process not what I ate today for lunch, which by the was some rather tasty organic spinach and cheese ravioli and a organic herb salad with avocado. I feel compelled to write something of value and of deep thought, and yet mostly it ends up being superfluous and filled with spelling errors and run-ons.

 It is just that there are so many ideas, so many projects in their infancy and it is all so exciting and terribly scary and so incredibly unstable I just don’t want to jinx any of it right now. I want for everything to work out somehow. In other words I would like to have my cake and eat it to. I would like to have the incredible opportunities that exist come to fruitation. There are so many adventures to take, so many great pieces of art to create, so much to learn, so much to teach, so many wonderful things to do, and I feel like I am not doing enough. I get tired and warn thin by the daily grind, and I forget about all these things that feed my soul. These things that get my heart being quickly, my mind racing in loops, my palms sweaty. I need to remember these things, the things that make life worthwhile, that make getting up in the morning fun, the things that makes the day spin by.

I am really hoping that this summer will bring the time, concentration and motivation to accomplish some of the things that keeps my mind racing, and my heart beating fast.

Thursday, was a lovely opening at the West Valley Art Museum. A great group show with 62 talented artists, It was a great networking opportunity and very fun to get together with all these lovely artists. I hope that we will be hanging out more often and I can’t wait to find more of the Arizona Art Community.