NOVEMBER STUDIO UPDATE
EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR
November 15, 2006- Every year, I always tell myself things will be different, but no matter how much planning, how many weeks in advance everyone cleans out the studio, the EAST tour and the year end shows
creep up out of the blue and suddenly arrive, seemingly without warning.I spent most of this month draining my brain using photoshop to create some new products - shot glasses and some novelty kits based off series of new drawings. The hours spent staring at a cold computer screen scanning in drawings and adjusting contrasts and sizes boggles my mind. Despite making steady progress, the computer chewed up my time and spit out an uncreative corpse that had the hardest time working with brushes and paint in studio
afterwards.
Once I was able to start working again in studio, I started printing shot glasses and straightening things up in small, uneven increments. The tour starts in two days and the studio still looks like a train wreck - with paint rags, canvases, empty boxes and piles of books and pieces of paper strewn about.
I have managed to dedicate some time, through the frustrations of being broke and enjoying leftover ketchup packets as late night snacks, to painting. I'm working on making my colors bolder and richer, and am using a series of small canvasses to explore those methods. I'm enjoying the work and am enjoying the small successes I've had. Once I get through the next couple of weeks, I should have ample time to start in on a fresh, new comprehensive body of work that'll keep me moving and pushing myself further.
All of the products I've worked on for the upcoming Blue Genie show are turning out well, and have allowed me some freedom from canvas to convey some of the satire and commentary that sometimes get weighted down by the nature of painting grandiose thoughts.
I can't say it enough, I'll be the happiest man alive come the new year - with 2006 behind me, and a series of fresh canvases laid out in front of me.
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HINTS FOR GETTING AROUND THE TOUR:
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Avoid crowds by starting east and moving west
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Ride a bike, skip on finding parking
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Eat! East Side Pies, Taco Sabroso, Cafe Mundi
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avoid drinking too much at any one studio
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make a plan but always ask for studios to see, you're sure to find something unexpected.
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talk to the artists, they don't bite
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stay for the after parties. artists like to drink and have fun too.
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My studio during the cleanup
PLACES TO SEE ON THE TOUR:
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AFTER PARTY:
Saturday, November 18 2006
Bolm Studios
5:30-??? |
| the bands:
TURBO 350s
MY EDUCATION
THE ONLY'S
RUBBER ROBOT
HOTEL HOTELbrought to you by
Assemblage, Bolm Studios and SCHLIEFKEVISION
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