It’s been a month since I’ve done a new post. It’s not for lack of work, just a lack of updating. I finished my second semester in graduate school at the academy of art, am preparing to move in a month to a new house, and am also planning a summer of landscaping, will be working on my first childrens’ book project with a friend who is a stellar writer and will also find time to submerge myself in the rivers of northern california. Ahhhh, it’s good to be alive. I just wanted to remember that out loud, it’s good to be here, it’s a pleasure to make art, to have the up’s and down’s of life teaching me some kind of balance (it’s in there somewhere), to have good friends, to eat and share good food courtesy of the fresh farmer’s markets of the bay area and to remember to smile, cultivate a warm heart, and feel some love for life already!! Sometimes I just need to announce and practice my gratitude especially after a rough ass moment or two, and what better place to do it than in this journal/blog forum.
Always: practice, practice, practice (right now it’s anatomy, composition, lighting, botanical studies, character sketches, animals; I’m determined to become a really really really versatile artist and am going to practice my heart out this summer on school break).