January in Athens

I'm in Athens right now but I don't write about it here.

Testing testing is this thing working? Am I really doing this? While I didn’t consciously acknowledge that I was going to write with regularity out loud or in any way to any one, I did admit it in the back of my mind. I guess that means something? Now I am admitting it more outward here and to you, whoever is reading. The significance is that I consider myself an artist and don’t want to embarrass myself with my inferior writings. I struggle to write thoughtfully… or regularly, or correctly, or… You know, self doubt, wading in to the unknown, the unfamiliar. My technique to battle this is to drink a lot of coffee and have a working laptop in front of me. BAM! here I have a whole paragraph of words already.

Title: “That green cup seems OK” Original is gouache on paper. 10” x 14” (approximately) Price on request.

You can see how I made the skull that the figure sits on more subtle.I like the challenge of painting from a figure that is one group of natural skin tones and create an entirely new color scheme for it with all the same subtleties. I make prints but I’m out of town so I won’t be able to fulfill orders until February. Each print is titled and signed on archival paper.

My days of two websites are coming to an end. I’m going to attempt to consolidate them for the simplicity of going to one place and seeing everything I do. The link here is to the fine art site.

That’s it for now, again. I should think of a better sign-off. One of my favorite comedians, Mark Norman, ends every set saying “Thank you, I’m Kevin Hart” and leaves the stage. Usually the host never acknowledges it but will ask the crowd to keep clapping for Mark Norman. Thank you I’m Mark Norman.