Entering the Second Quarter

2nd April, 2010

Florida has been very cold, the coldest winter in Sarasota on record (28 degrees Fahrenheit). It’s difficult to complain about the weather when it’s not that cold, but for Florida, it was cold. Needless to say, I am anticipating the upcoming beach weather.

S/ART/Q Process Exhibition has been running for a week now and I have heard good things from those that have seen it. Look for a Process catalogue in the near future. It will be nice to produce print design again as my work has been focused on web development. If you read ‘Advertising Then & Now’ you can get an idea of why I spend so much time in this medium.

As far as my personal artwork is concerned, I honestly haven’t had much time for myself. Business has been floating with the inconsistencies of the stock market, unemployment and housing sales (or lack there of) which makes actual work very challenging (and extremely busy). On the other side of that (or what takes up my evenings) is dedicated to exposing the art collective, and producing, what seems to be my newest medium of choice, video.

In my quest for understanding ‘contemporary art’, not defined by a time period, rather an actual understanding of what contemporary art means, where its going and how I can successfully represent my work, I converse with contemporary artists I associate with. Naturally I get all different responses with nothing concrete to strive for other than doing what I did since I was a kid, be true to myself; make art for myself. However, one person did mention how contemporary art has landed into the realm of being “digitized” … so lets play with that for a while and see what comes of it.

I must admit that my United States Souvenir Series has been put on hold until this painting block (similar to writers block) gets lifted. The next paintings to come of that are Illinois, Colorado and New Hampshire.

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