More doing, less . . . everything else - my profound studio resolution for 2018.
The turtle race is over! The bluefin tuna's base layer is finished. Work has begun on the second layer - its skeleton.
From this . . .
To this.
Now this . . . time to make some bones.
Good things come in small packages.
Small works provide an efficient, non-committal avenue for artistic problem solving and exploration.
I hope you enjoy these 3in x 3in squares of beauty.
Studio Tricks for Solitude
I work thirty hours in solitude every week which means I have a ravenous appetite for noise. If not curbed, the quiet emptiness of my surroundings envelops me and I succumb to loneliness. This is a very bad thing - I end up Netflixing the rest of the day . . . night . . . and week. Substantial background noise isn't a neat little want, it's a gigantic messy need. To survive my studio solitude (which feeds my soul like nothing else), I require an infinite library of music and audiobooks. Thank God for musicians and writers who have filled this world with wonder. I will make art for your eyes - keep making it for my ears and mind. Where would we be without each other? My life would not be the same without you Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files) and James Marsters (narrator).
To those in a similar situation - good hunting. May your musical and literary spoils be bountiful.