1.1.09 - 123/365

new year's day in the studio,
still putting it in order

part of what has been taking up so much space was boxes of wood;
stretcher bars, panels, wood for frames, scrap, whatever
all of that went down to the basement

now
it's no secret that i collect a lot of stuff
and that i am a bit of an organizational freak
so, while making room for the wood
i was very surprised
that 4 paintings stored in the basement
were not numbered
and were not in my database

and then i remembered
these were what i was working on
when i stopped painting
to pack up the studio
and now
2 1/2 years later
they are back in my life

it's a bit emotional for me.

as is the fact that i still need to discard more old work
i got rid of about 1/2 the pastels that i came across today