6.17.09 - 290/365

finally
finally
finally
even though everything is most definitely not put away
it is off the studio floor
and i can actually experience
the full width of the room
it's a vast improvement
the space feels so much better;
i no longer feel as if i am painting in a corridor
we'll see what happens next...

the starting point of this video
is from a little "office" area that i have for my work station/scanner/printers/books/etc.
then one goes down 2 steps to the main part of the studio,
there's a slop sink to the left and to the right, beyond that railing
are steps to the basement where i have studio storage.

directly in front of the steps to the main part of the studio
is where i now do my daily watercolor project;
i used to have this set up towards the back
on the left wall
but that made the main studio space
way too narrow
putting it here is the only way i could get the full width of the studio to paint in.

ahead is oski on the floor
and my garden out the back
the very white paintings along the south wall
are no longer so white
but you never know
tomorrow they might be white again.

earlier this month

1.23.09 - 145/365

something felt very romantic in the studio today
at least for a little while
then i became unsure
but i went over 2 large unfinished canvases from "b4"
i guess "preparing the ground"
in a way

studio 360

10.17.08 - 47/365

a pear in hand...

there is something about both pears and hands
that i find so expressive...

the moving version

ykes,
sorry for that awful sound quality, it's supposed to be elastica

10.15.08 - 45/365

today was the first day
in i don't know how long
that i spent the whole day
in the studio
this, inspite of the fact
that i had some
(still to be completed)
important
(and time sensitive)
work to do for the community

this is how it started:

10.13.08 - 43/365

paint it black

it's part of the process
sometimes
i just paint it all out
but i usually this doesn't happen with watercolor
usually it's with the oils...

there's a reason for all this