June 4, 2004

• Heh heh, yeah, that last post was a shameless plug for my art, but there’s a story behind it. Anyway, since you all got so excited, I’ll see about posting more stuff later. Thanks for inflating my ego, y’all.

  
  

  I did Mouseprints in memorium to my departed pet mousie, Shadow. It was part of a series of little silly poems and collages about Mouse Heaven, which i then made into a teeny book for my junior year poetry class. Perhaps I will also post this later. *Sniff* I miss my mouse.

  
  

  Walking Around was inspired by a Pablo Neruda poem of the same name. I went through a phase for a few weeks where all i did was hole up in my studio, covered in oil pastel, and crank out art. I think i must have made about twenty pieces, but as much as i love the colors in them, pastel is a biotch to scan/ frame/ present as an illustration to publishers. So the good thing is, it’s one of the few art pieces I made entirely for myself, just for the pleasure of getting messy.

  
  

  So the story behind all this? Yesterday I got three offers to paint murals this summer, and I am making a proposal for another series at the school where I teach. Literally within a span of five hours, one guy emailed me asking to paint his recording studio in Philly, another for some murals in a motorcycle shop, and my uncle called to let me know they’re looking for someone to paint in the pediatric ward at the hospital where he works. So i have been trying to get my shiz together, organize my resume, rebuild a portfolio website, and put my art somewhere where potential clients can see it. I’m totally crazy. This summer is gonna be great.

  
  

  As promised, I leave you with a little somethin’- somethin’ from my illustration folio.

  
  

  
  The Notch, oil pastel on bristol paper.

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