Archive > May 2009

job well done…

well, i just went through the last of my portfolios a few minutes ago…i have another ton of bad paintings to get rid of, but i located scores of watercolor paper!  it feels good to have accomplished this…i found a lot of old artwork and it was fun to look at it…i did A LOT [...]

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spring (summer) cleanup…

i have been on a cleaning frenzy since yesterday…it all started with scanning some old artwork…one thing led to another and before you know it i have the hallway in my house cleared of pet hair and junk…i still have boxes of artwork to go through…and i have to haul my watercolor table downstairs…luckily it [...]

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busy bee…

today i decided to stop procrastinating and get down to work..i cranked up the stereo and i scanned a bunch of my old drawings from 1997-99 done while i was at UCDavis…then i went in and went through this big tub of old artwork…wow…all i can say is 2000 was a busy year for me [...]

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it’s a go…

just found out that the bus is going to be running next semester to the college…yay!!!!  i’m so glad…i’m going to sign up for freehand drawing (my 2nd time around)…i want to get back into drawing again, something i let fall by the wayside…i love drawing, i just don’t do it…actually, painting is easier for [...]

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now what…

well, my first weekday off from school for the summer…went to the doctors and she seemed to think i just had a very bad bout of the flu…me, i’m skeptical, but you get the kind of health care you can afford…i get about 10-15 minutes tops with the dr during visits…on the other hand my [...]

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school’s out…yay!!!

well, school is out for the summer, possibly for good for me…and i went out with a bang just like i wanted to!  On our last day we did some hijinks in the gallery…wrapped a blindfold around my friend’s standup painting of her daughter and took a picture of it near my see it go [...]

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when the smoke clears…

i find it very interesting that certain person(s) have nothing better to do than read a blog of someone they clearly detest and leave comments even though their comments aren’t posted and just go straight to spamland…i would suggest taking up a hobby (like painting maybe?)  i bet you have stories to tell also…
school is [...]

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a bright new shiny day…

today i woke up and wasn’t sick for the first time in about a week…i think i have named the culprit, and that would be milk…it appears my intolerance for it has grown to include cheeses and things made with milk products…bummer…
i googled myself this morning and was surprised to find out i am in [...]

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countdown begins…

one week till the end of this school year…it seems to have gone by so fast!  I have to go every day except tuesday this week, and then tuesday of next week…
i have been taking it easy for the past few days…i get a little dizzy when i stand up, and my tummy demands bland [...]

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the saga continues…

today susan talked to a reporter from Record Searchlight who wants to come and see the painting in question…the dean of arts/humanities backpedaled and “gave permission” to me to use the original title of See It Go…so we changed it back…it still has it’s cover, but it’s generated a whole lot more attention than if [...]

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