Friday, March 20, 2009

Yeah, here comes the Rooster...

 
No we ain't gonna die-e-e-e... And I'm not dead, either! Alas, this post is not about Alice In Chains, but there is a rooster - two of them, in fact, or if you prefer, one rooster shown two ways. This is a matched pair of 9" x 12" paintings on panel:

 


 
9" x 12" oils on gessoed panel...



I've decided to move away from small daily paintings and start producing larger pieces. In consideration of those days when the daily 6x6 isn't any good, or when the non-art world rudely intrudes on my work routine - a Category of Pain under which I place the phenomenon of "economic collapse", by the way - my lack of an explicitly "daily" update makes a mockery of the word. I'm going to expand and change up things a bit, so I plan to make some changes around here over the next week or two. I've found a good place to acquire nice flowers at a reasonable price, so I will have some flower paintings in addition to other new stuff (flowers are a subject I've wanted to explore for a while, and with spring coming up, I'm that much happier to wander afield from small fruity things).

Friday, March 13, 2009

Hardware-Caused Delay

When they say three year warranty on computer power supplies, I think they really mean three year lifespan. I have a new PSU on the way but in the meantime I'm using the roommate's (non-art-oriented) computer, which leaves me unable to scan or process photos of anything. I'll be up again with some fun new things after the weekend, assuming UPS brings me what I need, and that the failure didn't wipe out any data.

I don't like computers... I only use them. At least when a pencil breaks, it doesn't take everything else with it.