This post is more for me then anything else, with 2010 coming up I feel like I need to redirect some creative energies so that some projects and ideas do not become stagnate. Maybe by putting it down in public writing, it'll be a kind of contract with myself.This is what I have in mind
First and foremost on the agenda, My Muse(slash)Comrade & Artist(slash)Lovely Girlfriend & I have set to be moved into a bigger place by the end of the year. We've been using one easel as a time share because we have no studio, just a corner of a room, so our new place will have a dedicated room for a studio and we're both so dam excited about it! this year has been go-go-go and it isn't up yet! Such is life, now for next year...
1. "That book" I've been talking about forever. Yes 'Dolores la Chingona' The truth is I've written the whole thing, I've ironed out all the details and am more than half way through with the thumbnails of the pages. Character designs are about 90% done. It may sound like a good start if it hadn't taken me four years just to get to this point. I still have yet to start the actual pages! So with that said, 2010 will be the year I undertake what I'd like to think of as my first masterpiece. The book I'd like to see when completed will have no less than 200 pages! So don't hold your breath, it's still a ways out.
2. I do plan to continue showing works in galleries, although at a slower pace. I've been developing my next series which is currently called 'The Eleven Eleven Collection' and so I'll be exploring how to expand into an elevated style and technique of what I already do now. In my heart I want to blur the lines between the illustrative and fine art worlds. Along with this transition I'm going to scale down the size of my work so that I can hold them in my studio until my next scheduled solo show in November of 2011. A few pieces may leak out in the mean time for some constructive criticism. On a last note, I haven't figured out exactly how or what I'm doing but I have to ride this somewhat illusive idea out and see where it takes me.
3. In order to stay fresh and inspired, I'll be collaborating with two great artist I'm fortunate to be tight with, Wil Taylor and Mark Matlock (The D.R.) more on that later. Their company leaves me enlightening; often! We have yet to decide how we will do this, but we're not rushing into it and are confident what ever it is, will make waves. This in itself is exciting. In the spring, Tucson has a studio tour and along side Wil, Mark & Michelle (my woman:-) I'll be debuting some new art. For now, I've decided to continue my series 'So they Say' my interpretations of phrases and proverbs. So far this series has been a success and has provided me some flexibility in which to showcase work that is out of the ordinary.
4. Going to do my best and not hit any creative slumps, but if I do, I'll fall back on building bicycles. This activity has replaced the ever so much more expensive hobby of restoring old cars and! it's much better for the world. Of course every year I say "I got to exercise more" Well, I'll have no choice this time because our new place is farther from my day job and I bike everyday, so that's an easy one to achieve. Lucky me (I think)
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