In The Dark

Do you like surprises?

Jenn and the girls are here! Jason's family showed up for the wrong holiday! They're here from Texas for Thanksgiving and then they'll be here again for Christmas. Woohoo!

It's hard to focus on my art on a day like this, but I've got commissions! This Jerry is a gift from a woman to her husband for Christmas. He's a Deadhead who'll flip over this and she wanted to make sure it'll be a surprise.

My wife and I are terrible at keeping things like gifts secret. We just end up telling each other way beforehand or even giving each other the gifts right when we get them. I don't know what it is about secrets like that, but I've never liked them much. It's more fun just to give the present for me.

Can you keep secrets?

Peace.

SOLD - Jerry Garcia 11/24/08

The Whole World Should Adopt The Siesta

A 40 minute or so nap around 2 in the afternoon. If you haven't, you should try it. After I woke up, I'd sold 2 more pieces and had received an album I'd bought on eBay. And I felt way better.

So Pigpen is for a guy who'd bought Jerry a ways back. He also had bought Louis Armstrong and now is buying Billie Holiday. Cool collection of my work he's building! He's got a bunch of Dead memorabilia too that he's going to frame separately and hang alongside my pieces.

I haven't done or read any technical research on the siesta, but I think it really would help productivity and our mental condition if everybody took them. I feel like I have a whole other day, so like 2 in 1, but I don't get exhausted by the end of it. Refreshing is the word. Or revitalizing. Something like that. Perks ya up.

Peace.

SOLD - Pigpen 07/07/08

Reluctant Enthusiasm

More paradoxicalness. I don't think that's a word, but in any case, another pair of opposite feelings acting simultaneously. I'm getting great feedback on Flickr about my pieces for Art on Vinyl 3 and I am excited about the show in New York, but at the same time I'm still struggling with the demons brought on by Jason's death. So it's hard to really focus on my artwork while trying to find acceptance.

Maybe I can look to Dylan and Lennon. Both resisted being iconic figures in New York, but both continued doing what they did, figuring out a way to accept the unwanted role. I liked finding the new photo of Bob from a promo poster for his book, "Tarantula". Made for a nice pairing with the one of John. Maybe somebody'll buy both together at the P/Art Show. Like pretty much all the paintings you can see in this blog, they're also available on commission.

Speaking of commissions, I already got the New York Dolls album from Canada to paint for the guy I connected with in The Vinyl Engine Forum. Now I've got to find a good picture of the pre-punk rockers. I also found the Grateful Dead album to use for my contest winner's piece on eBay for cheap and it's on its way. So those are next.