This is the latest and greatest piece for my upcoming show….which is in like three weeks. I was talking to my fiance, who by the way is such an amazing woman and I dont know what I would do without her, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to call this new piece. With that beautiful quick mind of hers, she just started laughing and spouted, “I think we found the hamster!” we both started laughing pretty hard and for as ridiculous as that title sounds, it fits the piece pretty well. Whats better is that she has pretty much come up with all the names for my pieces and even my show! I come up with something and she just have to one up me every time ( and lemme tell ya, in this case she wins). Late last week we sat down at the kitchen table eating dinner and I looked to her and said that I had no idea what I wanted to call my show, not in the slightest. Without even breaking a sweat she just says, ” how about ‘The Musings of an Untidy Mind’?” I just busted out laughing because if anyone knows me, that title pretty much sums up how I am. It’s such a great title and also a great starting point for me because this is the first show that I have had outside of being a student in almost two years. Sure, I’ve had pieces in shows around town and that’s all well and good, but this is the first time in a while that I’ve done something for myself. A lot of my work in the last couple of years has been commissions or just quick sketches, nothing of substance. BUT, and I mean a very big but, these last two years have not been wasted. I have been playing with different mediums and styles, studying for myself and trying to become an artist that I feel I can be. Sure making art at the U was nice and I loved the space, but in a lot of ways it was kind of restricting. As my friend Brianna put it, once she graduated, she felt a giant weight lift off her shoulders and that she had the freedom to be who she wanted to be. This is the first of many things to come for me, it may not necessarily be a new art show every few months, but I have a few other projects in the works, one is a comic I’ve been working on the last 2 years that i’ve been a jerk to my partner on because I want it to be the best it can be. So Keith, I’m sorry buddy, but your gonna love the final. and also expect to see some possible published pieces from me in the year, my new years resolution was that I am going to be published by the end of the year, and Gosh Darn It, it’s going to happen!! …..so….with out further or due, here is the newest piece for my show and the show card that was created out of that piece!
ENJOY!
