quick week, thursday already.

Working on production prints for SM after finishing the girl, and quick drawings for Integral.  Forsythia was picked up, and out of my life.  When will I print that again?? I don't think for awhile.

Next up, Fitz and a mothers day commission that came in today.

Emma acting so unsettled today.  Made me unsettled.  She keeps moving position.  poor baby.

Reading through my epic diary I started my freshman year and carried on all through college and beyond.  Very interesting and familiar.  30 years ago.  Things are different of course, but how I feel is so similar.

Wrapping up a bizarro week full of twists and turns.  Glad to report that all things ended well, and I feel back on track.

Forsythia - DONE!
Farley - DONE!

next up is the little beagle / girl commission, and "Fitz"

But most my time will be spent getting prints ready for ShopMade.

All good!  to the future and beyond.

Major hurdle, taxes finished!

S T I L L working on forsythia print.  Hopefully will be finshed up soon.

frustration

taxes loom

no email from ...

but I think I got the shirt/press/temp./peely/crackly thing worked out.  I think!

Sounds like dad is recovering according to schedule, which is good news

And emma bounced back after a few days ago.

No final word yet on commission, and still waiting to hear from ..., so we wait

REMARKABLE to see how long I've been writing this blog!  I just went way way back, to April '08, working on little videos for the 48 Hr film, and giant prints on wood for my first artomatic.  and still working days at BSUR.  amazing.

Great meeting with ShopMadeDC today.  excited to get started with them.  All the familiar DC artists there.  Hope they are succeeding, and I can too.  Seems like it.  Best part is that it's two locations.

Anxious to get my recycled screens out.  Seems like it's going to be cost effective.

Thanking about a sale, or something to kick start some orders.  Feel like I flailing.  Except I have a few things to finish that I haven't even started.  Mixed message.

TAXES are due soon.  The worst part of year by far.  I hate seeing $$$ go.

Thinking about The dc art fair, but it's so ridiculously expensive.  And would I get in? Something to think about.

Packed up screens (will be a fortune to ship) and cards for Trohv.  Still plan to go out there, but put off for awhile again.

Got some of forsythia worked on, but not enough

Emma doing ok as usual after another spell in middle of the night.  UGH

STILL working on forsythia reprint, only because I put it off for a few days to finish more pressing things:  mothers Day cards.  VP had good sale, so I spent time thursday and Friday getting new(ish) ones pulled together.  Happy with how they all turned out (I think)

Saturday at the studio I spent the majority of my time deleting emails that had built up over the fall, and had transferred over to my new computer.  10k!  most of it junk, but of course I had to weed out what wasn't.  Found a much easier formula, alphabetical.  Since most junk were duplicates, I could find and delete huge chunks.  Much easier.

Took emma to rock creek and she went nuts.  she loves it so much, but gets herself worked up into a frenzy.  I don't know what the formula is, but she passes some limit and gets even more crazed and hyper.  Made the super smart decision to loop back through the woods instead of the road, so she could stay off leash.  Helped a lot, because when she is leashed and like that, I get so mad at her, and she gets even worse. 

Back to studio today, and tiny hole in screen that I saw Friday had ripped across the entire middle.  Frustrating, but typical.  Contacted company to recycle the 4 broken ones I have, and get a discount, which is good all around.  Bet the shipping cancels it out.  Saved the box, which was smart smart smart.  Fingers crossed its not a fortune through usps.

Working on Forsythia reprint, which is a long slog!  It's a new size, so I need to remake all the positives.  yikes.  Could this project be any more difficult?  yes, the board is slightly warped.  Fingers crossed it all works out, after all the work I'm going to put into it.

Nicer warmer weather means all the plants go outside, and my studio has some extra room.  anxious to spring clean.  This place is a mess of storage.  and my desk needs a lift. 

Nice time with Kim and Erin yesterday.  The traffic getting there almost killed me.  What should have taken 15 minutes took an hour. Thank god I don't have to deal with that every day.  The whole thing left me frazzled.

Sad to see the blog withering on the vine.  I try to post more regularly, only to stop again.  Maybe I can keep it up?

Working on drawing a commission that has been put off for too long.  It's a hard one, that's why Ive put it off.  Not so good at capturing people.  Or at least I don't think I am.  Have a tiny little shred of a drawing that might work.

Amazed at how time has gone by.  Lately I'm really feeling it.  Things have shifted.  So many good friends and connection have faded away, or been broken.  Corcoran, old studios, bsur, Story District, buzz, artomatic, peregrine, parcheesi, Sue.  I'm feeling untethered.  The only things grounding me are Hexy and Emma, and my parents.  

Anyway, hopefully, I'll have more to say tomorrow, and the next day too.