Why I need to have a clean the @#$%^& studio day/week/month

These images of the interior of my @#$%^& studio is why I need to do a clean-up time - whatever it takes.

My paintings are stacked, leaning, lying and some even hung on walls! No kidding, on walls!

In self defense, I AM getting ready for (hopefully) two art shows - one is certain while the other show is juried. There's the nail biter!

I also have "promised" that I'd make two of my paintings available to the Arkansas Lt Governor's office but I need to deliver them to Little Rock, AR which (according to Google) is about 4 hours or a little over 200 miles one way. An ALL DAY drive?

AND I'm going to submit a painting to a benefit auction in Hot Springs, AR. Which (according to Google) is about 4 hours and a little over 200 miles one way.  Sound familiar?

BUT if we make it an over-nighter stopping in Little Rock, hob nob with the Lt Governor a while, then go to Hot Springs.the next day it's doable.  IF ONLY I can get the other parites' calendars to agree with mine.

These are freshly varnished (GAMVAR - really good stuff) and are very likely going into the art show.










This is simplay - THE MESS! ahhhhhhh!

Cherry Blossom painting - 36x35 - drawn on canvas

Cherry Blossom painting - 36x36 - drawn on canvas. The light gray color of the tinted Gesso isn't as blue as this photo would have you believe.  The dark edges are a result of me not aligning the camera to the canvas and sloppy cropping in Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3.  My fault, not the software! :-)

I created sketches on a few sheets of newsprint paper to indicate the location important  (to me) elements of the painting then used Saral brand white transfer paper from Dick Blick . The Saral transfer paper is available in other colors, but I like the white. These lines aren't absolute locatons, I'll change some things as I make the painting.  

 March 31, 2010 - day 1 of painting -  putting in shapes, colors and etc.

 April 5, 2010 - day 2 of painting - did many things! Played with the water and the area beyond the water, began detailed blossoms and "suggested" blossoms. Drew in "tree parts" - tree trunks, branches and limbs. I want to "fill in" the grasses at the bottom of the painting.

My studo - my work space.

I make my paintings in the Northeast corner of my studio with my back to the desk with the storage bins and the North.  I face the Southeast corner of the studio when I'm at my easel. 

I built my "taboret" from scrap lumber (from building the studio) and three second-hand keyboard trays we found at a second hand store.