Ready, Set, WORK!

I've been very busy getting things ready for my art shows, starting from the ground up. I have no space in my house to work so I have completely rearranged my bedroom to be my place to sleep, my office and my painting studio. Only one thing can be done at a time because there is no space so I've started with scanning a lot of photos of my childhood and my parents childhood. I use these in various ways in my paintings. The work I've been doing the past few years has had a lot to do with photographs.

I have also been watching, thinking and mulling but not necessarily in that order. It almost feels like I'm not doing much except putting out family fires and making sure everyone is alive. It's not easy to be single parenting these days. Not that it ever was I guess.

Mulling over the concepts for my art shows though is critical. I have had a lot of thoughts, ideas and AHA! moments (not necessarily in that order) in the last few years and it seems to be a big job to graft them together into something comprehensive. All the artwork in one show needs to be a body of work that can hang together.

My areas of study in art have been pretty varied and the art I create is just as varied. I can flip flop from one complete style to the next without blinking an eye. I suppose that's a good thing except when I need to put together a body of work that all looks like it comes from me.

The planning and milling around my room portion is a good part to be doing right now considering I'm not well. I work around the ebb and flow of what my body needs. I have the odd mini dance party here and there to keep my energy from falling into a deep hole.

As this process goes on, if I keep plugging away and getting as little or as much done as I can in a day, I think I should be able to make the deadlines. This is the part where it goes from exciting to work.

I plan to continue posting here about my post cancer adventures, my health, my inspiration and snippets of work for the impending arts shows. I'll also be offering the odd art piece here for sale. It's a lot to do so wish me luck.

End of the Computer Woes

Finally! An end to the woe of the old computer. My little old laptop would only stay connected to the net for a few moments before it would disconnect and it was so epicly slow that I couldn't do much before the disconnect. The old thing was done. There has been a lot of debate around here about whether the computer was truly that old but sometimes things just are what they are. That laptop has been with me through some very rough times. I purchased it just after I was hospitalized because I had no connections to the outside world.

When I first got it I didn't have the slightest clue how to use it because I was computer illiterate. It was basically there for whoever was with me in hospital so they didn't go mad while I lay there. I was going through too much to use it so kind emails from friends were read to me and I felt a lot less alone.

So here I am starting fresh and new with a computer that works. I have bartered the making of a website for this computer. It's a win-win situation for us both. I've been wanting to do a lot more creating on the web and I was willing but the computer was weak.

I'm wanting to dig right in and sort all the neglected things here but it's mothers day! I have three sons so this is a big day for me. One remembered to say, 'Happy Mothers Day', when he came in 12 minutes past his curfew last night. It was 12:12am and technically Sunday. His penance for being late / Mothers Day was to rub my foot before I went to bed. Ha ha.

I had tea made for me this morning and my oldest is taking me out to lunch. This computer still be waiting for me when I get back and I'm excited about the prospect of the adventures I'll now be able to post.

I am so grateful!

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers reading this!