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“[Contemporary man] is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by "powers" that are beyond his control.

His gods and demons have not disappeared at all; they have merely got new names.

They keep him on the run with restlessness, vague apprehensions, psychological complications, an insatiable need for pills, alcohol, tobacco, food – and, above all, a large array of neuroses.”  - Jung

inbetween

Havent posted in a while. Its been a crazy month, and the craziness is going to continue for a while. 

Ive been working on finishing up my last pieces for "Beautiful Monstrosities". Still working out of my basement, but as long as no creepy crawlers come to visit me Im fine and getting work done. Im starting to have my "pre-show dreams" always happens. Its always the same too, I always show up too late and miss the opening. 

within the next couple days I will have actual sneak peaks and the promo stuff. 

here is where I hide. my makeshift studio

its an absolute mess, but it serves its purpose. 

cant wait until my actual studio is done, so I dont have to work out of boxes. 

stranger in a strange land

I recently moved to a new place. Its been quite a hassle, I knew it would be, but you never know really. On top of all the actual moving madness, Ive grown frustrated without being able to paint for 3 weeks. Its a strange feeling. I feel out of touch with that side of myself. And with each passing day it feels like the light gets dimmer and dimmer. I have a anxious withdrawal like feeling. My current studio space is going to take time to be finished, so I will be setting up camp in my basement for the time being.
I watched a A-Team episode one time, (Im not familiar with the character names or anything) anyway they were undercover and all that. One of the guys was pretending to be an artist.( I always love when I see stereotypes of artists, cause its true) So whatever the reason the bad guys were trying to get him to move to another studio space, and The A-Team guy said " how is inspiration going to find me, when I trained it to find me here?" I laughed pretty good.....but its not so funny right now. Now to find all the extra sheets in the house and make a art fort.

Wednesday

sometimes I get these moments of pure bliss. When everything feels right and Im good with everything.

maybe it has something to do with the chemical release in my brain when I drink my coffee.

either way I wish it would last all day.

EDIT: must be the coffee. bliss = over. way over.

everyday

one thing I really dislike about painting everyday, is cleaning my brushes every night. I dont know why but it annoys me greatly. But I do it anyway, every single night.

heres a little sneak peak of a piece I just finished.

most paintings Ive been doing lately have been spontaneous. I'll start with a basic thought and see where it goes once I put brush to canvas. I like it, there are no disappointments and I feel like Im not straining to keep it like I see it in my head.

To Us!

Christ in the garden

one of my most favorite paintings.

It has had so much influence over me then I ever realized growing up, and in so many different ways.

city mouse

we went up north this past weekend to visit friends. It was a nice mini break.

Its dosent seem right when you are most looking forward to seeing stars in the sky and breathing in clean air.

now its back to city smog and dissecting my time.

will have images of both my Wes Anderson pieces tomorrow.

pale shade of grey

home from Ron Zakrin's show tonight at 323 East.

tonight was nice

sometimes I realize that I know some wonderful people, and I feel blessed.

tomorrow is going to be hard

thinking of you

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

"dont waste your time, or time will waste you"

Go see Paris

learn Japanese

go to art school

dont go to art school

learn to paint

do it on your own

write a story

volunteer

quit your job

take up photography

enter a contest

get in shape

run a marathon

start a business

learn Karate

get the hell out of this town

forgive

forget

no matter how long it takes

start now.

going for it

for reals

Camille Rose Garcia @ Merry Karnowsky

I was lucky enough to find out that Camille Rose Garcia was having an opening while we were there.

So I called up my friend Irene, along with her friend Tristan and my Aaron we crammed out bodies in to the packed Merry Karnowsky. Camille was there signing her book, and the line for that was insane!

Irene and I, performing our perfected awkward photo

I finally got to get a Camille print, I got the one on the top .



On the other side of the gallery, was Miss Vans work.

Me and Aaron were attacked by a drunk girl named Tuesday, who proclaimed to us she thought the bathroom was in the corner and almost peed on the floor. She continued her weirdness and took our camera and made us let her take our picture. Picture not included in this post, due to the blur created by a very drunk girl.

Venice Beach

So since the gallery was in Venice we figured why not stay in Venice. We got to check out Venice beach. Which reminds me of a Carnival mixed with a flea market with beautiful scenery, its something else.

we stayed at hotel Erwin, which overlooked the ocean, if you had the right room..which we didnt, but all we had to do was talk to few steps to see the ocean.



there are a lot of runners in California...A Lot.