3 for real

finally able to upload photos. just when i was trying to be diligent..

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well for some reason im unable to upload any photos for day three..although i am sticking to my 10 day plan it looks like blogger is puttin a hault for todays...looks like 2 for tomorrow....

inspiration site im loving right now =

http://www.fecalface.com

yes im lovin the name

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the classic never-ending sketch.
and why am i not scanning sketches instead of taking ridiculous photos??...well that is pure laziness as usual. day 2..done.

lightbulb

10 days..10 sketches. this is the new idea to get myself back into blogging and more importantly back into sketching! the idea..not entirely my own. but a good one. and based on a friends devotion to yoga- bikram(?)specifically. 10 days of bikram turned to...10 days of sketches. i like it.

inspiration much needed

nyc mural


so, yes ive been a lazy blogger..but ive also been a lazy artist. even with an "art nook" in my new place..the wheels have not turned. ok, thats not truthful. the wheels always turn. procrastination is what happens. but theres always inspiration. and this was a good one......

bad blogger...

wow i am a bad blogger. it has been way too long since ive posted. on the art front personal work has been slow but random jobs have been popping up..surprisingly. since the start of summer work has ended for me but ive been able to keep myself somewhat busy with small "freelance" art jobs. window painting..check. logo..check. tshirt design..check. nice. the perks of art job randomness??? a shiny custom accentuated purple beauty...with me written all over it. ok now thats nice.

restoration..okay i can do that..

so the apartment hunting is still going on..seems there may be a contender. and yes..there is a STOVE. hurray. but the art continues. this painting was randomly brought to me thru my aunt in jersey. her friend loves it and kept it outdoors where, unfortunately it became a slave to the elements. the floral motif was slightly visible, dirtied and worn. my aunt has much faith in me and volunteered me to restore the painting. i thought it to be way easy at first..."oh yea, i can restore it..no problem" well not as eay as i thought. this woman loved this painting and wanted it to appear as it did originally. originally....hard to see the details that were original. so came the improvising. turns out the painting was freehand which is awesome, but the inner circular band was never centered. and me...in all my perfectionist glory, was completely thrown off by the unbalanced motif. anyway i let myself unwind and slowly move away from the ancient mathmatical circle drawing tool that was my fathers in his art director days, and i allowed myself to go with it. i think it turned out ok. i tried to keep some of the antique-yness to it which wasnt easy. and there was alot of prep to this piece being that the surface was so dirty and bumpy. but in the end im adding restoration to my list of know-hows. maybe not metropolitan museum of art restoration..but def ericas basement apartment restoration.

The Importance of....A Stove???

so its been quite a while since i last blogged. life sometimes takes over. i am currently under a crunch to find a new apartment..a cheap apartment..a clean apartment..bigger than the size of my childhood bedroom apartment...and an apartment with, dum duh dum....a STOVE. could it honestly be possible that people are seriously renting apartments without any stove or means for cooking???? i have come to terms with the fact that i will be paying substantially more than what i pay now for half the size. i can live with a small space, im more concerned that my cat cannot and will go crazy with no space to run around and therefore hang from the ceiling ten times what she does now. but come on..not even a range top!? for the last 2 years ive lived with no oven to bake but i do have a stove top, a range to cook atop. i am well aware that i am no gourmet cook, much unlike my mother and two sisters. i can live with that and honestly i dont care much for cooking. im looking forward to one day finding a man who will whip up my dinners. but i cant come to grips with having to plug in a hot plate in order to make my chick peas and rice. what am i back in college warming ramon noddles??? no. and i seriously dont want to regress back to that time in my life thru a hot plate. so. i have decided to protest all prospective apartment that do not include at least what i have now, a range. no matter how cheap or cute the place may be. i spend enough money on dunkin daily that im not gna waste my money even more on breakfast, lunch and dinner every single day. so yes i am celebrating the stove today in all my undomesticness because i never realized how dear to my heart they now are and how passionate i have become about them.

ah the perils of being an artist...

u know, i always thought that knowing that i was and would always be an artist was a relief. no worries about what i should or might do with my life. well. i was wrong, very wrong. theres no, "well u have a degree now..go get your job!" not that simple. its actually quite the opposite. what a gift to be creative, what a gift to be talented..but yes, what a pain that there is no guarantees. its hard to find your way and most of the time success is due to luck. yes i said it. even if i was the most talented artist out there i may not have the luck or connections to be seen or make a decent living. so yes artists have a certain burden of talent. but there is always that inborn yearning to produce, to give some of yourself and create something with meaning. and shit i cant seem to get rid of that so here i am, chasing the dream. and most of the time im completely doubting myself and my talent. and more than most of the time im discouraged and intimidated by the mere thought of being a successful artist. to support myself soley on my art?? are my hands even capable?? well yes its a pipedream but its my pipedream and today i see a glimmer.

take a closer look..

yes, those are my cats paw prints.....all over my latest drawing. smudges and little paws everywhere! frankie is too much. always gettin into everythnig normally, she has to be involved when im doing any kind of art. this one i left on the bed after falling asleep. when i woke up she had been all over it. cute, but not so cute. the last painting i did she had the same scheme goin. her prints were dried into the oil paint by the time i realized..i had propped it up against the wall and she had walked across the top ledge. guess my kitty has artist instincts as well.

my brother the artist

my brother adam..such a talented artist. he shoots out work constantly so im throwing some in here.

something old..

this will be the start of some pics of older work. this was actually a self portrait! part of a painting II assignment from queens college. i do love this painting tho.

yes..i have created a blog.

so i am finally trying to get artwork out there for people to see! im hoping that this blog will be helpful. ill be posting all past work i have photos of and of course all new work. im also hoping to get the hang of this quickly so for now things will definitely be basic. now ill have some place to send people when they want to see the artwork :)..shoulda done this a long time ago.