the last week

I now have one week to finish up these last couple of paintings. The show opens february 8, and todays is the first. I still have hopes of finishing up this one:




It is currently the most likely candidate for finishing. I have been asked how much time i spend in the studio a week. Of course, the answer is not enough. It is very difficult to squeeze the time in with a 16 month old baby boy and a bartending job i do occasionally have to show up for. The only way i ever get time in the studio is when my mom or sister take the little one for the afternoon, which they each do once a week. And we have hired a girl to come watch him two days a week. So that totals four days a week in the studio, two of those days full 8 hours, and two half days. Not nearly enough. So it's especially irritating when i have to waste a full five hours in the studio building this:



It's quite a crate, isn't it? It contains three unsold paintings from the last show that are off to Dallas for a group show. There is a gallery there that called me and wants to start showing my stuff. I don't know much about Dallas, but we will see...

All for now. Gotta go try to finish some paintings.