Summer Splash Show

I showed some small works at Cork this saturday with some friends. 

The show went well I thought. The only people that showed up were some of the artists and a few girlfriends. It was a very punk rock show in that regard. We played music and talked and drew. I gave away three paintings to friends, and a few copies of my zine. 

The Cork East Gallery- Summer Splash Show

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Facebook

I've just deleted my Facebook account. Everything is fine. I feel wonderful. If you need to contact me, please do so through my cell at 850 445 9541. Thank you.

Titusville

I went down to Titusville to visit with my mother and grandmother today- That was nice. My grandmother is very intelligent and loves to share her joy and knowledge. While driving around tow in my mom's car, the three of us pulled in to my grandmother's church, where I'd planted an orange tree. I walked around the side of the building alone and paid the tree a visit. It felt wonderful to be with the tree. I pruned it back, as it was feeling overconfident (or stressed) in it's new environment and had begun producing fruits.

This blog has become somewhat of a stagnant checklist of my daily going's on. Like a logbook.

Anyway, I've dealt with six different cops this week. All of them were rude, dogmatic, and presumptuous.

I am very tired, as I have taken to the 'night shift' here at CoRK.

Summer Splash

Today my friends and I showed our artwork publicly in CoRK East. The show went over relatively well- there was enough art in terms of wall to painting ratio, though some of the quality of presentation was weak. Also, the bottom fell out beginning in the morning, we had periodic rain showers throughout the day. I slept through four hours of the opening. I had not slept in preparation for the event, my sleep schedule remains untethered. I enjoyed showing my work. I hung five paintings at a time. I met Jess, Cassia, and John early in the afternoon. Cassia told me that one of my paintings was her favorite. I told her that she should take it home with her. She asked how much I wanted for it. I told her what was important was that she have her painting. She took out what I later found to be thirty five dollars and handed it to me. "I feel like I should pay more", she said.

I'm happy that she has her painting. 

Weekend

I had a great weekend. On saturday caught a ride to downtown on the city bus, returned library cds, tried to hitchhike to Tallahassee to no avail. I caught a ride with Mike, a local guy headed to Riverside Arts Market. At the market, we sat and talked. I drew a jazz guitarist who was preforming in front of Mike and I. I offered to sell the drawing for $10 to Mike. He was real cool about it, agreeing to pay me $10 to give it to the guitarist. I agreed and made a new friend.

I'm almost finished with a wedding invitation commission which I'm real stoked about. Jamie a few studios over, helped me format and print them on her 1962 Heidelberg Letterpress. I brought the vellum to NesPrint northeast of downtown for gold die-cut applied foiling. The design is elegant. Left on the list of things to do for it are to print maps on, cut and assemble envelopes out of card stock. And to cut the letterpress elements to size.

Watercolors made an appearance in the studio in the past week. Getting ready for the Summer Splash Art show in 13 Days is a blast.

Riley Dennis visited me from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Dan, whom I know from Tallahassee art school came by Saturday afternoon as well. We drew and talked for hours.

More friends have taken an interest to coming through JAX and visiting. I am so blessed!

Fever

I would say that I'm full time at CoRK now. The Studio at Blue Buddha serves for storage and supplies mainly.
I have built a beautiful table which measures 10X4 ft. I am now finishing the top with shellac.
I have also published a zine from the 17 paintings on beer coasters during my time in Amsterdam. They are an edition of 100. I am now more comfortable in Adobe Indesign after making this book, (my second with the software). I like the print shop nearby, they can print on a lot of different surfaces and are hard working.

I have been commissioned by my wonderful friends Cory and Grace to create 40 invitations for their forthcoming wedding. The deadline is fast approaching. I have some ideas, and am reading a Stephen Sagmeister design book in preparation.

I am now illustrating a spoke card for my friends at the local bike shop down the street. I am learning about Adobe Illustrator with this project. I think this is very good practice for a postcard (which is basically all that it is, except it also advertises owner, Garfield,'s business and is laminated for waterproofing).

I will be a part of a show on July 12th with my friends Morrison (whom I met during Art Basel Miami) and Mike (an artist who is fresh from living in Boston for some time), both great artists. I have several different drawings and paintings which I am working on in preparation.

Today I went to see Laurel at her job at the Museum Cafe. We had lunch together.
In the evening, I met with Dan, a friend of mine from Tallahassee. We went to a bar where I got a soda, and talked about graffiti, design, sculpture, furniture, quality, functionality, and purpose before overhearing an anti-gay remarks from a group of the bar patrons concerning their views on marriage. Together we unceremoniously stood from our chairs and left. We walked around the neighborhood in a different, more industrial area than I had ever been. It is obvious that this town had a boom, and that white flight left a scar. We made passing regards to locals, two asked us for money.

I am ill with a low fever I believe. This is day two, it's going around. It hit me hard. And I am certainly at a time where I feel motivated to work. I wonder if there is correlation between my work habits and temporarily hosting a virus. I am eating well and I began taking bee pollen tonight as advised by Mike.

CoRK Studio

I am now moving into Shaun's studio space in CoRK. It was mentioned several times that it would be a favorable arrangement for both of us that I take over his lease. I am now building a table to go in the middle of the room. This table will mean a bit more of the same working style, flat, which for aqueous mediums works best for me. My friend Mark McCombs donated a 10 foot by 4 foot sheet of 3/4inch MDF for the table top. This studio will have heavy artillery.