November 23rd, 2008
Last year, for the first time, I showed my fine artwork publicly. Because my design career requires that so much of my work is about others, I have guarded my fine art as private.
At parties, my painting studio has been a popular place for people who are interested in art.
There came a point in my life that I realized that I needed to combine my personalities. I have practiced graphic design as a strict adherent of Bauhaus methodology. As a painter, I’ve never been able to pigeonhole myself. It has been pure self expression. My most successful works came straight from my gut, not my head.
Since I can’t take the pile of paintings, I decided to sell what I could at a big party at my house.
The night before my big sale, I took the extreme step of posting a piece in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCAga). Even then, I used a piece that I had used for my grad school application.
This year I decided to do something fun. During one of the seemingly incessant depressing days this past summer, I began what I have called my “First Church of Oprah Poster.” It included my hopes and dreams and affirmations of the good things I should remember each day. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me and I am not so optimistic.
Since my artwork tends to be large, I had to do a new piece within the parameters of the Member’s “Off-the-Wall Pin up show and sale.”
So I went with the Affirmation piece for some fun.
Sadly, the piece did not survive the after party, but it was fun and those few people who “got it” got a smile. And I had some fun.
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