“COLOR and BALANCE” at The Arts Company in Nashville through September 27 It has been a typically busy summer I have kept up a daily painting routine in my Kansas City studio and am showing new works in several venues: I was most definitely NOT in the studio for that. Next blog, I'll be talking about my recent “filling thy cup” adventure. I’d like to see you here if you haven’t made it over yet. My studio is usually open too, during these events. I welcome studio visits and am cheered by drop-ins and appointments alike. The Bunker galleries are open during Kansas City’s First Friday, with new exhibitions each month. The building currently houses eight artists and three galleries. ![]() My current workspace is in the east Crossroads of Kansas City at the Bunker Center for the Arts. Art does involve experience, after all, and does not benefit in the long term from isolation and self-reference. However, by acknowledging that art is a vocation before it is a profession and therefore a dominating force in how an artist makes decisions about time well spent, there must also must be a protective mechanism to prevent the avoidance of everything else. Big expectations and not a lot of patience for slacking. ![]() Having a separate location means considering what would most benefit from my attention and not letting the studio be a default position when there isn’t an immediate answer for that.ĭon’t get me wrong - my boss is still one tough broad. When I worked at home and could be “in the studio” by accident, it meant never really drawing a line between work and, well, more work. It was a big step to go off-premises, but an important move I have come to both value and embrace. In 2018, I gave up having a "home studio" after a couple of decades of making paintings where I lived. Check it out from your deck chair, beach blanket or pool chaise. I almost forgot! Through July 27th, Artful Home is offering 20-50% off original fine art and craft, including select pieces of mine. It's about one thousand pages so, 50 at a time, maybe I'll have a book report by September. In the meantime, in the shallow mid-summer, I am reading Ninth Street Women by fellow MICA alumna Mary Gabriel. It includes the interior view and lots of new and recent works on the walls and in the rack. You are also welcome to book a studio visit. I hope you were able to come by - if not, I'll include some photos here. The results were better than I imagined, all around, including the installation, visitors, feedback and my new lack of nervousness at public speaking events. ![]() I pushed myself hard to be ready for my June Exhibition, “Not Everything Will Be Replaced” at the Bunker Center for the Arts. And while here, I'm painting a little, but not too much. My current location? Kansas City studio, mostly. What are you up to? Where are you planning on being or wishing you were. Or, Summ er, as non New Englanders say it.
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