Middle of September Check-in
The last two weeks have been quiet in comparison to my last few months, and it’s been a little bit of an adjustment getting used to a more open schedule with no pressing deadlines. I have enjoyed the slower days, but I do find that I struggle a bit more with staying focused when my schedule is more open.
I was able to celebrate the accomplishment of painting my 50 sunrise and sunset paintings for the Sanchez Art Center’s 50|50 show two weekends ago during their two day opening. I also was back at the New Museum Los Gatos the same weekend for the museum’s 60th Anniversary Community Day leading a paint by number exercise with visitors as part of my group exhibition’s programming. It was a busy weekend, full of fun and celebration.
What I’ve been working on:
I’m in the final stages of the commissioned painting. I need to make a few small adjustments and clean up some edges in the painting, but the painting is nearly done. I’m really excited for the finished product to go up in its forever home.
I’ve been working on a series of paintings inspired by photographs I took on my trip to China. So far, I’ve started four paintings and there’s no telling how many I’ll end up painting for this series. I decided to paint smaller canvases for these paintings because I wanted to capture little vignettes of moments during my time in China. It’s been fun to paint something different and a little outside my comfort zone.
This fall/winter season, I’ll be showing a number of my landscape paintings in an artist collective called the Ocean Blue Vault in Half Moon Bay. A number of artist friends show their artwork with various collectives in the Bay Area, so I thought it’d be a good idea to try something new and show my artwork in a new market. Half Moon Bay is right on the coast, so I’m hoping my artwork is a good fit for the area. I’ll be installing my paintings in early October and working a few gallery shifts. It’s a new experience, and I’m excited to be spending more time on the coast since I haven’t been making time to do that as much this year.
Those are all my updates for now. I leave for a wedding in Bali tomorrow, and I’m looking forward to traveling to a new place and experiencing new inspiration for my work. I hope you’re doing well; thank you for following along as always!
