I have decided to stay in the studio and attempt to hang on another year. This is made possible by the support and love of many people, and I thank them. After people asking for years, I will also hold my first open studio event in November of this year in conjunction with 2 of the businesses in our group of warehouses. I hope to start scrubbing floors and swinging a hammer in about 2 weeks, when I return from MN.
I'm going to create an inner studio; insulated, sheet-rocked and minimally heated to enable me to work through the winter. I'm also going to attempt a large painting along the lines of my current thread of work.
I won't be able to completely finish the inner studio, but hopefully one wall and a ceiling will serve as enough of a cold barrier to get me through. There's always the chance for a mild winter, not uncommon for SC.
In the process of getting ready to move about a dozen paintings back into the studio, showing my father-in-law the work from the past year or so and of course finding older work as I clean up, I've been afforded a perspective of my work through a period of about 5 years. This long view has brought about some realizations, many of them positive.
I know the commentary has been heavy as of late. I hope to get back to the mostly-photo format as this month moves forward.
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