The strange journey that began last year is only now coming to a plateau. My tenure at GCCA was brief, the studio proved too small and the distance too great. I abandoned the effort in early fall of 2017, and left on good terms with the community. We finally sold our house in Clinton and found a great house in Greenville this past May. The journey was fraught with many setbacks and obstacles, but at long last I may finally have found more suitable studio space locally.
In early December I closed the Clinton studio, exactly one decade after moving in. To be in a studio for a long period of time is a powerful thing. Work and energy combine to create a space where the soul can open up, and the W. Main St. studio will always be an important historical space for my career, even though it went completely under the local radar there.
As I prepare to move the last element of our lives to a new city, I feel relief and release. I have been working out of a utility closet in our new house for months, and am ready for a proper work space away from home.
I hope to find out Tuesday if the new studio is a go. The Rico Act will resume its regularly scheduled broadcasts as I start over in a new art scene. I'll also be monetizing my Instagram account and offering more online purchase offerings for my work.
These 9 months "off" have given me perspective and new ideas that I can't wait to explore in the new studio, but mostly I can't wait to get back on a regular work schedule.
