It’s the simple things in life that get me through the day. Chocolate, bicycles, dancing monkeys, it doesn’t take a lot to amuse me. Take for example this top hat sporting hamster. He is not a complicated fellow, a simple german wunder hamster taking his daily excercise…
Yes indeed, we are amused.
Meet Skip-bot 4200!
Guess what? I’m busy! Surprised? No, me neither. But let’s be honest, a Walker with nothing to do is a dangerous animal. It starts with an eye twitch, simple really, reasonable even, until the foam starts coming from my mouth and I begin having conversations with myself that would make a day in Parliament look cordial. Although rare for one to encounter this creature if you do let me suggest one thing: Give me a pencil.
Okay, enough ranting lets get to the meat of it. A wee doodle for your pleasure.
I’m in the midst of working on some technical illustrations for a client in the UK. Combine that with moving, unpacking, rebuilding my studio and all the chaos that is life, I’m swamped.
So, until I find where I packed my free time here’s a sample of what I’m up to for my latest client…
Spring has, most definitely, sprung.
I realize that the last few weeks have been a bit quiet in this neck of the woods. That’s not always a bad sign. I’ve been in the midst of moving and some pretty hefty changes but things are back on track. With spring comes renewal and I can feel it in everything I touch. Most vividly in my drawing hand.
Here’s a progress shot of some digital work I’m in the midst of, you may remember the sketch from a previous post. Keep an eye out for the finished product in the near future.
A new show opens tomorrow and it promises to be a great one. Myself and the other artists of the AGO are exhibiting our talents at Hang Man Gallery and you should stop by.
I want to be a five year old. I’m convinced everything would be right again with the world and any disappointment with it would be replaced by ignorant bliss of the most naive kind.. No bills, no rent, no cooking (Easy bake doesn’t count), no cleaning, no responsibility beyond brushing your teeth. Ahhh, childhood. The problem with this is people might look twice at a smoking, beer swilling five year old. Wait, no beer. Forget it.
A little sketch to satisfy…
It’s been a trying week so this might be a long one…
You see, I damaged my shoulder two weeks ago while working out. The first day I was okay with the sling. I took some time to relax, watch a few dvds and eat chicken. Not my finest portrait but, in this case, unavoidable and entirely appropriate.
The next morning I woke up and went about my morning routine, mildly annoyed with the sling, but all in all things were working out. I bundled up for the cold, hitched my arm up in the sling and trundled off to work.
Problems started here. First was the question “What happened to your arm? ” this has been by far the most prolific. Even complete strangers, people who wouldn’t be compelled to do so much as say hello on a normal day, will approach me to ask if it hurts and how I did it. By this point I’ve started making up creative stories such as wrestling with a bear in a Wyoming nature reserve.
The special reactions of course were from the state-the-obvious Club. “Oh my gawd! You hurt your arm!” They say. In high school I dyed my hair a myriad of colours from blue and purple to a full out rainbow and far, far to often I would get a disturbingly similar statement: “Oh my gawd! Your hair is Purple!” My reaction was simple. I looked at the person, my eyes widened and I screamed “DEAR GOD NOT AGAIN!” and promptly ran into the nearest bathroom. Sadly I think my only solution here is to keep telling people I saved a group of children from a burning bus rather than run screaming through the art gallery. Security might frown on it.
As of today it’s been 14 days since I first started wearing the sling and FINALLY I’m allowed to take it off! I feel like a semi-whole person again! It will take some more time to heal but things are looking optimistic. Spring is on it’s way, Space Age Rodeo is this weekend, I got projects aplenty and I’ve got some more art to share with you folks … Life’s pretty shiny.
You think I’m talking about Valentine’s Day don’t you? Sorry, you’re not invited to that party, but I would love to see you at this one!
and don’t forget to check out www.lovermagazine.ca. They’ve just launched their online magazine! Congrats Guys!
More boxes to come shortly…
