New stuff......

I've uploaded a couple of new photos to my Lulu storefront, this one on the left is a photo of my old Underewood #5 typewriter from the 20's. The other is a photograph of an old shoe factory from the 1800's, which is in disrepair, and is currently under renovations to turn it into residential lofts. There seems to be a lot of old building renovating going on around here lately. Any of which would be a perfect place to have a studio.

With the new snow fall, I'm hoping for a few good photo opportunities here around town. Also, I hope to develop/produce a new painting from these opportunities. Although, painting seems to be more of a chore than a passion lately.

Vacation

I'll be taking a vacation from being online for a bit to work on a few things, when I come back I hope to have quite a bit to publish. I hope to have some new stuff to publish @ Lulu, possibly @ dA as well although I'm finding dA to be pretty much useless. I swore I wouldn't do any more calenders as well since they're also pretty much useless, yet, I might do one. Also, have half a thought to find another online merch site, but we'll see. We're also thinking of moving to another place since we don't feel all that comfortable here, something isn't right. I'm not sure what, but something just doesn't feel right. Not enough open space maybe. Although, if we owned this place, we would restore it back to it's original beauty, open it up a bit as well. We've been toying with the idea of heading to Paris (no, not France). I don't know, but we'll see how that pans out I suppose.

hiatus.....

I've decided to, instead of closing up shop, take a little hiatus. And later, re-structure. I can't say when exactly, but I'll be back.

tn.

It's been awhile.......

It's been some time since I've posted anything, or even created anything for that matter. I hope to rectify the latter soon. I've got a few half finished things kicking around, and more than a few swirling around in my head. And that's whats got me stymied these days. I just cannot decide, therefore I'm clogged up. Plus the fact I'm a little busy with life, and trying to fit some quality time in, is a little difficult lately.

We bought a new Fancy Rat the other day, another little addition to our small animal family. You see, our little Dwarf Hamster passed away recently, and Mocha, the last of our little Fancy Mice, passed away a few months prior. So, as we were just lookin' around the pet mart for food and stuff, we had a look at the rats and decided to get one. She's only about 2 months old, and she's the sweetest little thing. I'm sure I'll upload some pictures soon.

Who knows, maybe I'll get a painting out of this. Although, that's what I've said about the rabbits as well.

In bloom...........

The first blooms in my flower bed, more to come soon.

New Paintings soon........

Thanks to a good friend of mine, Mr. Speers, I now have lots of wood for framing. I just need to wash the raw canvas and treat it, frame it and away I go. I've got a few ideas so far, but looking at the paints I have I may need to pick up some more.

When I get the first painting done I'll upload the image, somewhere. Probably here and my fan page, maybe dA as well.

The Defeat (painting set to music)

This is a little something I threw together just for the hell of it. This piece (of music) is one of my favorites, and sometimes I would look at this painting while listening to it. I then realized the music fits the painting, because it helps to capture the emotion of the piece (the painting).

I didn't want to make it mind numbingly boring so I added an 'old footage' style to it, which, it turns out, doesn't make it any less boring. Oh well, enjoy. Or not.

Carry on.

on hold......

Everything is on hold since I have been ill for a little while, and irritable. I am currently rethinking the Snuggery thing, at the moment I'm not sure what will come of it. I've been so lethargic and unproductive lately, I'm assuming it has something to do with the pneumonia. Among other things. I have some ideas, but it is very difficult to get motivated.

the Snuggery

That's what I now call the space I'll be using as my studio, once we move in. We should be in by the end of the month, I can't wait to get out of this place. Nothing but negativity and bullshit here.

There is something interesting about this new house though, the current owner has mentioned that he's owned it for about 40 years now. But the house is much older than that. In the basement under the stairs, you can see that previously there had been some work done to install the 'modern' heating ducts in the house. At this one point, where they have dug through the old stonework wall, which is quite thick actually, you can see something that looks like a short staircase (if you shine a flashlight in there), where a staircase shouldn't be. Actually nothing should be there. I get the feeling something has been filled in or covered up. I'll investigate more at another time.

As for the Snuggery, it needs a little cleaning up, but I have plans for this little space. I'll write more about it once things are all set.



snug·ger·y [snuhg-uh-ree]

–noun, plural -ger·ies.
British.
1. a snug place or position.
2. a comfortable or cozy room.

Also, snug·ger·ie.
[Origin: 1805–15; snug + -ery]

New Lulu widget..........

Basement studio.....

We'll be heading over today to do a little touch up cleaning @ the new flat. To the left is a photo of part of my new underground studio area, needs a little work. This house is about 100+ years old, and I think once reworked a little, it'll be quite nice. On one of the outer walls is an etching of someones initials and a date of April 23rd 1919, it's questionable whether this is legitimate. There is another dated 1911, which is even more doubtful. So far I don't feel anything negative @ this place, like I did when we were working on/moving into the house we're currently still in. Time and time again it's been proven I should listen to my instincts, you would think I would listen to them more often than I do. Oh well, we'll hopefully bounce back. Right now I'm thinking whether or not I should leave the thin carpeting down there, or pull it up and just paint/seal the floor. Hhhmmmmmmm.....

New flat....

We have found a new place to hang our hats, with a sweet area for a studio/office. All I can say is thank God we are getting out of this place. The new place is located just around the corner from where I used to live. Anyway, I've already seen some great photo ops at this new place already. We'll be moving in soon once it gets cleaned up a bit.

The progress at my new deviantArt gallery is slow but sure, I'm pleased so far. Take a gander if you like, click on "deviantArt II" in 'my other links' in the sidebar.

here's just one of the pics........(above) I actually painted this in 2003, I think.

projects 08...........

I'll be taking on new projects soon, will also be uploading more here. Since writing is not my forte', I'm always looking for serious writers who are in need of a visual artist. Hopefully I'll be publishing some of my own stuff this coming summer as well. Anyone with an interest in my work, please feel free to drop me a message.