Some obligatory new stuff...

I've been telling myself for weeks that - hey, I haven't posted any new work, even though I've been working consistently enough to show something.

So, here's some work.

I'm drawing inspiration from everywhere, lately, trying new things, letting go of or changing old things, keeping up with the process, and just generally playing away with a supply of paint that is dwindling (I need to buy more and possibly better paint).

I really like the sense of freedom that I feel with the whole thing, and I hope that enjoyment shows through more than anything.

In other news, I'm getting ready to make a huge push to get an actual website up. Although, it isn't keeping me awake at night. Although, although, it probably will keep me up at night when I get to work on it.

In completely separate - although, maybe not - news, I'm off to camp on the 19th for two months. I'm curious to see how my work will change, through the great experience. Time will tell.

Let me know what you think. As always, sorry for the lazy documentation. I'll get around to tightening up the presentation a bit...maybe...


Take care,

Andrew

So, here are a few new pieces that I've been working on. I also have a larger one that I am really enjoying working on, but my camera absolutely devours batteries - to the point of me running out of them - and it's just too big to piece together on the scanner.


I'm just really enjoying the process, though, as usual. There's this aimlessness with the whole thing that really lends its hand to what I actually paint and how I actually paint it, and all of that is mixed in with my opinions of my life and hopes for the future. So, it's all pretty dynamic and purely spontaneous, which is good. It really lets me break out of norms that I set for myself, or, at the very least, appreciate when I do something stupid, which I feel is important.


Beyond that, though, I'm really focusing in on what I want to do with my work. The most obvious thing to note is that I do want to make a living doing the work that I feel good about - which is to say the work that I blog about, and not the work I get a paycheck for.

I do know that I eventually want to have a show with the work I've accumulated.


I do know that I want to take the time to write some sort of fleshed out statement - there's a lot in my head, in the way of talking about my artwork. Things have changed, since I first started working on wood.


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Hi!

Here's some new work from the past couple of weeks. I just recently picked up some new surfaces to work with, which has me pretty inspired. I also managed to hop down to NYC, this past week, catching awesome work at the Whitney Biennial, The New Museum, and The Armory Show.

It was extremely inspiring and reassuring, and also a huge outlet for me to bounce off the walls. I've spent the winter pretty cooped up with my artwork. So, it was basically good to get out there and take in some of the world.

March, finally!

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm ready for this cold weather to be over. I always get excited for the prospect of clearing out the dregs of winter, really shaking out those rugs, and feeling the excitement of a new spring.

That being said, here's new artwork. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been working, believe it or not, which is something I'll get into later. The pencil drawings are from my downtime, there, where I just grab some computer paper to pass the time.


Take care,

Andrew

So, the past few weeks have yielded a ton of more or less everything. I've been painting consistently through it, but I've been pretty busy in other arenas - holidays, family events, finding a real-person job to feel gratified about, trying to restructure myself into a fully-functioning person, whatever that mans. Barring the weather, it's been pretty nice. I'm just about to the point where I can't wait for it to get warmer.

Anyways, I'm feeling happy with my work and the rate and consistency with which I am working. I don't really think there's been more than an hour that goes by, while I'm here, that I don't stop by on my paintings to play around. Chock it up to having a bit of cabin fever. I like the things I'm trying, the things I'm coming to terms with in my work that further reflects on my life (and the things in my life I'm coming to terms with).

So, here's the latest batch. Included within are some pieces on paper, if you can believe it.

Oh, and I think I've made a decision about how I like presenting my work - at least, one way I like showing my work. I definitely enjoy the low-light photographs. What seems like a lazy method is actually something I like the look of more than scans. What do you think? Sorry if they're blurry, and I do want to eliminate some of those unplanned shadows. The work on paper is just piss-poor lighting, but I wanted to get these up here.

Also, the ones that seem somehow upside down are oriented the right way. Don't be fooled. I am pretentious.


Take care,

Andrew