Elysian Realm
I’ve put a little more time, money, and effort into my artist mannequin project. The dining room table where he was created has been an absolute disaster – stained with epoxy resins, gouges from tools, paint spatters. If I’m going to be assembling skeletons then I should have a nice work surface. So I sanded […]
I’ve been giving some thought to shipping the artist mannequin if I ever do get to where I can sell it. The last thing I want is for it to get damaged in transit. At first I thought I could just design some foam inserts and have them 3D printed. I should have researched that […]
I think its been over 4 years since I abandoned this website and gave up on my goal to create oil paintings for an eventual show. I’ve had to learn to let go of feelings attached to unfortunate circumstances that led to my departure from painting. The motivation has been returning, and within the past […]
I’ve been spending my free time over the last few days rebuilding the website. Currently I do not like it as much as the original website. But here are the main reasons for the change: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – this refers to how well Google can see my website. I need more exposure. WordPress […]
I checked the mailbox twice today, and both times it was empty. Mail usually comes around 12:30pm every day, so after the 2nd check at 2pm I decided there just wasn’t going to be any. At 4pm I headed out to go pick up the boys from school and decided to check a third time. […]
The new business cards showed up yesterday. There was an air of excitement and anticipation as I opened the package. Would they be as awesome as I imagined them to be? I’d spent a lot of time on the artwork – especially the paint splatters – and the layout. Well I was heavily disappointed. Two […]
A CMS is a ‘Content Management System’ which makes updating a website easy without the need for coding. Before today I was manually entering these blog entries directly into the database. I needed a more elegant solution, so I spent the day writing code to build my own CMS. This entry – in fact – […]
Maybe it’s my age. At 44, everything I’ve learned in my life seems to be gelling in all the right ways. Once I made the decision to become a full-time artist, I just intuitively knew what I needed to do to start constructing a successful business. Having owned a few businesses in the past, I […]
The day arrived where I had to make a choice to follow a path of security or take a risk and do what I love. It was a troubling decision, but I almost felt like I had to choose the scarier road. My regular job was causing me anxiety, and tensions were starting to rise […]