Stoked

Did you ever wake up and get this feeing that the day is going to go your way?

This day must be it. I got reconnected to an old college friend, sold a painting, and have the satisfaction seeing the Art Guild I helped establish quickly get traction and snowball in members. It wasn't always this way, but the social media has helped me in more ways than when it all started back in 1999.

Granted, watercolor is always going to be like a favorite child to me because I'm so used to the medium so well. But acrylic is the way to go if you like your pieces to gain value. And it has started. Once I clear the hurdle of finishing this 7'X5' monstrosity with all the tedious pen & ink work, it will be the largest piece I will ever get to accomplish, and may be my last one in that size. I won't sell it, but, use it instead, as a showcase to many others who'd like a painting drawn in that style.

That style is none other than the tedious pen and ink detailed work people have begun to expect from me. It'll take time to finish, but the satisfaction from having it and making it your show head turner is such a exciting prospect that it is making me contemplate drawing even harder and longer. This is a moment in time that is far far different than where it was 10 years ago.

The internet is changing the market place in ways I thought was unthinkable just a few years ago. What is most enticing is the thought that I can stay home, paint with my creature comforts around me, and sell prints or originals to places far far away.

Once again, I need to cut this short as I need to paint.