Stability...

"Sometimes you wake up.  Sometimes the fall kills you.  An sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

- Neil Gaiman -

Sadly, I seem to be eternally in a state of starting and stopping, succeeding and failing.  I have been doing better the last couple months.  I've only now started to update my blog again.  I gotta say.  I think one of the MOST important things for someone that wants to make art/illustration an actual future career and not a hobby... is stability.  A stable home, a stable life.  Maybe there's something to be said for "Painting in the moment" or being in some "art place/zone" in your head.  But, it's nothing compared to a steady stable flow of daily practice.

"Wedgie" (after the Norwegian Forest Cat), is based loosely on a photo from DeviantArt stock image.

Banana Paintings

"On a traffice light green means go and yellow means yield, but on a banana it's just the opposite. Green means hold on, yellow means go ahead, and red means where the hell did you get that banana at..."
~ Mitch Hedberg ~

Banana Preparation Work

"My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so...yeah'"
~ Mitch Hedberg ~

These are sketches and ideas for the next couple paintings. I asked a friend to give me a random thing to draw. She said "A Banana!". I decided, if I'm really an artist, I can make a banana look good!

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'"
~ Mary Anne Radmacher