Monthly Visit

In recent months I've been to my Studio maybe twice a month.  That has generally included the monthly critique group, and maybe one business visit- dropping off the rent, or picking up something I had stored there that I needed for school.  My supermarket job has sucked up all the time that I would normally devote to making art.  Luckily that will be coming to an end soon.  My biggest artistic output in recent weeks was helping to put together the outdoor snowman decoration above.  (Being a professor of 3D Design brings me a new expertise.)

But here we are at the start of another month, so the critique is back again.  I had only heard from one person I had sent the e-mail reminder to, so it was a pleasant surprise that four other people showed up. Not a huge crowd, but we decided to go ahead down to the cafeteria.  Above on the left are two paintings from Sheilagh, which have evolved over time.  On the right side, we have a t-shirt from Molly, a design which we saw here in the crit group as a sketch last month.  The two colorful pieces in the lower right corner started as artworks from long time group member Tim (who couldn't be here tonight) and had new collaborative aspects from two people who were there tonight.  Gwen had a few sketches to pass on to members to get some new things started.

The stools are not artworks, but they hold two small clay sculptures from Margery, and glass plates in progress from Molly.  In the latter case these are versions of the turtle drawing she showed us last time, now being reworked as ink drawings on the glass.  When she's satisfied, she'll use them to make silkscreens and we'll get a better view of them.

Had nothing new to show tonight.  Brought some photocopies of images from the Bayeux Tapestry with me, something that should be an influence on the next supermarket print, but rather than present that, pulled out one of the wallpaper books I have, showing something to Sheilagh that had come up in a conversation in a gallery in Belmar over the summer.  However I did leave with one of those colorful collaborative Tim paintings, to which I  can add something if I get inspired.