Blank pages don't necessarily mean a lack of inspiration...

It has been quite the year for me. I've put a lot of things on the back burner in order to feel confident about my show next month. I started this journey back in March and I feel like within just the year itself my skills have been trained and perfected and my creative mind has released itself on to all the pages and canvases I've finished. I still have some lurking unfinished projects, but for the most part, I've got a solid group of pictures that is more than enough to fill up a small gallery. I wanted to be overly prepared just for the purpose of easing my mind. It's truly a wonderful feeling to look back on the year and consider the struggles and "lightbulb" moments I've experienced. I've matured in my art a lot and I'm getting closer to being able to relax and have people enjoy all the work I've put in to this project.

The theme of my paintings is "Surf Rock", inspired by my love of music, live entertainment, the beach, Hawaiian shirts and "wet" guitars. Motifs include a lot of high saturated colors, skulls, flowers, and jellies and octopuses. It's been fun getting all the pieces to become cohesive and I think the theme fits in to the ways see the world. 

I then started a new project with my sketches. I tried to remain cohesive to the rest of the theme, yet expanded on my skills a little more in order to really find my artistic structure. I enjoy my recent project the most, but will always have a soft spot for painting. 

So here I sit with a beer and a blank page, not necessarily hoping to find something to draw, but relishing in the idea that I can relax, not stress, over a blank page. This is a wonderful feeling and I can't wait to show the world what I've done.