Glimpse Into My World

For me art is a way of life. It's not only what I paint or how I paint that makes me an artist. Everyday, seven days a week, I'm working on some creative process to balance my time. I spend a few hours each morning on the inter net researching information, or communicating with other artists on Fine Art America, or working on my face book pages, or posting tiny ACEO paintings on eBay. Then I'm off to my studio/classroom at Art Etc preparing for students, or helping out in the framing department, or working on a painting. On most days through the week I get home after 7pm. Then I grab a quick bite to eat and, depending on how tiered I am, I'll paint two or three tiny ACEOs. (ACEO stands for Art Cards Editions & Originals. They are tiny paintings that are 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches small, the same exact size as sports trading cards.)

I have students 6 days a week. Each session is two hours long. The ages of my students range from 8 years old to 80. I enjoy teaching people how to paint. I get such joy out of seeing my student's accomplishments. Watching them struggle with the challenges of learning new techniques and listening to their complaints of "I can't do this" or "I don't get it" or "My paintings don't look like your's" etc...

My mind is so full of art projects both for my self and for my students. I find there is not enough time in the day to achieve everything I want to do.

I have given you a small glimpse into my world as it is today. Please feel free to comment or ask me questions. I'd be happy to hear from you.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.