The Slap-n-Tickle is having trouble and it saddens me.
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I am not fully clear on the details, but the landlords have not be up-front or timely with the utilies bills and Apryl is now buried in bills. It is a great place and a great space. Apryl has been more encouraging for me than any one else here in the KCMO…
She is planning an art auction in lieu of this months first friday show.
I have offered her my note card racks. Any cards she can sell through the weekend are her profits to keep. I also wanted to make something new for the occasion. An original to donate. Artists can set their opening bids, minimum bids and percentage split for anything they donate.
A concept hit me on the way to work yesterday. I mean, reached up out of my belly and slapped me across the face. I even remembered after I got home from work. That can be a problem for me…
So, I began scribbling and rushed frantic through the night. I went to bed at 7 am, having forced myself to do so…
I get upset about time off from drawing…
It has been close to eight months since I drew anything… that irritates me. For shame on myself, I always think.
But this is turning out to be a great piece back into it all. I always think that I need to get back to painting: it has been so long. But I view it often as instead of drawing. Then I start something like this with ink and I am floored. I think I have something in my inks that is rare these days. I need to remember this and never let it go…
Photos to come as the piece is more complete.
This also marks a moment where my art moves into more social-polical commentary as well as erotic content. I like the results, even if it was more by accident this round.
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