Today did not go at all as planned.
Yesterday evening, the ever-so-smart dashboard computer of my Cadillac insisted on informing me in a very stern manner that “the battery is not charging”… To date, this has been the only dashboard message that cannot be clear off of the screen. Of course, I was not aiming for home when the message was announced. Drat. I was not travelling far, so I simply went about my business and come home and parked it for the evening.
This rather pointedly interrupted my plans for a long, full day of progress on the new artworks.
My morning started with a brave trip to a nearby auto parts store. They tested the battery and informed me that it was fine but receiving no current from the alternator. Fine, I actually replaced one of those before. It was my first triumphant act of mechanical butch-ness after moving to Phoenix and living all on my own… I ordered the replacement, which only needed two hours to show up from the distribution center. Back to the studio. I got in two hours of work on the art.
The ever-fabulous Lori Raye drove me back to pick up the part. I also snagged a new belt, just in case. A member of the building maintenance crew offered the loan of a charger to make sure my battery was good enough to get the car started and off to the bikers’ place to do the repair. As soon as I got the battery out of the car and brought it up to charge, the sky darkened and opened up. As I couldn’t make the drive out to the bikers’ place with headlights, I had to postpone until tomorrow. At least I got a good chunk more of progress on the art stuff.
I also picked up a Chilton’s Repair guide for my car. Of course, it is a Cadillac, so nothing is gonna be easy. This make take most of the day tomorrow, further cutting out my art-making schedule. It is what it is. As it goes, I will need to have the car on jack stands, drain the coolant and remove the radiator in order to swap out the alternator.
*sigh*
Anyhow, A running tally, or running as soon as I post the second one, of the pieces for First Friday’s Re;Vision Quest…
Small format pieces (8 planned, number 8 fell victim to an unhappy accident, so seven in total):
Done (except for mounting hanging hardware): 7
Medium format pieces (12 – 9×12, 4 – 8×16 and 6 – 16×16 planned):
Done: 0
Mostly done: 12
More than halfway done: 4
Noticeably started: 6
Large format pieces (unset number planned in three sizes – 24×30, 24×24, 16×24):
Done (except for mounting hanging hardware): 3
Mostly done: 4
More than halfway done: 2
Noticeably started: 7
I should add that all boards are now covered; most have the first stencilling layers down and a good amount already have the primer layer of acrylic down.
Not too bad, considering the events leading into the day…
Oh, and I think that every board except two medium ones has its image finalized, so the most occupying process of the creation stage is done. Yay!
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