Work-in-progress: implications

Sometimes even I wonder what's going on in this head of mine.

I wrapped the (toy) bat in Japanese paper printed with bunnies, and then this weekend I intend to mount the bat over the broken fake eggs. The idea for this piece has been on hold for a bit, but I got crackin' on it after seeing this sticker at a park.

I'm sure it's 'just a joke.' But I take those jokes seriously now that I'm aware Some People see both of my children as a threat.  My piece focuses on the contrast between implied sweetness and implied violence; the cute bunny paper, covering something that can be used as a weapon. 

I'm not entirely sure the bat will remain as-is... considering painting over the paper, or maybe just using my backup toy bat in this piece.

This is what goes through my twisty little mind when I see a bat these days. I don't think of baseball games anymore. I think of the kind of people who keep a bat handy in their trucks, you know, in case they want to crack a... joke.

Closing time

Today our family begins to say our last goodbyes to the home we've lived in for more than a decade.

As The Husband said, in order to make our house look like somewhere you'd want to live, we had to make it unliveable.

We're all looking forward to the new house, of course. More elbow room for the kids as they get bigger, new views...

But it's bittersweet leaving the home I brought my babies home to, the home in which I became an artist. I'll have a home studio soon (!), but it'll be... different.

I'll have the scrambled artist brain, please

This is how my brain operates right now: all the thoughts at the same time! The house/ the yard/ the art/ the grocery shopping...

My brain is too scrambled. I plan on taking a break from the chaos at Juan Alonso Studio this weekend...

First Thursday Art Walk, Front Room Gallery @ Juan Alonso Studio. Photo credit: Roger Stuckly

... where my (completed!) artwork will be on display during Second Saturday open studios. We're adding another artist to the mix: Anna Mastronardi Novak brings small encaustic work for a pop-up show.

And studio time is coming this weekend! I think! I hope...