I know it's been a thousand years since I last updated this thing, but there hasn't been much to talk about. Lots has happened in the past few months however: I've temporarily left the world of corporate jobs, my studio has been restored to its former glory (roof, carpet & all!), and I've been a busy little bee getting my Etsy shop up and running. It's sparse at the moment, but the ideas and inspiration are flowing, so hopefully it will fill up soon. I've got a few paintings up that were originally intended for the RSAL, however they never made it out into the world, so I figured I'd give them a shot at being sold first. Anyway, check out my etsy shop, leave me some love, and stay tuned, because soon it will be brimming with fabulous original pieces of art that you just won't be able to live without.
*kako
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Whoa!
Hi guys!
If anyone out in the vast world wide web is actually reading this. Sorry for the lack of productivity in the past several months. I've got two "real small art" paintings to "release" but haven't thought of decent locations to leave them, so they remain in my possession.
Also, I haven't painted anything since early september due to Hurricane Ike. He put a hole through the roof in my studio, so it has been out of commission. The hole is fixed, but the studio is currently still out of use because the carpet still needs to be reinstalled, so everything has to stay boxed up and easily moveable for when the handyman comes back.
So since I have to focus my creative energy somewhere I finally signed up for that photography class that I've been trying to take for 5 some odd years. I love it. I love 35mm, and my SLR and will probably upgrade to a digital SLR in the not too distant future, but I'm also discovering medium format cameras. I love the effects so I think I'm going to start exploring that avenue in my spare time (between work and my current photography class, and my oh so busy social life ;) ) .
Anyway, that's just a brief: Hey where the heck have you been? response .... now I need breakfast.
*kako
If anyone out in the vast world wide web is actually reading this. Sorry for the lack of productivity in the past several months. I've got two "real small art" paintings to "release" but haven't thought of decent locations to leave them, so they remain in my possession.
Also, I haven't painted anything since early september due to Hurricane Ike. He put a hole through the roof in my studio, so it has been out of commission. The hole is fixed, but the studio is currently still out of use because the carpet still needs to be reinstalled, so everything has to stay boxed up and easily moveable for when the handyman comes back.
So since I have to focus my creative energy somewhere I finally signed up for that photography class that I've been trying to take for 5 some odd years. I love it. I love 35mm, and my SLR and will probably upgrade to a digital SLR in the not too distant future, but I'm also discovering medium format cameras. I love the effects so I think I'm going to start exploring that avenue in my spare time (between work and my current photography class, and my oh so busy social life ;) ) .
Anyway, that's just a brief: Hey where the heck have you been? response .... now I need breakfast.
*kako
Monday, June 23, 2008
Flikr
I'll be posting some of my previous work on my flikr account soon. I'll let you know when it happens.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Success!
Remember this painting?
Yeah, I know it's just in the post below, but I've got news about it! If you'll recall, it was sent with my roommate's boyfriend to good ole' Cameron, TX. Well having not heard anything about it and being quite the impatient person I am, I asked my roommate to ask her boyfriend what happened to it. This is what happened:
When he (the boyfriend) was driving back to Cameron he stopped at his local McDonald's to get some dinner. When he pulled up to get his food the girl giving it to him noticed the painting (sitting in the front seat of his car). So she inquired about it. Being the friendly person he is he handed it to her so she could get a closer look, she liked it a lot. When she tried to hand it back to him he told her "No, you can keep it. As long as you promise to go to the website on the back and follow the instructions", she replied "Are you f-ing kidding me?!". Apparently she was very excited about being able to keep the painting. Obviously she hasn't made it to the website yet, but that's ok. At least I know what happened to this one. I'll spread my art any way I can, and maybe, one of these days, someone will actually drop by to let me know they have it. :]
p.s. Life has been coming at me awfully fast lately and I haven't had a spare moment to paint, not even RSA!! :( Hopefully more paintings coming soon. I still have two I need to "post" some place.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Tree
My second painting :
The lamp behind it is one my roommate's dad made for her. It's made of driftwood. Although it was unintentional (or perhaps, subconscious?) the painting reminds me of the lamp.
Here's a closeup, I've been calling it my tree painting, but maybe I should call it driftwood?
This painting was sent with my roommate's boyfriend. To a town about 2 hours NW of me. Hopefully it will have a better response than the cupcake did. I think he'll do a little better planning as well :-) . Still no word on the cupcake by the way.
I've finished another painting, and am halfway done with another, and intend to start (and hopefully finish) one more tonight. I'm unsure but it may be my last Real Small Art for at least two weeks... but I might have one more canvas. After that last canvas however, the paintings will cease for at least a week or two so that I can acquire some funds to purchase more canvases (or stretcher bars if I can find em' small enough).
I have a quite decent paying job, I just have a lot of debt and high bills to pay at the moment, tonight starts the beginning of earnestly working towards fixing that. The credit cards are going in the safe that is buried under countless things, so it's very difficult to get to, and the frivolous spending ends. Well, this is much more long winded than I had intended.
To sum up: hopefully 3 paintings coming your way soon, and as soon as the finances allow I shall buy some more canvases and some moo tags and continue this project. Until then I think I'll staple sketch pad paper to the backs of the canvases as my little "calling card". And don't worry, I'll keep painting, it just won't be RSA for a while.
Here's a teaser of some upcoming paintings (for the RSAL) :
*a strawberry
*a (traditional tattoo) swallow
* some random street signs (whatever strikes my fancy at the time)
*and maybe an orange (traffic) cone
The lamp behind it is one my roommate's dad made for her. It's made of driftwood. Although it was unintentional (or perhaps, subconscious?) the painting reminds me of the lamp.
Here's a closeup, I've been calling it my tree painting, but maybe I should call it driftwood?
This painting was sent with my roommate's boyfriend. To a town about 2 hours NW of me. Hopefully it will have a better response than the cupcake did. I think he'll do a little better planning as well :-) . Still no word on the cupcake by the way.
I've finished another painting, and am halfway done with another, and intend to start (and hopefully finish) one more tonight. I'm unsure but it may be my last Real Small Art for at least two weeks... but I might have one more canvas. After that last canvas however, the paintings will cease for at least a week or two so that I can acquire some funds to purchase more canvases (or stretcher bars if I can find em' small enough).
I have a quite decent paying job, I just have a lot of debt and high bills to pay at the moment, tonight starts the beginning of earnestly working towards fixing that. The credit cards are going in the safe that is buried under countless things, so it's very difficult to get to, and the frivolous spending ends. Well, this is much more long winded than I had intended.
To sum up: hopefully 3 paintings coming your way soon, and as soon as the finances allow I shall buy some more canvases and some moo tags and continue this project. Until then I think I'll staple sketch pad paper to the backs of the canvases as my little "calling card". And don't worry, I'll keep painting, it just won't be RSA for a while.
Here's a teaser of some upcoming paintings (for the RSAL) :
*a strawberry
*a (traditional tattoo) swallow
* some random street signs (whatever strikes my fancy at the time)
*and maybe an orange (traffic) cone
Friday, June 6, 2008
Gone
Well, someone took the painting. Either that or it was thrown away or confiscated. Now we wait...
My plans for future locations are much better, and I promise not to be so compulsive and impatient this next time :)
My plans for future locations are much better, and I promise not to be so compulsive and impatient this next time :)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The first one!
Well, here it is: my official first piece of "Real Small Art".
(click pictures to make them bigger)
It's a little bigger (6x6) than the rest of my pieces are going to be (4x4), but I really wanted it to be square and the only square canvases available at my hobby lobby were the 6x6. Ah the sacrifices an artist must make :-) .
Here it is at its temporary new location! (my local post office)
The sign says "Take me! I'm free! & I'm yours!!"
On one of the new mail sorting counters :-)
Well, here's waiting till someone finds it and informs me!
Happy Finding!
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