Art class assignment to create a magazine cover. 1982

Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water.
I am at a point of transition that is impossible to ignore. Several months ago it was actually part of my I’ve got to change my life plan to be at this crossroad.  But I wasn’t expecting feel the surviving interest in my past Website Design work to be so strong. I thought I never wanted to design a website again. Could there still be a place for this work?  Could this be my Day-Time job? I had done custom websites for artists for more than ten years. I wanted to see if I had any of my own creative juice left – or as I said at that time “I can always just be an artist.”  I felt like I’d rather be a starving artist than a starving website designer

Now, for many months I have enjoyed immersing myself into a creative arena. I’ve painted, I’ve drawn and I have participated in an art show and introduced myself to an art community.  In the process of meeting new artists with my identity being a fellow artist rather than a website designer for artists allowed new perspective. I wasn’t expecting the rewards of this inside view. Interesting observation for me because none of the artists I met saw me as a web designer for artists. They saw me as an artist and my daytime job wasn’t part of my identity. What I realized is how much their websites could be enhanced and show their work in a better way. Now I’m “in the  artists arena” and enjoying making art but realizing I still need to pay my way. I  see a need for a website designer for artists more than ever before.  Perhaps that’s still me.

• The Abra­cadabra Art Show actu­ally cre­ated Magic. It was hard for me to pre­dict any expec­ta­tions  for my re-entry into a Real art world. My #1 Expec­ta­tion was to step into it. Just do it. It appeared out-of-the-blue as an invitation to a Land-Line-Landing or a place for the gallery in my head to actu­ally Show-Up in real time. AKA — Real­ity! If every chance I dared to take could be as suc­cess­ful as the Abra­cadabra Show was I would just call myself brave and then leave myself alone.

I want to follow the thoughts and inspirations that came up during the show. I enjoyed being a part of ArtWorksDowntown and meeting new artists. A place in the art world that seemed comfortable, encouraging and even Fun.It felt comfortable and that was a nice surprise.

The Wall. My space was the wall in the back of the room. It was perfect.