The Skinny About Me

Painting was a hobby I tried out one summer.  I settled on acrylics based solely upon finances and the fact that I knew could paint over anything that didn’t turn out.  I had never painted before and wasn’t really sure what I was getting myself into.  More than anything, I was looking for a post-college hobby, something to interest me.  I painted rarely, maybe once ever few months when I found the right “mood”.  In January 2008, I set out to force myself to paint more often.  For the first time, I documented (of sorts) what I was doing.  I experimented as much as I could and tried my best to cope with the continual failures of the process.  I may have painted over 20 different things in 2008.  In January 2009, I set out to paint 40 works (a number arrived at based upon my earlier year’s work and a reduction of the weeks in a year).  In July 2009, I started this blog, as a motivator to help push me to my goal, and to allow some of my friends to see a little more of the process behind my work.  I rounded out 2009 with 43 works, plus about a dozen shirts I’d painted.

I don’t really have any set goals for 2010, like I had the last two years.  I’m not sure what purpose this blog will serve.  I don’t get many visitors.  I’d like to think that it would give someone a few steps behind me, an opportunity to avoid some of the mistakes I’ve made trying to figure out how to paint, but I don’t think I don’t think it has served this purpose.  So, I’ll just do my best to keep up with the painting and documenting it.

I work in acrylic, primarily upon canvas and t-shirt.  I’m entirely self taught.  I live in Portland.  Feel free to shoot me any questions.