Cranky Mommy

For those of you that live in Baltimore and are interested, my friend Joe and I will have artwork at at Common Ground Cafe in Hampden for the month of February. And they make a great latte, too.

Common Ground is located at:

819 West 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 235- 5533

Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days a week

I’m currently preoccupied with getting my life art together for a show with a friend next month (more on that in the future).
It’s been so long since I have shown my work, I have forgotten how much work can go into it. Of course I am trying to do it inexpensively, which is irritating; it’s expensive to frame art even on the cheap. I can just hope that whatever I sell covers the framing, at least.
The Good News: I won’t have to do split the gross sales with a gallery, which can take up 50%. The Bad news: I am showing in a cafe (ah, the humility!) but then again, they don’t take any of the profit.
Meanwhile I am so sick of looking at my art, I am so ready to get rid of it. I guess that is a good thing, since sometimes one can get too attached to what one makes, and then it piles up in the studio er, uh, basement.
Needless to say I have been distracted from my weblog, not that I had much to say right now anyhow (I keep thinking I am going to quit this weblog and I never do). It hasn’t been a very eventful month.
However, if you are interested (and have some bucks to spend on art, ha ha!), and want to see some of my art (some of which is available, some of which is sold), just Register if you haven’t done so already, and then click on My Art under “Categories” on the Sidebar.

Funny how things happen all of the sudden. I spent so much time thinking about when the heck my son was going to finish potty training, and suddenly, out of the blue it seems, it is all done. The little lightbulb floating above his head went on, and he decided that he was going to do it, and that was that. At 4 years and 1.5 months. Finally!
Sometimes little things in life give you a little joy. Like no more pull-ups. Yay! The little plastic potty which he almost never used, is sitting on my front steps in the rain, because two Freecyclers consecutively were supposed to pick it up, and didn’t… oh well it will find a home eventually. Oh, and those useless potty books get to go to someone who needs them. More stuff out of my house. Yay!
And in more good news, I sold all 3 pieces in The Last Big Thing art auction… apparently there was a bidding war. I still don’t know how much I made yet.
I would have gone to The Last Big Thing, but I had another virus… I have been miserable for 3 weeks now with one, than another, coughing hacking virus, then secondary infection and pink eye. Woo hoo.
I guess the moral of this story is… well… there is no moral. Except that selling art and potty training are - good. And, coughing - bad. (Sorry that I can’t come up with anything better right now, I’m not feeling particularly brilliant. Maybe something better will come up when I am not hacking and coughing all night).

Need Art for Christmas? Sure you do! In fact, buy my art (I have 3 pieces up for auction):

Tickets are on sale now !

Ticket Price:
$25.00 in advance
$35.00 at the door

Buy your tickets @ these Hampden Businesses:

Atomic Books
The Wine Source
Kiss N’ Make-Up

Or, get your tickets
online @ missiontix
http://www.missiontix.com/index.cfm?venue=-hd

for more info go to the Last Big Thing Myspace Page
( http://www.myspace.com/hcclastbigthing)

Not the Disney vault, by my own personal vault….
Here’s a student art film I made in 1993, with an old video toast program, and in-line editing system, very primitive. I just transferred it from dusty old VHS.
(high speed connection recommended)