I’ve always been very open about my studio space at home and how I tended to stretch my work throughout my home. It wasn’t until the end of last year that I got a spare bedroom in my house to turn into a complete in home studio. I’ve briefly shared about it on IG, or at least showed it to y’all.
As I have openly talked about before I had a partial studio space within my garage and worked entirely on one wall inside my bedroom. When this room inside my parents home became vacant my parents offered to let me turn it into a studio space. I fixed it up fairly quickly. All it took was a patchwork on the nail holes and three coats of white paint. Having a new space to work in has been extremely relieving. Also considering how big I’m working it’s been helpful because now I can store all the finished paintings in the garage studio space while still having ample working room indoors!!!!
Okay besides this, many new plans have been made for this new year. The end of 2019 had brought me many opportunities, one of which was commission work. I’ve had the pleasure of doing two commission pieces and planning out a third one to be completed in early 2020. In 2020 I plan to focus on doing more commission work. Whether it’s geared more towards my personal work or something that’a outside of that realm. It’s honestly been fulfilling and nice to take breathers in between my personal work to make something for someone else. So if you’re interested in commissioning me for something feel free to contact me via IG or email. I’ve also been thinking about where my personal work will be going.
My work has grown rapidly through the process of putting together my solo show. I gained many skills, learned more about my art and myself and have generally been able to work faster than ever. My plans for this new year and my work include slowing down my pace a bit. Not because I’m incapable of working quickly since finishing work for my solo show. But because I learned so much within those months that now I want to step back a bit and explore my work and experiment with my work at a deeper level. I still plan to paint big but I do want to experiment with multi canvas paintings, canvas on wooden panels, smaller detailed work, works on paper, collage, mixed media, etc. On top of this I’ll be working on the final 9 large paintings I want to complete in order to apply for grad school.
Generally speaking I have a lot planned for 2020. So let’s get it!
