recently i was asked if i had done any artwork lately, and i said "no"...i felt ashamed to admit this. it would seem that as an artist one should find a way to make art every single day...and occasionally i go through spurts of this....but in the last 6 months i simply hit spells of creativity and forget to post it...
Today i found a "dia De Los muertos " show that i want to enter. I was immediately flooded with images and ideas and in fact know exactly what i want to do and have begun the work to complete this vision...In fact there are two visions....i am happy about this...
While i am not usually one to use skulls in my artwork, because of th etheme i tis necessary and will eventually all be incorporated....i am enjoying the process...and this makes me happy....
kiddo asked me if iw as going to leave this painting up on the door...
" do i ever leave them there?"
no.....
but i realized his reaction was becaue of the fact that we have a big ol' skull up in our living rom right now..so we discussed the origins of Dia De Los Muertos and the uses of candy skulls and skull masks and how it is similar to halloween but not exactly...He was intrigued and seemed fine after i explained why i had drawn the image....
i noticed he was feeling his cheekbones when he went to bed...feeling of his skull i suspect....
