Sketch book Project Atlanta

Friday, April 8th, my wife and I went to view the traveling Sketchbook Project 2011 show.

The Granite Room

Once in, we went to get our library cards

The crowd was small at first but then things picked up after awhile.

Once a pair of books were checked out you would wait a moment for the "librarians" to locate the pair of books and call your name. That's me (on the left) waiting for my name to be called.

Once we were finished viewing the pair of sketchbooks, we returned them and got back in line to check out more.

We had a good time. Saw some cool books and met some cool people!

Sketch Book Project, Atlanta, GA

April 8-9, 2011

Fr: 6:00-10:00pm
Sat: 12:00-5:00pm
Circulation stops at closing time.

Tour dates and Tour Diary

The Granite Room

211 Peters St
Atlanta, GA 30313

Rabbit Season

Lots of rabbits have been running through my head.

Arteest

(Blue) Rabbit

Spirit Guide: Rabbit

Book Cover Work

I recently finished this about a week or so ago. This is planned to be the cover for a book of poems by Amy Pence. The book will be printed by Nine Bark Press in Rome, GA and I think is scheduled to be out some time this Summer.

Storm Damage

We had some strong storms come through on Monday Feb 28th. By far we did not get the worst of the storm, I am sad and sorry for those who suffered worse, but still it was a strong storm and we got some damage (and it was scary). The building I am using as my studio space now has two new holes in the roof, a rounded dent in the roof ridge and some fractured rafters from a fallen tree. The impact must have shook the studio pretty well because I found debris and and fallen items throughout the studio floor. I can't imagine what it would have been like if I had been in there when the impact occurred (no doubt it was loud). I am still assessing any possible damages to artwork and other items in the studio.
Though we got some damage, I feel we are fortunate that it was not worse. It was a large weather system and many people were affected by it. I am interested in reading your experiences from the storm.
I hope all are well.

Chuck Close and Inspiration

"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that's almost never the case."
— Chuck Close

Bird: As It Stands by *sesfitts on deviantART

Cat: Lit and Shadowed by *sesfitts on deviantART