Out first thing, bought two more cans of spray paint. Then, some gold spraying, finalised a couple of frames which are now dry, then made a short animation of the blue girl, 'A Book With A History', for social media.
Then, sized and sorted out some ideas for paintings. So many, all seem good enough. Many ideas span many years, but this can prove their power. A good idea should last decades, it should be universal and always relevant. I feel overwhelmed and tired, so many ideas and I want to do them all! Most of the ideas are medium sized, 40 or 50 long side. I've marked and sized the papers for these, and scaled the tiny idea sketch drawings to match., The next step is to trace these.
One other job was some underdrawing changes to the last of last year's paintings, 'Love And Fragility In The Age Of Perfection'. The panel was also a little too large too, so I trimmed this down. This was developed for one of the frames I've worked on today.
Another thing I'd like to do is print out some paintings as postcard sized image for people to take away. I did this years ago. Now I have a space to show work, it seems like a good idea and most of the newer work (last 8 years) isn't printed in this way. Of course, these prints will take at least a day, maybe a few, just to prepare, size etc. Most creative work for most artists is promotion of the latest thing, not creation or new things, this plus filing or record keeping of even older work. It's amazing that any individual can manage the workload.
