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Wednesday Wednesday

Well that last post was certainly depressing!  Man am I rapid cycling these days.  Today, I had these grand thoughts about unplugging and spring cleaning to clear away the cobwebs.  Totally excited and pumped to get started!   I even turned the computer off. Then this happened …

 

One more cup of coffee…check email on iphone…something needed attention on the blog… turned computer back on… decided to blog about it… well crap… cycle repeats…about to turn computer off… wait, cant post a blog without a picture!  Wanna see the result of painting the shelves in the studio? Well of course you do.

 

Ta-da!

 

 

 

 

 

It is a space that feels really good.  Therefore, mission accomplished!  There is still much to do.  Most importantly paint the walls.  Current color is NOT a good studio color but that is a job to tackle another day.  For the moment, it is a wonderful space to work in and we are happy artists.

 

Love and unplugging for realz this time,

Wenders

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Windmill City and Spring

 

 

Spring is here!  We just got back from a spring break trip to visit my parents in my hometown in West Texas.  It is always nice to regroup and spend some time in the country during spring time.  Which is the only time West Texas is pretty in my opinion.  It was nice seeing all my favorite plants in bloom and more fruit trees being planted.  Jude absolutely loved being outside and he exhausted me and my mom with his obsessive need to slide on the big kids slide and swing set.  I wish I’d taken pictures now but I was on a camera sabbatical.  Parker had fun catching up with old friends, riding the gocart and catching up with old friends.

 

 

Now we are back home and trying to settle into some sort of routine.  Easier said than done!  So far studio time on Tuesdays and Thursdays is working well.  Jude is still settling into preschool (i.e. still cries like crazy when I leave him) and I have managed to complete one commission job and start a few paintings.  I also have a house full of furniture and other various non canvas items to paint and get creative with.   So much so that I am toying with the idea of renting a booth in one of our local junk/antique shops to sell some of my custom painted furniture.  Just toying with the idea mind you.   I have a bit more than I can digest right now but it is on the back burner.  I think Wenderflonia Studios has suchgreat potential and I am feeling a burst of creative spirit.  Now to find the energy and organization it will take to keep things going.  That is a tall order right now but it is one day at a time.

 

In other news. I am really looking forward to an upcoming girlfriend retreat.  Two of my dear friends and I are running away from our kids and menfolk for a much needed weekend of relaxation and retreat.  Can you say spa treatments!?  Woo hoo!  This will be exactly what I need to meditate and regroup.

 

Love and stuff,

Wenders.

 

 

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Winds of Change

The Present…

Today, I should have been investing my time and energy in day- job searching and finishing a painting.  I,  instead, spent the day feeling no-so-bueno with a killer sinus headache thing, and obsessively musing over blog face lifting and gratuitous art supply shopping.  A gallery page has been added to the site, if you haven’t noticed, but I haven’t managed to get  to the “add stuff” phase.  Sweet BFS is so super busy with his own work and artistic endeavors but still takes the time to build and work on my site.  I hate to bother him to0 much but he’s my number one technical go-to hunny (errr my  ONLY go-to hunny).  He is really an amazing person, and I cant wait to see how he cooks it all together to make a fantastically  brilliant site.


The Dream…

I have also been doing a heck of allot of  thinking and planning.  Great things are coming for Wenders and Wenderflonia.  I have been truly inspired by my great friend Courtney, who has commissioned the brilliant piece of work I have been musing about lately.  She has forced me (pretty sure I was kicking and screaming ;-)) into opening myself up to new possibilities.  I have seriously been exploring the feeling that I am on the brink of something; a vibration of hope, possibly a nervous breakdown, who knows.  I just feel a wind of change has been coming and is seriously overdue.  My passion has always been in artistic endeavors, I’ve never fit into the traditional work environment, and so many people are baffled as to why I haven’t decided to do this sooner.  But I want to be an artist….actually I want to be a paid artist.



The Reality…

The current job search has been getting me so down lately. I have fretted so long about not being able to just  jump into a well paying job right away.  I’m educated, smart and make sure I smell good at interviews, so why is it so hard to find a job?  Possibly, it is because I’m being whispered to about taking a different approach to life and need to listen to what it’s telling me.  I fully believe my true talent lies withing the creative arts and I need to pursue it. That isn’t to say NOT to look for an outside source of income. The day job search is still on, but ultimately the goal is to become a totally self sufficient working artist.  The first step is to start creating, making myself available for commission work and promote pieces to sell.  The hardest part, however, will be to allow myself to be vulnerable….exposed….aaahhhhhh (paper bag! Quick!) to the criticism and scrutiny of others.  This is going to be so hard since I am such a private person and my art is so meaningful to me.  I will not shatter…I will not shatter…..(where is that paper bag!)



The Future…

The goal for the next two weeks is:

1) To keep the job search up..have to eat…have to eat….

2) Finish Paintings in progress and post in gallery, deliver to proper homes.

3) Get website cleaned up, nipped and tucked.

4) Allow the spirit of change to keep directing me in new directions and to not be limited by my vulnerabilities.

YIKES!!!