Happy New Year!
2014 was a great year. For me it was full of many leaps and bounds as well as some disappointments along the way. Over the years I have come to accept the fact that no matter how great and noble my resolutions are at the beginning of the year, by the end of the year they just didn’t happen and often times weren’t realistic. This post is not about my theories on how to make and keep new years resolutions. But, I would like to tell you my resolution and maybe you can help me keep it. I also want to tell you some of the highlights of 2014.
My Resolution:
Simply put, I am going to regularly post to my blog. That’s it! Once a week (Thursday) I am going to write a blog post about the steps I made as an artist that week. This will be a way for my collectors to get a better understanding of me and my creative process. It will also be a place for other artists to learn from and find inspiration. It will also help keep me on track and doing the things I should. In short this blog will be about my journey as a professional artist.
So what can you do to help me keep it? If you haven’t already done so, you can subscribe to my newsletter. (sign up form in the side bar to the left, and the footer on this page) In this news letter I will be sending email notifications whenever there is a new blog post. Please read my posts and make comments. That way I know people are reading them, and it will be much easier for me to keep a blog if I know people are reading it. You will also get the added benefit of being among the first to know about pre-sales and other deals on my artwork.
Rather than setting a bunch of lofty goals that are unlikely to be accomplished. This year I am setting a small goal that I know I can accomplish. My hope is that this goal will snowball into some other lofty accomplishments.
Coming Up This Year:
I already have some exiting things planned for 2015, that you can look forward to. I am scheduled for an artist residency at the Idaho Art Lab the first week of March. This will be an exciting week of lots of artwork being created and I will be posting regular updates on Facebook and Instagram and of course a good blogpost about that.
I am also scheduled for a solo exhibition at the Carr Gallery in Idaho Falls around November 2015-Jannuary 2016.
2014 Highlights:
Tons of things happened this year here are some of the more exciting moments including pictures.
Artist in residence at Idaho Art Lab. This is a sculpture I did for my public demonstration on Portrait Sculpture and Anatomy.

Grafitti Mural at Barron Photography

Successful Kickstarter Campaign to Bonze My Sculpture Shelter

I made my first sculpture video while I was doing my artist residency. You can see me do an entire sculpture (took about 8 hours)  in less than 8 minutes. Click on the link below to be directed to youtube.
http://youtu.be/tGi6pNdikrs
I received the Judges Award and best in sculpture professional division at the Eastern Idaho State Fair.

Finished and donated 19 Splatter Paintings to the Idaho Falls Arts Council

Painted 60 foot mural at the Dance Studio

I am looking forward to another great year and I hope you will join me in this journey and follow my blog.
Thanks for Reading.