I could go blind

How is everyone doing?
I am going to tell you a small story about a tragedy that occured this weekend.
Anyone who wears contacts will already know this, but I am going to give an overview on contact lens care for those who do not.
Basically there are 2 ways you can clean your contacts. One is a solution that is gentle, you can soak your lenses in it, you can rub them off with it, and you can even put it in your eye. This is the solution I normally use. But I had asked Rog to pick me up my contact lense solution one day and he came back with the other.
The other solution is like a chemistry set. You have this test tube looking thing that you put the solution in. Then you suspend your lenses in some sort of futuristic chamber and drop them into the solution. You're not supposed to take the lenses out for at least 6 hours so the solution can "neutralize".
Well, like the genius I am... my lens was bugging me so I went and rinsed it off with the death solution and put it in my eye. I felt like my eyeball was one fire. I began frantically washing it off with water and saying to Rog (while crying) "I could go blind! I could go blind!" He in the meantime calmly read the package and it said nothing about potentially going blind so he tried to assure me I was ok.
Anyway, my eyeball looked like it was covered in blood by the time it was all done. Luckily I can still see, but my eye hurt for hours after. So now I am having to rock my glasses while my eye recovers:

Now I look like I am smart, even though I am clearly stupid. So anyway, wondering what's in this solution that would cause such pain... well I'm not sure because there is a ton of scary sounding stuff in it, but I think it might be:

Hydrogen peroxide in the eye can't be good?
Ok, well story over. Anyway, here's one of the things I am working on now:

It's called "The Rake". It will probably take forever to do. I hope it works out.

That's all for now. Have a lovely day.

A find, a find, a delicious find

Hmn long time no talk. Well I wanted to share these awesome statues I found. Recently on vacation, we went to this store that had a bunch of random crap in it, and I found these:




I often find Christian art to be grotesque or vapid or too still. But anyway, these are perfect. They are a perfect representation of woe. Look at their posture! How they grasp onto things in their hands. The way the hands look. The shapes. Perfect! I had to get them for my studio. They are exactly what I want out of my art. That type of communication.

Other than my amazing find, I’ve just been very busy working away as usual. I bought another easel, so now I have some cool double-easel action goin on. I can work on 2 oil paintings with the easels and a watercolor on my table. That is called multi-tasking my friends.

Halloween prep, oil, and frightening hand gestures

It’s almost October which means I must begin construction on my costume. Luckily, this year we are settled so I can actually make a costume again, like usual. I just started with the first stage of making the mask last night:

Somewhere someone told me not to put a plastic bag over your head… hmn oh well.

Besides the preparations for Halloween, I am STILL working on the oil painting. I will also begin another watercolor in the meantime because this pace is killing me. So far I think it’s going well though. I am constantly learning throughout the process. Of course I’m sure I don’t paint the way an oil painter normally does, but then I never seem to do anything the way that’s proper. That wouldn’t be any kind of fun for me. I am starting to get a little burnt out on it. But I think it’s just because of the details I have to put into it.


This weekend we went to see Eastern Promises. I have been waiting for this movie to come out. Viggo was awesome in it and the tattoos looked so good. This kills me:

So, there is my weekend. I hope you all had a lovely one.

guacamole couch and some kind of sickness

The couch has finally arrived!!!!!!!!
Yes, we have been sans couch for about 6 weeks. It’s arrival has been most glorious.
Take a look. It’s the most comfortable couch in the universe perhaps. It’s guacamole colored, which is quite lovely with the rest of our décor.

Oh what a lazy slob.

Other than that- been working on my paintings. The watercolor is going well. The oils…
We’ll. I am having trouble adjusting to them. I’ve heard that watercolors are the most unforgiving of all paints. And that oils are the MOST forgiving. Due to my personality I think I identify better with the watercolors. I enjoy the pressure of no mistakes being tolerated. Get it right the first time, for there is no return! This concept of being able to rework something over and over and over is kind of weirding me out. I need it of course though because I have been making mistakes. But I wonder… If I did not have that leeway would I be more successful off the bat?
Ah how I love my merciless watercolors. But now I must also learn to love oils, which will actually love me back. How romantic.

studio set up and new painting

So I finally set up my workspace. Check it-

My favorite lamp. I made it :

Krishna :

And blurry Ganesh :


And, since oil is sooooo painfulllllly slow. I am starting a new painting to keep me entertained while layers dry:

That’s all for now. It's time for foods.

It has begun

I have begun the first of my oil paintings. Here are the pencil and marker working of it so far. I am very excited to get started with the oil.

So I mentioned before about going up in size for my work. You can see, these next few paintings will be about 4 times the size I normally work in… if not a little more. It will be totally weird for me to work at that size, but I’m sure I’ll adjust in no time. I just wonder if it will then be difficult to go back down to smaller sizes again. I’m probably over thinking it and everything will turn out well.
Not sure how many of these large canvases I will do right now. I know I have at least 3 sketches worked out that I am planning for large canvas. At some point though, I’ll need to go back down to working in a smaller format. I also want to try working on different surfaces.

In the meantime I am also going to be working on a secret installation. If everything goes well, it shall indeed kick ass. More on that when it’s close to being done, which will be a while.

And lastly- it’s Halloween time on I-mockery which means insane amounts of candies and treats in the apartment. I have already scoped out some for myself. Please refer to Exhibits A and B below.
May you all have an evening filled with good things.

moved in

Well we are moved in, still unpacking though. Love the new place. But somehow I have managed to misplace all of my watercolors.
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I might have left them at the old apartment. We go tomorrow to finalize all of that and get the last small bits of our things out. I have been way over tired and have insomnia, but I’d rather have insomnia than oversleep.
Anyway we cleaned up our apartment with something amazing I was told about. “Magic eraser”. If you haven’t ever used one of these yet – you seriously should. It will clean ANYTHING. It’s magic for reals. Totally weird too. It disintegrates while you use it, and makes cool shapes like white shadow puppets or something. See – I made a toof!

Other than that, not much else. Very eager to get back into art full swing. Just making small steps right now.

Tonight on our way back from making some Halloween purchases on Sunset, I saw these statues and took this photo.
Anyone in LA reading this – don’t forget tomorrow night- the Cannibal Flower 7 Year Anniversary Show. I will be there and so will my art.