I'm going to work all weekend. I say that a lot, but I mean it this weekend. I need to finish some paintings and some of the displays I've been working on. A few weeks ago, I went to an alumni thing and met up with some old friends of friends. Of course the topic of painting came up, how can people afford it, how do you deal with issues of size, part of that pesky money thing. Basically, everyone is working small on canvas and larger on paper. I have always been of the big canvas crowd, but not too big, I don't have the space to work as big as I would like, the Anselm Kiefer size canvases and such. I work at the modest size of 2 1/2 by 3 1/2, I think. I like this size, it works for me.

Lately, I've been drawn to a smaller canvas size, the square 12 inch and 15 inch canvases. The of blood and blue fish painting is a 15 by 15; it is an intimate size, easy to work on and easy to store.

Anyway, I built a few 15 by 15's and 12 by 12's so hopefully I'll have some new paintings/ works done in the next few weeks. Then I'll work on the big ones.