I'm kind of bummed.  I just found out on Friday that the gallery downtown where some of my paintings are being displayed is closing down.  Tomorrow, I have to head down there and pick up my paintings before the doors are closed for good.

I guess it's the economy.  Or my paintings are of subjects which mean nothing to buyers.  I have yet to really find myself in the fine art area.  I have a tendency to overthink a lot of what I do.  And perhaps that's why my work isn't connecting.

On the upside, I'm guessing the show with the Mayor in May is still on.  I'm going to need to produce some new work for that.  I know the subject matter I want to tackle and I'm going to have to see just what my process is going to be for that new work.  I tend to get bored doing the same things over  and over again.  I also want to work more on a subconscious level rather than think about every little detail.  And perhaps there's a way to mix some of the processes I find fun in producing illustration in doing these paintings.  Since my floral stuff didn't sell, I really don't see the logic in finishing these paintings that I have half started of the same subject matter.

I was kind of looking for a way to do something that was different for me, but still be fun.  When it's fun, it's like you finish the work in an amazingly quick amount of time.  When something drags, it takes forever.

Tomorrow, classes for the masters program and faculty development all start.  I'm going to have to juggle things for a while before I get settled into what my schedule is going to be like for a while.

However, a lot of the paintings I had up at that place were old and/or experimental.  I'm not really sure if I could even say they're 'me', anymore.  While it's really hard to find 'your thing' for some people, or at least me,  I'm looking at this as closing a chapter.  It's ironic that so many new things are starting up for me at the same time.