Shipping Off

Just finished packaging up some prints. Got some news tonight that someone had purchased the old Frog Hollow building in Middlebury, Vermont. I'm going to go to sleep tonight dreaming about moving to Middlebury full-time, running a gallery/store, making work in a back studio, and having my wife teach and make her ceramic work in the basement studios. Goodnight...

Sleeptying

My ten year high school reunion was canceled today. It seems like with Facebook, etc., you pretty much know everything you need to know about everyone you went to high school with, whether you were friends with the people or not. I know for me it was not worth the time and expense to travel back to Ohio for a weekend of seeing people I'm already tired of seeing on Facebook! Have social-networking sites made reunions obsolete?

Plus, I'm too busy drawing owls and moose and lumberjacks! You know you're busy when the week and the weekend blurs together and you've forgotten what month it is. You also know when you're not sleeping much and you get sick and stay sick for awhile. I'm finally starting to feel better, although it's 1:42 and I should be sleeping. I miss the summer when I could get up and draw all day, everyday.

I finished this owl platter tonight that I've been trying to get done for awhile. I think it's really fun. I'm going to post it on Etsy as soon as I get a good shot of it. This weekend is do-or-die for my autumn-themed work. If I don't do it now I'll totally miss the season!

I'm really looking forward to after the holidays when I can focus on some non-seasonal designs, specifically some baby nursery/children's room designs I've been sketching. I'll take a hiatus on the lumberjacks and owls and replace them with elephants, walruses, and penguins.

Tree House

Nice message I received through Etsy today about my Keewaydin print from someone browsing my shop: http://www.nativevermont.etsy.com.
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Okay, this is funny.
I randomly clicked on your whale print off the front page and stumbled upon this.
Last weekend my family spent our 16th year at Keewaydin for our family reunion.
We've been able to use the camp because Abbott Fenn is my cousin.
It was bitter sweet because this was our last year there and i've spent a good chunk of my life visiting with family there. It was such a nice surprise to click through your work and see this. It made my day.

brie
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Seems as though my lack of sleep has caught up with me and I'm a bit under the weather with sinus-congestion-headache-thingy. I'm trying to make the most of my weekends now that we're back to school, but it seems like Saturday and Sunday fly by and I accomplish a fraction of what I planned. Nevertheless, I was able to fill most of my orders and I'm hoping to get ahead this week so that I can draw some new pieces next weekend.

I bought some really nice paper today, but I'm trying to forget that it is really nice. There's something about crisp, clean, expensive paper that makes me very cautious about drawing, which is counter-productive when you buy paper for drawing. As I leafed through the paper at the store I fantasized about having this tall, tree house-like studio in Vermont where I would sit up on the top floor and draw all day. The studio would be full of really nice paper and I would not be afraid to draw all over it.

Eye Strain

It has been difficult to find time to finish some new work. My in-laws are headed our way this weekend and I was hoping to send them home with lots of prints and pieces, but I've been waiting for supplies and have not had a chance to do anything. I'm customizing some Black Dog Canoe Co. pieces for some different lakes in Vermont and New York. Should have some old but "new" work up on Etsy in a couple of days.

One Down

Very busy, exhausting first week of school. I got very little artwork done during the week. Looking forward to getting up early Saturday, having some coffee, and spending the entire day drawing and working on some in-progress illustrations. I have a lot of prints that need to get shipped to Vermont, so hopefully I'll have everything ready by Monday. I have a couple new lumberjacks I'm looking forward to finishing up--especially their beards.

Hours

First day of the new school year today. I have a new role this year as department chair, which means I have fewer classes, but it seems like I have more work and less time than before. After finishing up some school work I was able to spend some time packaging prints and panels to ship to buyers. I'm trying to get a dozen pieces shipped up to Stowe, Vermont to the Stowe Craft Gallery next week. Looking forward to the weekend and hope to find some time to work on some new drawings for autumn.

New Print

Posted a new Lumberjack print on my Etsy page. http://www.nativevermont.etsy.com