New Day

Yes. It's a new day.
Going a little more smoothly than yesterday.

They're all done, and packaged up. Ready to go to the post office, along with some other items.

I feel a little sense of relief, but, I still have a lot of work to do for the upcoming show in June for Surface Gallery...

I think I've got a pretty good start so far, so I am not too worried.

Michael took Chloe with him to school, and I keep listening for her little tags clinking away. My day has been a little lonely without her. That's one of the great things about having a pet. At least for me, I never feel lonely.

Oh well. They should be home soon.
Oh Yeah! I almost forgot!

Michael has had some time on his hands the last week or so, so he decided to re-vamp my website! www.michelemaule.com. He is still in the process of adding links and such, so it's not quite done yet. But you can get a good idea.

I like it! He did a great job!

Well, it's a pretty, sunny day here in Pontiac.
Hope you are having a lovely day.

Argh.

Sometimes my job is not so much fun.
I've been obsessing over this series of paintings that I am suppose to send into the Enormous Tiny Art Show for the Nahcotta Gallery in just a couple of days...

I just can't seem to get them right.
I want to add a pretty thick layer of wax on top of them, and I just can't seem to get that wax to even out nicely.

They just don't look right to me. I think I just need to stop and walk away.
Michael says that they look fine, and I am sure they do...it's just that I've never really done this before, and I am afraid they don't look good.

I am just feeling a lot of self doubt today, and the last few days.
I would post them, but it's hard to explain what I am talking about with a photo. I think I am just worrying about it too much.

This is one of the hardest things about working alone. I have Michael, and I totally respect what he says, but sometimes I'd like a third, or fourth, or fifth opinion.

A group of people I went to PSU with have acquired a lovely warehouse space an industrial area of Portland. They have divided the space up into several studio spaces, and as far as I know there are three spaces left. I really hope there is still a space available for me when I get back home. I would love to have not only a studio space again, but also a place where I can go hang out with friends and make art. So my fingers are crossed...

Anyway, I gotta get back to work. I've gotta get these paintings and illustrations ready to be shipped out.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Yay!! New Work!!

Ok, I tried to figure out the whole slide show do-hicky but, I can't seem to make it work...
So here is a link to my Flickr that will take you directly to my latest gallery work!!

Enormous Tiny Art Show
&
Papercuts and Gluesticks

Check it out. I am really proud of this. I think the ones that really stand out to me are the little Polaroids in the frames. I am really pleased as to how they came out, and how lovely they look in the frames. I have no idea how to photograph things behind glass, so I did the best that I could...

I'll be sending these out at the end of the week!
The Enormous Tiny Art Show takes place September 5th @
art+gifts+home
110 Congress Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

And Papercuts and Gluesticks will be showing my work after August 15th @
20119 Lake Road
Rocky River Ohio
44116
440.799.4344

Well I hope you enjoy the new paintings!
Thanks for all the well wishes too! I feel a lot better today.
Hope everyone is having a good day :)