I can’t believe it’s been a whole year!
Where has the time
gone?
March
When I first arrived, I wasn’t sure if this was smartest or
dumbest thing I had yet done with my life. At this moment in time, I’m still
not quite sure. Actually that is not true. The Chinese language is still a huge
barrier for me, and I beat myself up because I haven’t absorbed as much I think
I should have. I have the nasty habit of comparing myself to other people who
have been here about the same time. But I finally found a decent Chinese
teacher and I have signed up for 1.5 hour classes three times a week. So
hopefully it will help. Aside from the language issue, I’ve really grown here.
When I visited home over Chinese New Year, it was of course great to see my
parents and old friends, but I am so happy I left.
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| A group dinner with the peeps. Thanks for taking the pictures Dad. |
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| Me explaining to Ryan how difficult it is to learn Chinese. |
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| Dear friends, Dan (on the left of me) Bob and Mark on the right. |
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| Fellow friend and artist Raul. I don't recall what his date's name was. |
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| Fellow artist and lady killer Micah and art patron Michelle. |
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Old school friends! From the left Yvette, her daughter (whose name I can't remember) Laurelin, me, Dave.
Front row Todd and Dave & Laurelin's daughter Olivia. |
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| Me and a baby! His name is Ezra and he burst into tears moments after this was taken. |
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| Dear friend Kari and her daughter Olivia. |
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| My friend Lyn is still crazy as hell. Now she's engaged! Lord help her future husband! |
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| Cake! |
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| I've known Erron and Steve since 2nd grade! |
It wasn’t a bad place, as I stated in earlier blog posts, my life in California was good, but I wasn’t content. When I visited, there were some things that had improved, like the WAL Project on R Street. The whole Jeff Koons, Sacramento Kings Arena debacle made
the usual boring art scene exciting. I was even quoted in an ArtNet article
about the proposed, now approved Koons project. But for the most part, life in
my old circles had stayed the same. Had I stayed, I could for see my trajectory,
and it wasn’t good. So much about my outlook has changed, in predictable and
non-predictable ways. More on that in the future.
My painting has really expanded into a new, exciting
direction. I can say in about another 6- 7 months, the tattoo aspect will be
completely gone from my work.
But I still have a few more compositions in mind.
Here are some pictures of my studio here in China with some new work and new friends :)
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| New works on paper plus some prints. |
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| Biggest painting to date! |
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| I think the title for this will be, "Your heart is in the right place." |
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| Me using my super sales powers... |
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| Collage/sketch. |
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| Lilly an I. |
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| In progress. |
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