It's been a rough past few months, living and working at the Cherry House. The place had a lot of potential, but as it turned out, the person at the helm couldn't keep it together. As the old saying goes "the captain must go down with his ship". The place wasn't very conducive to creativity, with no electricity, cooking facilities or proper bathroom. In spite of my better judgement, I stuck it out there, far longer than what was good for me, in hopes of seeing what a glorious space the place could become. So, Luckily I am on to better things and have finally settled into my new space here at Crow House! It is a perfect little studio, on the outskirts of central Tucson. The first project when I got here was to install a 7 foot long bay window and an extensive wooden shelving system on the North wall. The window is up high and of course gives the perfect North light. I put my plants in front of the window and they add the small touch that makes a huge difference for me, allowing the creative process to thrive. I am getting the opportunity to express my long time urge to design and create environments. Bryan and I have all kinds of plans for outdoor chilling areas on the property, that include brick, flagstone and succulents. I've completed the south property wall. The patio project is moving along slowly, but surely. I just used up the last of the flagstone that we scavenged from the neighbor's back yard, after he moved. Now I won't be doing any more masonry, until I get more lime for the mortar. I've been staying up late, painting every night and have been able to do more art here in the past few weeks than I could do in the entire 4 or 5 months at Cherry house.
Having a good live-work space that is artist friendly makes all the difference in the world. I am presently finishing up a very cool oil painting of Pia next to a freight train in Portland, OR.
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