There is a slight chill in the air here in Tampa- and with this new weather (ohhh sooo welcomed after it was rediculously Dante's Inferno hot this summer) comes a new direction in my work.

I have been litterally working almost nonstop. I have only been sleeping in intervals of 3-4 hours- then working for a few- then collapsing for an hour....

Although I am painfully tired, I am invigorated. Yesterday, I finished two complete pieces- each is 39"x59" and are comprised of mixed media: oils, acryics, pastels and whatever I can get my hands on. This piece, named "Artificial Sunshine" is standing proudly amounst a sea of others. I am tempted to overpaint some of my old pieces because I cannot make the canvas fast enough. yes, for this series I have been constructing and preparing the canvas myself (in my woodshop.) I often laugh when my neighbors stare at me building these "tiny walls" and later jammin' out in my studio late into the night...

I can't tell if this new direction is good- for I am way to much into the NEED to produce right now. If art is expression, then perhaps this expression has been repressed and it wasn't until I was this free that I could allow it to excape. Again, I can't think that far into it yet- so far, it just is. This new series taps deep into my subconscious thinking- tales without words- perhaps things I have never even allowed myself to utter.

Ahhh, well... I think I am off to paint again dispite how it hurts to blink 'cause I am so sleepy.

¶ 9:15 PM