New StudioooooooOOooo!

Call me corny, but I have the best-i-est boyfriend in the universe! Over the past few months, he's been re-organizing his studio/retail space and clearing out a room for me. After some re-building and painting it's finally ready for my very own studio!! I moved in last week, and I've already experienced some of the most focused art-making of my entire life. I love it! I left my office at home so that when I'm in the studio, there's no marketing or facebooking or laundry or email-checking or *enter name of billionth distraction here* to get me off-track.

Not to mention my tiny apartment is starting to look a lot more like home instead of insane-crazy-space. Yay! *I may even get a COUCH!! Did you hear me, people?! A couch!*

Those of you who know about this move have been asking for photos--here you go!

My Sweetie painting the ceiling

Yikes! My old dining-area studio all packed up.

Here it is! I still have a bit of unpacking & decorating to do.

Aaaa!! Don't look at this corner!! It's not finished yet!!

Mmmm...organized cabinet in it's new home :)

Studio Doors <3

Out With the Old...

Goodbye, old paintings. It is funny how much I liked you when I first painted you, enough to keep you in my closet for this long, I suppose. But now it is time to return you to the pristine white ground you once were, ready for something newer, more exiting, and hopefully much, much better!

I have kept some of these old things around for so long, it surprised me that I felt nothing for them as I covered them with a new layer of gesso (the usable ones), or in the case of one dented and moldy canvas, ripped it off the stretcher bars and threw it in the dumpster. They were all student work, but I was once so proud of them. Now I am just really exited to have a bunch of new painting surfaces!

My Studio Space this morning...

My poor little studio space is in what would be the dining area of my apartment, if I were a normal person. Hehehe....

Look at that mess!!! How the heck does she get any work done in that space?!? Well, I really don't get much work done there lately. I do it all on the dining room table, ironically, which is to the left of the easel by a foot or two. THAT, however, is going to change later this week as part of a massive overhaul of my apartment. See that little table buried underneath all of that stuff? I am going to build a slightly smaller table and tuck it underneath, so I can pull it out to work on. Yay table!!

I'm also selling my very nice, but way too big round dining room table and replacing it with a small square one. Anyone wanna trade? ;)

p.s. This post is by request from littleputbooks, who is doing a Studio Tuesday blog... if you have a studio to share, join in the fun!