On vacation...

We are currently on a vacation in western Pa. I guess it is what you would call one of those "staycations." We are visiting relatives and also my husband is going on a job interview while we are here to help defray some of the gas cost. The drywallers should be done with my bedroom when we get back home. All that would be left to do in there is paint. I am very happy to sleep in a real bed last night and not one of those pull out couches.

Traveling like this gets your mind wondering. Every town has a story. Every person in a town has a story. Some people have many stories. In Johnstown PA, you can't go anywhere without learning something about the horrible Johnstown Flood (and the wonderful Steelers, of course.) It was very devastating, killing thousands of people in one day. They have two museums about it and the accounts of it plastered on walls all around town. I just wonder why people cling to the history of it so fiercely. It happened over 120 years ago. No one alive now would have remembered it. They fixed the dam. It does serve as a reminder to good dam maintenance for other cities with the same landscape problems, like just recently out west. The problem with that is that those people have probably never been to Johnstown.

I am not dissing on Johnstown. This behavior is natural. My question is only, why? Are we afraid to forget all the brave people? Maybe. I don't really remember the single people I learned about there. Only the devastation and loss of life. Maybe, it is just me.

and we are off...

We are taking some time to some time off to visit family. I am looking very forward to getting away from the remodeling mess. The drywallers have the drywall hung and it should be finished when we come back. I am taking my laptop so I will have time to blog while away.

Adventures in Drawing

Since my whole life is in total disarray, I will spare you the worn out meanderings of my torture. I have decided to ignore the entire ordeal. I am especially ignoring how hard it is to get actual work done in this mess.

I would like to discuss something that I love. That something is drawing. Does anyone just draw any more? Not with a stylus or a mouse but, a "for real" wooden pencil on paper?

And continues...

I had the bright idea to make our ceiling in our bedroom a cathedral ceiling as we were gutting it anyway. I thought he would say "we couldn't." I thought maybe "down the road." He thought "cool, let's do it now!"

Needless to say, we are still sleeping on the fold out in the living room. Which is getting old. Especially, for our puppy "Oreo." In my sleep deprived state, the other day I accidentally folded her into it. I wasted five gallons of gas searching for her all over the neighborhood. And so I keep on, keep'n on.

Never a dull momment...

We are currently in the middle of redoing the whole upstairs of our 0ld farmhouse. So our lives as usual, in a state of flux. To top the whole thing off, my husband had six dump trucks full of dirt delivered and dumped into our backyard. Of course, it has been raining for three weeks straight.

I am going crazy.

But alas, I have my work to keep me sane. My store is now up and running. However, I haven't gotten all of the links and the files ready. All of the pieces are available to purchase 8 x 10 direct from me but, most can be made into larger prints in a variety of ways at the AFA link. The digital file downloads should all be available by the end of June.

And it continues...

the craziness ensues. I am working on my web store this week. I should have the whole thing up and running by next week. I can't wait to get back to drawing. I miss it terribly. The good thing is that I am coming up with a lot of new ideas for future drawings. Summer will be here soon and I will have the time to start some new paintings. For a preview on the design of the new store and how it works click on www.cvincent.homestead.com/links.html

I am so busy ...

Life is really crazy here. I am working feverishly to get my store up and running. It is going to be different than any other artist site I have ever seen. Original art will be available as well as prints directly from me and digital files will be available for download for your own personal use.

Ideally I hope to someday I will be able to spend my days just drawing and creating instead of using so much of my time working on my website and marketing plan. I have so many ideas coming to me all the time and I am looking forward to having the time to see them to fruition. I have also come up with a low cost yet very effective marketing plan.

Hopefully some day soon my business will work more seamlessly.