me paint pretty? i dont think so.

i just cant sell out. not really really.

in los angeles, i have been advised to make... pretty art: pieces of art that are just, pretty.  little things that are easy to sell and have no meaning.  one gallery owner told me my work was too smart for los angeles. "you live in the most plastic place in the universe" he said.  i was advised to make reproductions of things that are pretty. its not only the gallery, but my friends, family, and other colleagues -- its starting to get under my skin. perhaps its the fact that people are telling me to do it so much that i just want to rebel against it. whichever.

i was told to paint flowers. to get lost in a garden when i go to hawai'i... and to just sketch and paint something pretty, something that follows along my personality in pinks and oranges. but im in my phase and style that unless something is unnaturally goofy or disturbing, i want nothing to do with it. in spain, i saw a beautiful display in our five star hotel, it had a manequin in dress, lamps, peacocks, flowers... and when i sat down to draw it, i started drawings snaked barfing up snakes. i'm really just not in the mood.

i feel obligated to narrate something important, because as artists we have a responsibility to say something, and hopefully enlighten. though i do have my random tangents of visual vomit, but its just that, visual vomit. things on things on things....i get so bored. the last show i had, under the radar, was a discussion about stockholm syndrome. it was at that point that, i decided to make art that is honest, and i would find my way throughout that journey. i didnt expect to sell anything, though i did pick up amazing clientele from harely davidson. 

now and then, i do have my little, brainless pretty paintings, or my visual vomit. my signature items, like my butterflies, are great sellers. some of the smaller pieces i will make as little marketable items i can give away as well. as far as big paintings, they have their own story, even if its small and insignificant. 

me paint pretty? i dont think so.

but maybe later ill loosen up.