gosh, it's been a while

it's been a while since i posted here, i guess. i haven't been terribly active in the studio, although i have a ton of ideas in my head. i have been active making improvements on the house, and organizing the new shop and the new studio.

i have been looking for ways to make a living making art, and making less art. seems kinda counter-productive, no? except, it's almost as if i am at a point where if i can't support myself making art, i don't want to make it. which is a little childish really, but here i am nonetheless.

i just feel this incredible drive to MAKE. and i am discouraged that i have to spend so much of my time working that i don't have time to get out all the stuff in my head.

instead of looking for ways to support myself art making, maybe i should be looking for ways to survive without sleep. i might get somewhere with that...

gathering of the faithful '09

the gathering was a couple weeks ago. good times as always. my new poster fairly rules, if i do say so myself.

pocono '64

i did this one using a couple plates from another print, and some new hand carved text. i am going to start mixing up the text and image plates to make some different combinations of my posters. just to keep things interesting...

solo show in brooklyn

i have a show of 14 new and old pieces at aeon logic gallery in brooklyn from 8/8-8/18/09. come on out and check it.

http://aeonlogicartgallery.site90.net/

the good life with an old truck

finally got the old truck just about ready to hit the road. i am stoked to bomb around in the ol' girl. over the winter we (me & b) installed new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, points, condensor, ignition switch (which i think was the problem all along...). the this past weekend we got the old exhaust cut out, and new exhaust installed up to and including a pair of cherry bomb 'glas pack mufflers. still need some tail pipe to finish it off. but it sounds pretty good. we'll see how she does hauling boxes during the upcoming move. but i did keep my priorities in order. i got the hula girl mounted on the dash before the official maiden voyage...

my new website

so, i finally have a viable website up and running. still a work in progress, it will hold all my art categorized by medium, and provide a way for you, dear reader, to purchase the ones you fall in love with. you can check it out below, and make note of it in the right sidebar of this blog.

www.markphelanart.com

Postscript

postscript: monotype, pronto plate lithography, mixed media, 22x30