Deadline

There is an art show at the end of August, it has been going on for quite some time and is always a big event. Usually I don't do anything with it because I just don't create a large enough body of work during the year. This year there is going to be an experiment to open some shops near the show. The shop where I sell my work is one of those to be open. Most of my recent work has sold so I have to create some new work between now and the end of August. That is quite an order. I have just one idea so far, but it is a start. Once I finish one piece, the momentum builds. Usually I find other ideas in quick succession and I can knock out 3-4 ideas in a week. My work is not overly complex and fortunately I work small. Five by seven inches is usually the size of a completed work. I found out a few years ago that if the work is small a lot of things can be solved. And perhaps most importantly, a small size pretty much guarantees the work will be completed. Costs are kept down and compositional issues are more easily solved. It is definitely a guarantee that work will be met with more enthusiasm if it can be completed in one to two days. I happened to open an old sketchbook today and found my first idea. It is a quote by Goethe. When I saw that the composition was nearly complete, I knew I had my first idea. We will see where it goes from here.