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This is one of the small pieces I sent to The Canvas Project. The canvases were 4″ x 4″ and could be completed in any medium. This one was collaged, the other two were painted.

I am liking this kind of collaborative art project more and more lately. I’m also a participant in The Sketchbook Project, and have been gathering materials for it for a couple months now. I hope to have some pages completed and scanned to share with you soon.

What to do with all those brushes?!

The only problem with having all the tools one needs to create art is… where to keep them all? How does one – OK, how do *I* – organize them in a way that makes it easy to quickly grab exactly what I’m looking for, yet keeps them contained so I don’t get visually overwhelmed?

I acquired a bunch of new brushes on sale this past Tuesday at Jerry’s Artarama here in Austin. And they are mainly large brushes since I am starting a couple paintings that are much bigger than I normally work.

Every vessel I already had brushes in was simply overwhelmed by these new size 14-24s. Several containers that I tried simply fell over immediately from the weight of the brushes against the sides. Then inspiration struck!

I purchased a couple storage containers called Button Banks (by June Tailor) a few months ago, but they really didn’t work for the beads I had planned to store in them. However, they are perfect for my brushes! As you can see, they are divided into eight compartments that neatly sort my brushes by size and hold them upright.

A small thing in the overall scheme of my ongoing studio reorganization, but a thing that pleases me nevertheless.

Back in the Studio!

It’s been one of those summers. Tons of stuff going on, however most of it, sadly, was not art-related. I spent nearly a month down with a virus that is still hanging on in a slowly-lessening cough. Then we’ve had house guests in and out for several weeks.

In the middle of it all, I did manage to get over to Albuquerque for Convergence 2010. The exhibits were wonderful with some really interesting pieces, and I took down tons of artists’ names so I can look them up and bookmark their websites and blogs. As I track them down, I’ll post some of their websites here.

I’ve also been getting my “business services for artists” company up and running with all the details that are necessary to operate at full speed in Texas. Over the past year I’ve taken on very few clients, but some things have now evolved that make it possible for me to expand my client list and services. More details coming soon.

There are some deadlines coming up fast in a couple of my media, so I really need to get back to work in the studio. Talk to you later!