It has been said that life is what happens when you are planning other things.  Never has there been a truer statement for me than these past few months. 

I have been juried into a number of shows and have been very busy preparing for them.  But, in the midst of preparing for these, family illness and parental responsibility have conspired to test my wife's and my stress levels along with our time management skills. We feel like we have been traveling at warp speed accelerating through one problem or another.  As things begin to settle I find myself reflecting on the challenges of being an artist and entrepreneur and balancing other needs.

Why post this here?  Because this is my life and my art comes from my reflections upon these things.  I had always felt that in as much as this is my artist's blog, that it should be about more than painting and sculpting and should perhaps offer some insight into the distinction of what is an artist.  You may read this blog and say he is no different than me, or this is just what I would have expected or even, marvel at the crazy eccentricities of the life of an artist.  All or none of this may be true for you.

To me artist is more about an aspect of me than my whole identity.  It would be safer to say that I am me and artist is one of many portals through which I express my inner self to the outside world.  And through that expression I look for connection and common ground.

If you want to see these expressions.  The next opportunity will be July 5, 6 and 7th at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.