This is the introductory note of sharing my thoughts on and experiences in the arts.
For those new to me, the boring background is a long and storied career in the design world as a director / designer / animator, creating digital media for a broad mix of clients, for just about every use-case imaginable. Not a perfect career, but I’m proud of the work I’ve completed. You can see some of this work at: festhausdesign.com
But, winds are shifting.
Like many, I’m now being led quickly out the door by the forthcoming cold, bony fingers of artificial intelligence – but that’s somewhat of a cop-out. The whole truth is that my mind has been deadened by starting at screens for unending hours to creating intangible, transitory things – for decades. The event opener got people cheering, the commercial sold some products, the social ad got some likes, and so on. But… it all fades away into obscurity. The saving grace of my career might be that some of the content I’ve created in later years for museums and theme parks, which has some educational and lasting entertainment value respectively, has been enjoyable to produce and share with the world.
But, continually maturing, in mind and body, I am determined to support my new goals by digging back into old roots – the idyllic place where I started adulthood, and shared briefly with the introduction to my future wife: the finer arts. The old stalwarts of painting, drawing, sculpture, writing.
So, I have upgraded my studio from the low-hanging finished basement, to the industrial but lighter garage. This pseudo-studio – part woodshed, part storage unit – is where I will be creating work that will soon hang in galleries and museums. This space will also house my Art Daily Weekly series – a commitment made public to assure that you, my jury, will keep my feet to the fire. Some of these works will be sold here, and some will just live on as sketches, but they will exist., one by one.
Here we go.