Short updates

Dear Web,

Sorry to be so silent lately but it has been a particularly busy few weeks. One could even say: it was so busy that most people would say this was a busy half-year... Unfortunately, a lot of what happened in the last few weeks was not exactly pleasant for me, however there were also a few positive events. I won't go too much into the negative parts and instead focus on the positive:

The "Topology" piece (see an earlier post) didn't sell at the auction, but I sold it to somebody who can really appreciate the content and subtle humor of the piece just a few days after the auction *yeah*.
I also sold a copy of "Different spin II" (see also a recent posting). Two sales in a month, that's good news!
Now I just have to increase that number of sales approximately 10 fold and I'll be able to quit my job without a pay cut. (Fat chance :( )

I didn't create a whole lot of art this last month (as I said it was busy). I did do some glass work and I learnt a lot there. But as I'm quite a bloody beginner in glass blowing that doesn't really mean all that much.

I also made a series of three paintings with a set of three crosses as theme. These pieces were inspired by a friend of mine passing away. Two of these were just sketches and I show one of these on the left. I learnt something fascinating from this piece (I sort of knew it before but this piece really drove the lesson home): If you just whip out something without too much thinking you sometimes end up with a pretty interesting piece. If you then try to do it again and "do it better", probability is high that you mess it up and it becomes stilted, boring and generally "blah". Sadly, that's exactly what happened here. Therefore, I show only the first of the three because I think it's the best one (and from there it went downhill, so to speak).

Well, that much for updates. I am hoping to use some time during the holidays to update my web site (finally). So check back in a few weeks and hopefully all will be shiny and new.

Yours,

Andreas