/Subterranean no more

After years of subterranean toil (read: making art in my basement), I’m stoked to announce that I’ve (finally) moved into an actual studio space.

The 2nd floor views are great, but the best part is that I get to share the space with a friend: the ridiculously talented & imaginative & generous Andy Kehoe.

We moved in a few weeks back & are still settling in but goddamn it is nice to be above ground & around another human & have a space that’s only purpose is for making art.

Around this time last year, I made a commitment to focus more fully on making my art.

I had just turned 40 & felt a strong urge to abandon all other professional pursuits & to find a way to sustain myself & my family through cut+paste collage.

Were these urges the first tendrils of an impending midlife crisis? Absolutely.

But unlike the Mazda Miata Midlife Crisis, my wife & kids are not ashamed of the choices I’m making.

Also, I didn’t quit my day job. So that helps.

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All joking aside, collage is how I maintain my mental health.

The process of searching & cutting & sorting & pasting together scraps of paper helps me reconnect with my pre-internet brain & gives me a space to give order to chaos.

There is something about the tactile nature of analog collage that soothes an anxious mind.

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I turn 41 next week, but I gotta say, I’m looking forward to the year (& years) ahead.

Plenty of newness on the horizon.